Two Fat Ladies | 
| Actors: Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Two Fat Ladies
Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1312
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 721
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.1
MPN: 8094
UPC: 054961809493
EAN: 0054961809493
ASIN: B00180IPR6
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Release Date: July 29, 2008
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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 risque 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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Description
"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.
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"Two Fat Ladies" September 5, 2008
The cooking programs of "The Two Fat Ladies" on the DVD are entertaining, and well as informational. We enjoy watching the types of equipment they use, as well as their humor.
A fantastic culinary romp with two eccentric brits September 2, 2008
Aside from visiting some really nice parts of rural UK, you'll get to spend some time with Jennifer and Clarissa. Two eccentric "fat ladies" from a different age where food is done with butter, cream, and lard and politically correct statements are not the rule. A refreshing show if only for this reason.
Two Fat Laies August 28, 2008
A wonderful series that leaves one saddened when the final segment has been watched. Wonderful recipes accompany an eye popping travelogue of the British Isles.We again saw visions of places my wife and I have visited in Cornwall, Scotland and Wales. Jennifer and Clarissa are as funny as they are talented.This series will appeal to all Brits or those planning a visit to Britain. It is further saddening to hear of the death of Jennifer shortly after these episodes were filmed.
Quite probably the best cooking show EVER! Eat it up! August 27, 2008
Hitting the TV screens in the mid 1990's at the height of the `healthy food crazy' the Two Fat Ladies were a refreshing burst of exuberance saying "It's ok to enjoy good food." With a wonderful disdain they ignore diets and mass produced food products in a wave of good old fashioned commonsense and fresh products. In an age of desperately counting each gram of fat, these two wonders took what the BBC's programming director called "A nearly pornographic joy" in spreading real butter on bread.
The two ladies were both long time food writers and cooks with long and colorful careers, who were brought together by the BBC before such a thing as "Food TV" got off the ground, and filled the lack of GOOD cooking shows with cooks who were also characters between Julia Childe and Emeril.
Each show followed the theme that the ladies were showing up to cook for a particular group or gathering and the food they prepared followed that theme.
For example a picnic themed show was to provide a lunch for a Welch men's choir, or a breakfast themed show was to provide a morning break for workers in a Yorkshire brewery. A cocktail party snack show was done at the Brazilian embassy in London, and so on.
In each well edited half hour show they produced five or six meals or treats that proved to be remarkably easy to produce despite looking insanely complicated. It was seeing how easily Jennifer Paterson attacks the mythic cock-au-vin that gave me the courage to do it myself.
Interspersed with each episode is their obvious good humor and delight in working with a kindred spirit. An example is in an episode where they are cooking meat dishes at a girls' private school. One says "In this day and age they're probably all vegetarians!"
"Not the la cross team! Surely!" comes the reply.
My wife and I imagined they were actually on the run after dubious cookery, and had a good laugh in the 3rd season, when after serving particularly spicy food to young children, one lady commented "I think we might have poisoned some of them."
"Well" replied the other, "We'll be long gone before they work it out."
This is probably one of the best cooking shows ever produced. Well edited and concise the `presenters' know their work and their stuff. Their amusing to watch and very good at conveying their knowledge to the viewer and along the way, the manage to make a very firm statement against the food fascists who they feel get in the way of enjoying not only good food but good living. Even if you don't cook, like my wife, this is fun to watch and just might challenge you to pick up a pan.
An absolute delight August 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was very exciting to see this series available on dvd. I have seen all the episodes numerous times and they never get old. This is somewhat odd to say since I don't particularly find any of the recipes appetizing. Still, Wright and Paterson hold your attention and are immensely entertaining and most of their dishes are works of art. Whether quoting literature, breaking into song, or telling jokes, the ladies know how to hold your attention. Another wonderful aspect of this series are the locations - as they travel down the English country lanes on their motorcyle and sidecar, the viewer is treated to incredibly beautiful vistas of the English countryside. A tribute to Jennifer Paterson is included on Disc 4.
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