Vodka martini's huh....I just cannot seem to get it. I should like them but I just don't seem too. Sometimes i just feel like I want one and then I make it and....nope.
Funny thing about that cooking show. When I was 4 or so my mom used to watch Graham Kerr. I told her that I wanted to be a chef on TV when I was a grown up. Still haven't done that yet.
100% agreed about nigella. i liked it better though when she was unheard of on American TV and she was on the BBC. It was like a hidden treasure that only I and a select few knew about. But I guess everything good goes mainstream.
The only thing I can add about Paula Deen is I love her use of butter ( sometimes to the extreme) and that she and her kids are University of Georgia fans! Go Dawgs! I tivo to much Food network.