Welcome back for another season of the Great British Baking Show Power Rankings! I started doing these Power Rankings for the 2019 season, and that's a real shame because that seems to be the exact season that the Great British Baking Show started having real problems. That year, the most salient issue was that the … Continue reading 2021 GBBS Power Rankings – Cake Week
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Great British Baking Show 2020 – The Final
Before I begin this, the final GBBS column of the year, I want to stress again that yes, I still do like this show. I say this less as a way to deflect criticisms to the contrary; you, my enlighteneed readers, seem to be mature enough to grasp the idea that liking something and liking … Continue reading Great British Baking Show 2020 – The Final
Programming Notes for 12/1/2020
Good Morning Everybody! Because the NFL schedule has been fucked six ways from Sunday, and this last week's slate of games isn't going to be finished until tomorrow night (if then), this week's Confidence Pool column ins being bumped to Thursday. Subsequently, since I have to do it anyway and I may as well do … Continue reading Programming Notes for 12/1/2020
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Patisserie Week
I give up. I suppose this phrase is a better way to end a blog than to start one, so allow me to expand on this thought, for a moment. When I started doing these Rankings last year, I really did believe, based on my prior experience with the show, that the relative skill levels … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Patisserie Week
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Dessert Week
This week, I am pleased to report that nothing about Dessert Week riled up my feathers, or gave me cause to embark on anti-Reaganist screeds in this space. Nothing in this episode of Great British Baking Show inspired my disdain, or even my side eye. While I appreciate the opportunity to explore cultural chauvinism and … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Dessert Week
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – 1980’s Week
To think, it's been almost 20 years since the American version of I Love the 80's hit the airwaves; in the course of pulling that there Wikipedia link, it came to my attention that the American version was based off of a British series of the same name that is even closer to crossing the … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – 1980’s Week
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Japanese Week
Oh, for fuck's sake. I know I got that out of the way in advance at the end of last week's column, and I hate to start off another column with another concentrated blast of negativity, GBBS ostensibly being something I like and all, but I feel it bears repeating. What was Japanese Week, exactly, … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Japanese Week
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Pastry Week
Last week, just before I published the Chocolate Week Rankings but well after the article was done and in the can, The Ringer published this magnificent piece by the great Brian Phillips regarding our beloved televised baking competition. Not only is it funny as all get out, it is a rich text, one that offers … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Pastry Week
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Chocolate Week
Where to begin? Historically, when I've talked about stress in the Tent, I've considered stress as a function of challenge complexity. I have no doubt that most weeks, every baker on Great British Baking Show is stressed out to some degree, but the times I've felt the need to comment on it have been in … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Chocolate Week
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Bread Week
I can't rightly claim to be any sort of bagel sage. I have had a few bagels in my day, but no less than 60% of them were the mass-produced kind you get in plastic bags at the supermarket. While most of the physical properties of these bagels would doubtless draw the ire of bagel-knowing … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings 2020 – Bread Week
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