Their food styling more ‘70s nightmare than late ‘90s British mod (so. Their cooking advice, frequently questionable (entire dishes without a lick of salt). Their menus were half extremely appetizing, half Frankenfood (egg mousse aspic and tomato-smothered cod, anyone?). Two years ago today, Clarissa Dickson Wright-full name Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright-died at age 66 in London but her legacy, as one of the two most notorious and inspiring bombasts to ever appear on Western television, has never felt more relevant.ĭickson Wright and her co-star Jennifer Paterson (who died in 1999 at the age of 71) were the self-proclaimed Two Fat Ladies, the motorcycle-cruising, sass-talking, pork-loving, globe-trotting romanticists who starred in a British cooking show from 1996 to 1999. Celebrity Cooks, Jennifer Paterson, left, and Clarissa Dickson Wright riding shotgun, posing with Patterson’s iconic bike, Thunderbird-complete with a rifle and a net full of fish (BBC). What today’s food TV can learn from two middle-aged cooks with questionable technique, outsized personalities, and an unending passion for the good life.
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