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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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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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Customer Reviews:   Read 20 more reviews... Great Memories of The Two Fat Ladies   October 7, 2008 I always loved their TV cooking shows, and was saddened when Jennifer passed away. I've been hoping there would be re-runs, but I think Clarissa would probably have been against it as a result of her friend's death. So this is a great way to remember them and the show, the incredible dishes they prepared, and great tours of parts of the UK. Enjoy!! Truly Goes Down A Treat   October 6, 2008 The best word I could use to describe this show is, "delightful". I adore Clarissa and Jennifer, and look forward to enjoying this set for many many years. I'm annoyed that the price of the set went down $11 the day after they shipped mine. The prices on Amazon fluctuate like the stock market. Regardless, even at full list price it is worth every penny. Two Fat Ladies   October 6, 2008   1 out of 1 found this review helpful Just received my DVD's of Two Fat Ladies. I was heartbroken when their show went off the air, and mostly so when Jennifer Patterson died of lung cancer. A sad ending to an incredibly delightful duo of chefs. You can't find a cooking show that comes close to the antics of these two "fat" ladies, and the fact that they could make fun of themselves and vegetarians. They cooked the way my grandmother Belle did on the family farm in Vermont in the early 1900's. Lots of lard, butter, fresh cream (from the cows), bacon, and meat. Jennifer and Clarissa would have loved Belle's breakfasts....homemade pie, bacon,blood sausage, fried eggs, toast laden with lots of fresh butter, homemade molasses cookies, salt pork and gravy. Watch these two ladies cook up sumptious meals in castles with huge kitchens full of copper pans hanging from the ceilings and stoves they don't make anymore, to cooking in a hole in the ground; and feel your mouth water when they serve up the meals to Benedictine nuns in Ireland to a hunting party in Scotland or an embassy in London. You will be mesmerized by their unending jocularity and humorous intelligence on world affairs. This is not your typical cooking show-they outshine them all. These ladies are awesome!!   October 5, 2008 I loved this show when it was on the Food Network. They stopped airing them when Jennifer passed away and haven't played them anywhere since, that I could find. I was very happy to see their shows put on dvd, there are episodes I've never seen before. These ladies are a lot of fun to watch. And of course all of the beautiful places they would go to cook made it even better. Warmth at the hearth and in the heart.   October 3, 2008 It's like having your two eccentric aunts come over, and cook. They show you the techniques, but not so much the exact amounts. They show you the techniques, while bantering with each other, and still having a good time, regardless of how tedious the task at hand may be. Throughout the series, you could feel the warmth that Clarissa and Jennifer felt for each other, overlaid with respect for the other's ways. And, at the end of the day, after the toils are done, the two relax with their respective drinks (Jennifer with a cocktail, Clarissa with water and lemon), and recap the day. You almost imagine the two frozen in time on those shows. Definitely a forerunner in cooking shows.