With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I think having zero knife skills when primarily focused on beautifying crudite platters is hilarious. Chopping is kind of the whole deal there.

I have horrible knife skills and I am a great cook.

Then youre defacto not a great cook.

What’s so funny is you and your lot love to accuse Meghan of smugness and arrogance. It’s hilarious to see you spewing venom all over this thread about knife skills of all things.

Seethe harder.

I think youre responding and screaming at multiple people on this thread who are calling out your nonexistent skills. Seems like you're the one seething... maybe take a cooking class?

Completely different poster here, douchebag.

Sure, we all believe you

LOL, pong. Ask Jeff, why don’t you.

What’s your next accusation? I’m a bot?

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Anonymous wrote:I made the mistake of watching Meghan's show the other night. It was so joyless that I turned it off after a couple episodes. Who wears a $26,000 Cartier tank watch and designer (white) clothes to make pasta and sandwiches for kids?
I used to like Meg, but this show is nauseating, boring and utterly stupid. Who does she think she is? At least Martha Stewart, in her TV days, had some expertise to share. And she didn't prance around barefoot in full makeup and nails. How is it that she never spills a drop of water on herself and her recipes that she's never made before turn out perfectly? And the curated fridge made me ill. She must have a staff to take the labels off all the bottles.
Who is this show for, anyway?
I learned nothing from her except that the Royal Family (erstwhile) is completely detached from reality and the real world that the rest of us plebes inhabit. Good bye Meg!

Everything poured into clear bottles and clear containers is a TikTok trend, possibly popularized by the Kardashians. Typical new money monkey see, monkey do crap. Ordering the help around to do menial tasks so your fridge and pantry look "perfect."

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I don't understand some of this criticism because y'all are describing every similar show ever.

Like yes, Martha Stewart had her makeup and hair done for her show and she also wore light colored neutrals, even when making messy food. Same with Giada and Barefoot Contessa and all the other Cooking channel people. I will admit that America's Test Kitchen or Kenji's home videos have always been much more my style, but there is nothing novel about the styling on Meghan's show.

The "curated" fridge is also a staple of these kinds of shows. When Rachel Ray used to have her cooking show (in a studio! even faker!) did she open the fridge to show a bunch of brands? No, it's a set kitchen, the staff "curates" it for whatever they are cooking and so it looks nice on camera. This is a standard feature of this kind of show.

The show is inoffensive. It's not groundbreaking, and I don't blame anyone for being like "eh, not for me." I don't love it but the hate for it is surreal because it's so obviously reflective of this obsession/hate/jealousy/envy some of you feel towards Meghan and has nothing to do with the show itself, which is fine. The production values are actually above average -- I like the visual look of it and the music and editing is good. Kudos to the director/producer.

Also I actually thought that one pot spaghetti dish was clever in the first episode, and my daughter watched her make the lemon honey cake and now that's what she wants for her birthday. Both seem pretty approachable and I'm willing to try them. So I guess I did get a couple good ideas out of it.

Some of you need therapy.

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Anonymous wrote:I made the mistake of watching Meghan's show the other night. It was so joyless that I turned it off after a couple episodes. Who wears a $26,000 Cartier tank watch and designer (white) clothes to make pasta and sandwiches for kids?
I used to like Meg, but this show is nauseating, boring and utterly stupid. Who does she think she is? At least Martha Stewart, in her TV days, had some expertise to share. And she didn't prance around barefoot in full makeup and nails. How is it that she never spills a drop of water on herself and her recipes that she's never made before turn out perfectly? And the curated fridge made me ill. She must have a staff to take the labels off all the bottles.
Who is this show for, anyway?
I learned nothing from her except that the Royal Family (erstwhile) is completely detached from reality and the real world that the rest of us plebes inhabit. Good bye Meg!

Well, one, Martha Stewart's vibe was Connecticut preppy and Meghan's aiming for (I imagine) California casual. But also...do you think Martha didn't have her hair and nails done? The woman is like 80 posting thirst traps of herself in full glam on Instagram, not to mention she was a former model. It's not like she's always been plain.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand some of this criticism because y'all are describing every similar show ever.

