Restaurant wine lists have gotten ridiculously confusing and pretentious — enough already

Restaurant wine lists have gotten ridiculously confusing and pretentious — enough already

The wine business is in trouble due to reduced demand and changing tastes. You’d therefore think that restaurants, which need to sell lots of vino to stay in business, would go the extra mile to see that ordering the stuff is easy and without subjecting us to political proselytizing. You’d be wrong. These days, restaurant wine service isn’t haughty — … Read more

Royal chef says Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have become a ‘burden’ to King Charles, slams ‘pretentious’ Netflix series

Royal chef says Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have become a ‘burden’ to King Charles, slams ‘pretentious’ Netflix series

Celebrated chef Richard Corrigan said he found Meghan Markle’s new Netflix series “a bit pretentious.” Corrigan, who had previously prepared food for the royal family on several occasions, admitted that he watched the Duchess of Sussex’s “With Love, Meghan” series, but didn’t enjoy it all that much. “It’s a bit pretentious,” he told the Daily … Read more

‘Pretentious’ Blake Lively ridiculed for saying she laughs ‘the hardest’ at ‘Shawshank Redemption’

‘Pretentious’ Blake Lively ridiculed for saying she laughs ‘the hardest’ at ‘Shawshank Redemption’

It doesn’t end with “It Ends With Us.” As Blake Lively deals with backlash over her “tone deaf” approach to promoting her new movie, she’s being mocked online for something she said in her “Vogue 73 Questions” interview from 10 years ago that has resurfaced. In the video from July 2014, Lively, 37, was asked … Read more