European celebrity chefs don't really command a lot of respect when you consider that their success depends almost entirely on employees they treat like galley slaves, paying them piss poor wages and denying health insurance and maternity leave as a matter of course, things they would never be allowed to do in the old country. It's a corrupt business built on exploiting women and undocumented immigrants for the benefit of rich, spoiled assholes.
That second item confused me until I realized you were talking about my dear friend WILLIAM Joel. I'm terribly sad to hear that he's upset, but he should know that Europeans are, in fact, far superior to Americans. Now, if you'll please excuse me, I have a chicken to cook.
@Swifter: I was making fun of Gwyneth Paltrow, but apparently I struck a nerve. For the record, I'm not one to posit any kind of ethnic supremacy, and even if I were, I doubt I'd do it in the comments of a gossip round-up.
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Like that time The Beatles hung out with Elvis Presley at his house in the hills. The mood was apparently quite awkward.
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Whew. That felt good.
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Truth is, most of the Europeans with the desire and talent to make a better world for themselves and their children are Americans now.
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(Apologies for the double post, above.)
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