Two Fat Ladies
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Actor: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson, Two Fat LadiesAudio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 721 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of Two Fat Ladies
Movie Review: Scenic trips through Great Britain and beyond
Summary: 4 Stars
This is just like I remembered it - the Two Fat Ladies take you on interesting trips to quaint little places throughout Great Britain and beyond while undertaking to cook meals in various kitchens for the inhabitants. I actually visited a place in Ireland (Kylemore Abbey at Connemara) based on one of the episodes.
This is a great relaxing dvd, can bit a touch slow at times but the conversations between the two girls hint at rich lives well lived. Definitely worth the price.
Summary of Two Fat Ladies
"An antidote to solemn cooking shows" -- The Boston Globe
"An Anglophile's delight" -- The Boston Globe
"Go-for-the-gusto cooking style" -- The Wall Street Journal
With an outsized passion for fun, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright take cooking and conversation to places where ordinary food shows dare not go. These eccentric dames crisscross the British Isles on their Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle and sidecar, preparing sumptuous feasts for all manner of folks, from lumberjacks to teenage lacrosse players. They shun faddish, health-conscious fare in favor of big, old-fashioned flavor -- usually enhanced by bacon, cream, and butter.
All the while, the ladies hilariously hold forth on every topic under the sun, often bursting into song as the spirit moves them. Their generous wit and lust for life remind us that fine cooking -- like fine dining -- always goes better in good company.
Join Jennifer and Clarissa on all 24 of their adventures, from a Benedictine abbey to the Brazilian embassy. As Jennifer would say, "Quelle treat!" As seen on Food Network and public television.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE bios of Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright, documentary tribute to Jennifer Patterson, and a recipe booklet.
Vegetarians and the faint of heart, beware! But for everyone else, the Two Fat Ladies are back, and they are simply spectacular. In this British television series, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright cook for lunch, cocktail party, afternoon tea, picnic, breakfast, or dinner and travel (by motorcycle and sidecar) to a different location in each episode to cook a requested meal--usually laden with cream, butter, and meats (Jennifer notes of one tartine: "Delicious, despite its vegetarian overtones"). Yes, this is a cooking show, but with Jennifer and Clarissa's patter, it has the feel of a comedy. As they whip up Loin of Pork Stuffed with Mushrooms and a pot of Clam Chowder, the Two Fat Ladies sing the praises of bacon (Clarissa hints at a risqu? past when she notes that bacon is a great hangover cure; not that she gets hangovers anymore. Other allusions to falling off barstools and beer for breakfast are dotted throughout). The meals look sumptuous--salmon soaked in wine and topped with orange rings, Brazilian bean fritters, fruit tartlets, vichyssoise, and so much more--and it's terrific fun following the women as they go sightseeing (a motorcycle rally, watching a male choir, on a quest for the perfect drink at the Brazilian embassy, at a brewery, picking strawberries). Jennifer is likely to break out in song or rhyme, and Clarissa tells interesting facts and gossip from her life. They chitchat about tips for picking up men, the fact that nutmeg is a hallucinogenic, the beauty of British military boys, how you can't get crackling in Scotland or France. So, be prepared to learn how to core a kidney (and who knew kidneys needed coring?), make cracker crumbs, and laugh along at the antics of these two rather large women. The Two Fat Ladies are destined to become a cooking classic. The four-season, 24-episode DVD set includes biographies of Paterson and Wright, a documentary tribute to Paterson, and a recipe booklet. --Jenny Brown
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