Like yes, Martha Stewart had her makeup and hair done for her show and she also wore light colored neutrals, even when making messy food. Same with Giada and Barefoot Contessa and all the other Cooking channel people. I will admit that America's Test Kitchen or Kenji's home videos have always been much more my style, but there is nothing novel about the styling on Meghan's show.

The "curated" fridge is also a staple of these kinds of shows. When Rachel Ray used to have her cooking show (in a studio! even faker!) did she open the fridge to show a bunch of brands? No, it's a set kitchen, the staff "curates" it for whatever they are cooking and so it looks nice on camera. This is a standard feature of this kind of show.

The show is inoffensive. It's not groundbreaking, and I don't blame anyone for being like "eh, not for me." I don't love it but the hate for it is surreal because it's so obviously reflective of this obsession/hate/jealousy/envy some of you feel towards Meghan and has nothing to do with the show itself, which is fine. The production values are actually above average -- I like the visual look of it and the music and editing is good. Kudos to the director/producer.

Also I actually thought that one pot spaghetti dish was clever in the first episode, and my daughter watched her make the lemon honey cake and now that's what she wants for her birthday. Both seem pretty approachable and I'm willing to try them. So I guess I did get a couple good ideas out of it.

Some of you need therapy.

I didn't even think the fridge looked that curated. It's a beautiful property but the contents of the fridge looked pretty normal/ not "aspirational."

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Anonymous wrote:I made the mistake of watching Meghan's show the other night. It was so joyless that I turned it off after a couple episodes. Who wears a $26,000 Cartier tank watch and designer (white) clothes to make pasta and sandwiches for kids?
I used to like Meg, but this show is nauseating, boring and utterly stupid. Who does she think she is? At least Martha Stewart, in her TV days, had some expertise to share. And she didn't prance around barefoot in full makeup and nails. How is it that she never spills a drop of water on herself and her recipes that she's never made before turn out perfectly? And the curated fridge made me ill. She must have a staff to take the labels off all the bottles.
Who is this show for, anyway?
I learned nothing from her except that the Royal Family (erstwhile) is completely detached from reality and the real world that the rest of us plebes inhabit. Good bye Meg!

Well, one, Martha Stewart's vibe was Connecticut preppy and Meghan's aiming for (I imagine) California casual. But also...do you think Martha didn't have her hair and nails done? The woman is like 80 posting thirst traps of herself in full glam on Instagram, not to mention she was a former model. It's not like she's always been plain.

I think her vibe is casual luxe California and she needs a show about how she styles herself from head to toe. I think her show is unremarkable/bordeline embarassing but I did my spring and summer shopping this weekend and I was 100 percent inspired by her clothing on this show. Meghan, get out of the rental kitchen and give the people what they want!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Is her cookie mix going to sell? Chrissy Teigen's baking mixes are on super sale right now, on the clearance rack at Giant.

I saw Chrissy's cookie mix selling for like $9 at the store and I audibly laughed out loud. Who would buy anything that obnoxious woman hawks, let alone pay an absurd premium for the privilege? DOA.

It's $2.19 at my Giant right now--discontinued item.

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I liked her tip to just throw some tomatoes on the vine in the oven to roast and then use them in pasta, salads, on crostini -- it's a good idea. I love tomatoes but I've never done that and the thought of just a nice blistered tomato as a garnish with no effort at all sounds great to me.

I also like her hostessing tips. My DD wants to make bath salts like the ones she makes at the beginning of the first episode. And I like date "bath sachets" she made -- that's a cute gift idea too.

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Anonymous wrote:Boy, if Meghan had a penny for all the heads she is living in rent free, she could cover expenses in Montecito.

They can’t cover their expenses? They just won a big lawsuit.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked her tip to just throw some tomatoes on the vine in the oven to roast and then use them in pasta, salads, on crostini -- it's a good idea. I love tomatoes but I've never done that and the thought of just a nice blistered tomato as a garnish with no effort at all sounds great to me.

I also like her hostessing tips. My DD wants to make bath salts like the ones she makes at the beginning of the first episode. And I like date "bath sachets" she made -- that's a cute gift idea too.

The tomato idea is great. Padma has a similar idea where she uses larger tomatoes on the vine and roasts them with olive oil and balsamic to use as "flavor bombs" throughout the week. Both are great ideas.

