YFriday, February 09, 2007' 8:17 PM
My Country Garden
I love waking up in the afternoon just in time to catch Bill's Food. Bill Granger films at his holiday home in Australia and his kitchen literally *sparkles*. I was pretty amazed with how the colors of his kitchen utensils actually match his clothes AND the flowers in his garden every single episode. The color co-ordination is brilliant, it makes you wanna own a kitchen like his.
Initially i wasnt too sure what to make of him and his shows because he seemed to be smiling in every other frame. He is so generous with his smiles such that in certain scenes, it actually comes across as plain awkward. Jamie Oliver, on the other hand, is a lot more natural with the camera. And in case you do not know, i'm a jamie fan!
Bill's recipes are ridiculously simple to execute and it makes you wonder how cooking can ever be this easy. It would be unfair to compare him with jamie because their cooking styles are somewhat different. Bill's dishes are more Asian-influenced, as he tends to use ingredients such as chilli, corriander, ginger, soy sauce etc.
Bill's recipes are ridiculously simple to execute and it makes you wonder how cooking can ever be this easy. It would be unfair to compare him with jamie because their cooking styles are somewhat different. Bill's dishes are more Asian-influenced, as he tends to use ingredients such as chilli, corriander, ginger, soy sauce etc. 
Jamie prepares his food from scratch - sometimes, he'd make his own pasta! But Bill prepares his ingredients beforehand, so we see things like onions and garlic all in its chopped up form. This saves a lot of time and in a typical episode, he can easily cover 5-6 recipes at a comfortable pace. (Jamie covers only 3 receipes on average)
Bill is such a natural with the kitchen knife. He slices through poultry meats and vegetables with such ease and speed. Cant say the same for Jamie though. i sound like i've already converted to bill's camp, but in truth, i havent, just trying to make do with jamie's absence on the local tv recently.
If you find the pictures of the food tempting then you should catch bill's food on tv (provided you can take half hr off your busy schedule) - it's aired at12.30pm on Ch5 every weekday. You will be so inspired to cook. Dont know why i am advertising for the show but it's such a pity whenever good shows go unappreciated. Also, if you have discovery travel and living channel, Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown is a must-watch too!Gotta get back to books now, i have a sosci exam tmr. Late night studying also means moonlighting as a fridge raider when the tummy starts to growl at midnight. The probability of a horizontal expansion just increased 3-fold with CNY around the corner. (#$#$&$^!!!)
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