Whats The Deal With Sandra Lee?
By Sadie We’re in a recession. Talented people are laid off every day. So why does Sandra Lee have two shows? There’s a piece in Newsweek comparing Food Network star Sandra Lee (unfavorably) to Julia Child. Now, that’s fish in a barrel stuff, but it did get me thinking: what the hell? With so many people clamoring for jobs like hers that there’s actually a show about “finding the next Food Network star,” what’s her secret? The following things are frequently mentioned when people debate this question (and, if you’ve ever spent any time on Chowhound boards, you know they do. “Who’s she sleeping with?” is the least of it.) The Whiteness: The spotless kitchen and virginal wardrobe don’t exactly suggest serious cooking. More like a Mormon temple. Nor, many would add, does her tiny figure – although I for one wouldn’t find Lee’s concoctions particularly hard to resist. The faux-cooking: Lee’s “semi-homemade meals” are heavy on the pre-fab, light on the local/organic/from-scratch. Eco-consci