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Any idea why the pace is so frantic? I was describing the first episode to a friend and I was like she is hosting her friend Daniel, and before he came, she and her beekeeper got some honey, then she made her guest homemade bath salts, and a little bedside table basket full of things from the garden and little treats and popcorn etc.

Then he came over and they made this pasta dish, and then they made candles together. Then she had prepared a really elaborate cake and they decorated it and made tea. And she was like this is all in one show?

Now I’m watching the Mindy episode and the first few minutes, she’s picked fresh berries, made a homemade parfait with her preserves, made up a frittata, which she says was simple, but actually could’ve been a lot simpler, some bacon, Bellinis, and now they’re about to make a balloon arch.

And we’re not even halfway through.

It just feels like they jam a bunch of stuff in.

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea why the pace is so frantic? I was describing the first episode to a friend and I was like she is hosting her friend Daniel, and before he came, she and her beekeeper got some honey, then she made her guest homemade bath salts, and a little bedside table basket full of things from the garden and little treats and popcorn etc.

Then he came over and they made this pasta dish, and then they made candles together. Then she had prepared a really elaborate cake and they decorated it and made tea. And she was like this is all in one show?

Now I’m watching the Mindy episode and the first few minutes, she’s picked fresh berries, made a homemade parfait with her preserves, made up a frittata, which she says was simple, but actually could’ve been a lot simpler, some bacon, Bellinis, and now they’re about to make a balloon arch.

And we’re not even halfway through.

It just feels like they jam a bunch of stuff in.

I agree they pack a lot in but I think it's the concept -- in each episode she prepares something for her guests, and then they prepare generally three different dishes plus do at least one craft. However, the dishes are sometimes super simple (like in the Mindy episode, because they are doing food for a kid's party, it's super basic and the focus is just on presentation), and I don't feel like she rushes through them.

I think there's this idea that she's just throwing things together, to try and show how a lot of these are things you can do quickly before people come over, or to just make an otherwise ordinary meal a little nicer. But I agree with you that it is kind of annoying when it feels so rushed.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand some of this criticism because y'all are describing every similar show ever.

Like yes, Martha Stewart had her makeup and hair done for her show and she also wore light colored neutrals, even when making messy food. Same with Giada and Barefoot Contessa and all the other Cooking channel people. I will admit that America's Test Kitchen or Kenji's home videos have always been much more my style, but there is nothing novel about the styling on Meghan's show.

The "curated" fridge is also a staple of these kinds of shows. When Rachel Ray used to have her cooking show (in a studio! even faker!) did she open the fridge to show a bunch of brands? No, it's a set kitchen, the staff "curates" it for whatever they are cooking and so it looks nice on camera. This is a standard feature of this kind of show.

The show is inoffensive. It's not groundbreaking, and I don't blame anyone for being like "eh, not for me." I don't love it but the hate for it is surreal because it's so obviously reflective of this obsession/hate/jealousy/envy some of you feel towards Meghan and has nothing to do with the show itself, which is fine. The production values are actually above average -- I like the visual look of it and the music and editing is good. Kudos to the director/producer.

Also I actually thought that one pot spaghetti dish was clever in the first episode, and my daughter watched her make the lemon honey cake and now that's what she wants for her birthday. Both seem pretty approachable and I'm willing to try them. So I guess I did get a couple good ideas out of it.

Some of you need therapy.

Martha had many talents, true talents, which is how she ended up with magazines, shows, etc. She was an expert at her craft. Giada, Julia Child, most other cooking shows: they know how to cook and are experts in what they are delivering.
As where Meghan isn’t skilled at anything and was given this content to present.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand some of this criticism because y'all are describing every similar show ever.

Like yes, Martha Stewart had her makeup and hair done for her show and she also wore light colored neutrals, even when making messy food. Same with Giada and Barefoot Contessa and all the other Cooking channel people. I will admit that America's Test Kitchen or Kenji's home videos have always been much more my style, but there is nothing novel about the styling on Meghan's show.

