Nothing left but the wafer-thin mints
Jeff Smith, better known as The Frugal Gourmet, died last Wednesday. It's a measure of how far his star has fallen in the wake of an alleged sex scandal that we haven't heard about this until now. Through the 1980s, he was the biggest name in cooking, second perhaps to Julia Child. I still have and use several of his cookbooks, as I've found that his recipes tend to be pretty bulletproof, if sometimes unexciting.
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I didn't think so before, but
I didn't think so before, but this development leads me to believe that the Beastie Boys now indeed do have more spice than the Frugal Gourmet.
I beg to differ. The Beasties
I beg to differ. The Beasties always claimed to be spicier than Jeff Smith, except there's a problemo.
The Beasties "got more rhymes than Jamaica got mangoes." They accuse someone of mistaking "watered down Yoo-Hoo" for chocolate milk. When they're in Holland they eat the pannekoeken. They give a shout out to the Blue Nun.
In short, they do all they can to bite the Frug's style, while all the Frugal Gourmet himself has ever done is his own thing. Not a single "Ad-Rock chicken" or "Penne a la Horovitz" in his entire repetoire.
Sounds to me like someone's a playa, and three someone elses are hating on him.
Jeff Smith isn't dead, he
Jeff Smith isn't dead, he works for NASA and is coming to stay with me this weekend.
since you all seem to be
since you all seem to be completely on about the frug, i was wondering if any of you might be able to help me out. i DESPERATELY need a sound bite of his famous "i bid you peace" farewell. does anyone have ANY idea where i might procure one????