She won ‘The Great Australian Bake Off’ — and with all kosher bakes
The British version of the baking show has grown famous for flubbing everything Jewish. But in Australia, it’s a different story.
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Culture The Great British Bake Off finally got Jewish food (sort of) right
“The Great British Bake Off” is the most comforting television around; it was my balm in the early pandemic lockdown. Crisp accents, bad British humor, the low-stakes drama of cakes coming out stodgy or tarts ending up with soggy bottoms — nothing more calming. Except when the show takes on Jewish foods. Last year, the…
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The Schmooze Why does the ‘Great British Baking Show’ keep messing up Jewish breads?
“The Great British Baking Show” is supposed to calm you down. With its bespectacled judges and decidedly low-stakes narration — “For some bakers, bread is a new challenge” — it’s earned a reputation as a self-soother for the pandemic era. At a time when reality increasingly resembles dystopian prestige TV, “The Great British Baking Show”…
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The Schmooze ‘Great British Bake Off’ Has Zero Jewish Friends
The Great British Bake Off is a great love of mine. From the mythology of the show (rumor has it Sue protects bakers from crying on camera by stepping in front of them and cursing) to the gentle pastel-y set that melts into the frontal cortex like a Xanax, GBBO is a soothing antidote to…
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