The "curated" fridge is also a staple of these kinds of shows. When Rachel Ray used to have her cooking show (in a studio! even faker!) did she open the fridge to show a bunch of brands? No, it's a set kitchen, the staff "curates" it for whatever they are cooking and so it looks nice on camera. This is a standard feature of this kind of show.

The show is inoffensive. It's not groundbreaking, and I don't blame anyone for being like "eh, not for me." I don't love it but the hate for it is surreal because it's so obviously reflective of this obsession/hate/jealousy/envy some of you feel towards Meghan and has nothing to do with the show itself, which is fine. The production values are actually above average -- I like the visual look of it and the music and editing is good. Kudos to the director/producer.

Also I actually thought that one pot spaghetti dish was clever in the first episode, and my daughter watched her make the lemon honey cake and now that's what she wants for her birthday. Both seem pretty approachable and I'm willing to try them. So I guess I did get a couple good ideas out of it.

Some of you need therapy.

Martha had many talents, true talents, which is how she ended up with magazines, shows, etc. She was an expert at her craft. Giada, Julia Child, most other cooking shows: they know how to cook and are experts in what they are delivering.
As where Meghan isn’t skilled at anything and was given this content to present.

Martha developed her skills over time through her catering business and then as she launched her show. Her main thing was not being a super skilled chef or baker or decorator, but being extremely committed to detail and being a perfectionist about aesthetics. There was a lot she didn't know but she'd hire or work with experts. Many of the things she did on her show were things her staff or a consultant was the actual expert in, and then she learned well enough to present it on the show. This isn't a knock on Martha -- without her vision and her exacting expectations for her business, the show would never have happened in the first place. And then her magazine grew out of that and as a result she helped create jobs for lots of actual experts. But Martha herself was not an expert. She's more like a jack of all trades, master of none. Her special sauce is in being interested in figuring out what the best version of something is and then finding experts to help make that happen.

Meghan actually has a decent amount in common with Martha. And Martha's career was absolutely premised on her having married a guy from a certain world, which gave her access to catering clients in that world and then enabled her to buy her first home and fix it up.

Meghan also comes by these interests naturally. This isn't a put on for this show or something she just adopted in the last couple years. Before she ever met Harry and while she was working full time as an actress, she started The Tig which was basically the blog/website version of this show. Extremely similar content. And she was just sharing tips and ideas that she'd found herself because she's a perfectionist and likes researching hostessing/decorating/cooking ideas and sharing them with people. The Tig was really great and while its reach was still pretty small, I think it would have grown into something bigger had she not shut it down after meeting Harry and moving to England. I think this show is just her trying to restart that burgeoning lifestyle influencer career that started with the Tig and got cut off.

I feel weird writing this in support of Meghan, about whom I'm pretty ambivalent. But I did like her blog and I think this show is cute. I think the people criticizing it and comparing it unfavorably to Martha or these other lifestyle gurus don't really know Meghan's background and also don't know the backgrounds of people like Martha. Meghan is no more or less qualified than most of them. Heck, Rachel Ray wasn't even a particularly good cook when she started! Her whole deal was 30 minute meals and a willingness to adhere to that formula, which had a ready, built-in audience. Meghan slots right in with that group and she's as qualified as any of them are. And people criticized them too. My dad used to hate Giada because (true story) he didn't believe someone that skinny could know how to cook. But Giada actually went to the Cordon Bleu and was trained as a pastry chef. Meanwhile he loved Ina Garten, who has no formal culinary training and used to be a policy analyst in DC of all things. But she looked like a chef to him because she wasn't stick thin.

Point is: Meghan is as qualified as anyone for this particular job. She definitely got it at least in part because she married Harry, but it's honestly not that hard to imagine another timeline where she never meets Harry, stays on at Suits and builds the Tig into a bigger website, and winds up with a show based on that. She was a reasonably well known actress and her website was well-liked so it's really not a stretch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand some of this criticism because y'all are describing every similar show ever.

Like yes, Martha Stewart had her makeup and hair done for her show and she also wore light colored neutrals, even when making messy food. Same with Giada and Barefoot Contessa and all the other Cooking channel people. I will admit that America's Test Kitchen or Kenji's home videos have always been much more my style, but there is nothing novel about the styling on Meghan's show.

