Chefs are known for having egos larger than the turkey Scrooge had delivered to Bob Cratchet’s house on Christmas morning, this is no secret.  Chefs on television are known to be the worst of the bunch.  The Food Network has once again produced its annual “All Star Thanksgiving” special (or has dusted off last years edition, I can’t really tell) and it comes as no surprise to see many of the Network’s stars present with the obvious exclusion of Bobby Flay.  Ancho chili cloud or not, they still managed to not make it five minutes into the show without the first of what will probably prove to be several passive-aggressive head-butts. (Which I’ll gladly miss while typing this.)

Rachael Ray and Tyler Florence are standing behind the kitchen set’s island with a long loaf of french bread, already partially sliced and surrounded by the usual suspects for bruscetta.  As though it were a spur of the moment idea, Rachael looked around the room and pronounced that if they were all going to be there all day cooking, they would need some snacks, so “lets make some bruscetta.” To which Tyler Florence quickly replied “Yes, lets make some bruscetta.”

Now, on your monitor, that looks very redundant, and that a seasoned television personality the likes of Tyler Florence would know better than to make such a simple mistake.  On the contrary, my friend, you see, Rachael pronounced bruscetta with a soft “c” sound (brushetta) and Tyler jumped in with a “c” sound harder than steel (brusketta).  Not a word on the subject aside from each needing to voice their own pronunciation, but whether you speak Italian, or favor localized dialects, it was quite a giggle-enducing moment for a language-and-food nerd such as myself.

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