The "curated" fridge is also a staple of these kinds of shows. When Rachel Ray used to have her cooking show (in a studio! even faker!) did she open the fridge to show a bunch of brands? No, it's a set kitchen, the staff "curates" it for whatever they are cooking and so it looks nice on camera. This is a standard feature of this kind of show.

The show is inoffensive. It's not groundbreaking, and I don't blame anyone for being like "eh, not for me." I don't love it but the hate for it is surreal because it's so obviously reflective of this obsession/hate/jealousy/envy some of you feel towards Meghan and has nothing to do with the show itself, which is fine. The production values are actually above average -- I like the visual look of it and the music and editing is good. Kudos to the director/producer.

Also I actually thought that one pot spaghetti dish was clever in the first episode, and my daughter watched her make the lemon honey cake and now that's what she wants for her birthday. Both seem pretty approachable and I'm willing to try them. So I guess I did get a couple good ideas out of it.

Some of you need therapy.

Martha had many talents, true talents, which is how she ended up with magazines, shows, etc. She was an expert at her craft. Giada, Julia Child, most other cooking shows: they know how to cook and are experts in what they are delivering.
As where Meghan isn’t skilled at anything and was given this content to present.

Martha developed her skills over time through her catering business and then as she launched her show. Her main thing was not being a super skilled chef or baker or decorator, but being extremely committed to detail and being a perfectionist about aesthetics. There was a lot she didn't know but she'd hire or work with experts. Many of the things she did on her show were things her staff or a consultant was the actual expert in, and then she learned well enough to present it on the show. This isn't a knock on Martha -- without her vision and her exacting expectations for her business, the show would never have happened in the first place. And then her magazine grew out of that and as a result she helped create jobs for lots of actual experts. But Martha herself was not an expert. She's more like a jack of all trades, master of none. Her special sauce is in being interested in figuring out what the best version of something is and then finding experts to help make that happen.

Meghan actually has a decent amount in common with Martha. And Martha's career was absolutely premised on her having married a guy from a certain world, which gave her access to catering clients in that world and then enabled her to buy her first home and fix it up.

Meghan also comes by these interests naturally. This isn't a put on for this show or something she just adopted in the last couple years. Before she ever met Harry and while she was working full time as an actress, she started The Tig which was basically the blog/website version of this show. Extremely similar content. And she was just sharing tips and ideas that she'd found herself because she's a perfectionist and likes researching hostessing/decorating/cooking ideas and sharing them with people. The Tig was really great and while its reach was still pretty small, I think it would have grown into something bigger had she not shut it down after meeting Harry and moving to England. I think this show is just her trying to restart that burgeoning lifestyle influencer career that started with the Tig and got cut off.

I feel weird writing this in support of Meghan, about whom I'm pretty ambivalent. But I did like her blog and I think this show is cute. I think the people criticizing it and comparing it unfavorably to Martha or these other lifestyle gurus don't really know Meghan's background and also don't know the backgrounds of people like Martha. Meghan is no more or less qualified than most of them. Heck, Rachel Ray wasn't even a particularly good cook when she started! Her whole deal was 30 minute meals and a willingness to adhere to that formula, which had a ready, built-in audience. Meghan slots right in with that group and she's as qualified as any of them are. And people criticized them too. My dad used to hate Giada because (true story) he didn't believe someone that skinny could know how to cook. But Giada actually went to the Cordon Bleu and was trained as a pastry chef. Meanwhile he loved Ina Garten, who has no formal culinary training and used to be a policy analyst in DC of all things. But she looked like a chef to him because she wasn't stick thin.

Point is: Meghan is as qualified as anyone for this particular job. She definitely got it at least in part because she married Harry, but it's honestly not that hard to imagine another timeline where she never meets Harry, stays on at Suits and builds the Tig into a bigger website, and winds up with a show based on that. She was a reasonably well known actress and her website was well-liked so it's really not a stretch.

Martha made her own wedding dress. She was doing all the things she ended up doing on TV for a long time before she became famous. Meghan has no skills. She wasn’t cooking “farm to table” gourmet food before Harry and probably still doesn’t actually cook. So she picked up a bit of cooking since moving back to the U.S. and had kids and now has a show about it? Lame