I heart the Neelys
Until recently my list of celebrities I would like to meet in person -- however briefly -- consisted of one name.
Can you guess the name? If you can, I will send you an autographed copy of my first book.
Now, though, I have added two more names: Pat and Gina Neely.
They of The Food Network's Down Home With the Neelys fame.
I realize the Neelys have several restaurants in Tennessee and it probably wouldn't be all that difficult to meet them if I put my mind to it.
So that's a possibility but as I have no immediate plans to visit either Memphis or Nashville, y'all don't go holding your breath or anything.
What I love about the Neelys is not just their prodigious cooking skills and mouthwatering recipes -- admirable though they be.
It's Pat and Gina themselves, demonstrating once again that the best romance in the whole wide world is the married kind.
I love they way they shamelessly flirt while they saute and simmer and chop and peel and grate and dredge and bake and fry and grill and oooh-aaah taste everything.
She bats her lashes, coy as an edible violet, and he comes running to help her stir and pour and measure and mix and mash and marinate.
He flexes his biceps or shoots her a smile and she may feign turning to jelly, but the devotion writ large on her pretty face is genuine.
Yeah y'all, that's what I like: the inescapable allure of a shared passion. Good old-fashioned teamwork ... with plenty of spice to keep things interesting.
Vive la romance! In the kitchen and everywhere else.
Reader Comments (10)
They are quite a pair, aren't they!? I've eaten at two of the Neely restraurants, owned by his uncle in Memphis. The one on the Southaven MS side is not worth the trouble, sad to say. But the original one right off the interstate on the SW side of the Memphis beltway consistently has delicious barbeque. It's not a fancy place, but you don't need that for great food! Best baked beans of all the BBQ places in Memphis too! I haven't eaten at the bbq places owed by Jay & his brothers.
I love to watch them for the same reason. They are so cute together!
Cute. I've never seen them before. Having thoughts of romance in the kitchen now.....
You're 'gonna beat me with a stick....Hahahaaaaa.....I HAVE TRIED to watch them....REALLY I have!!! BUT, I just can Not stand a lot of tom foolery in the kitchen...Teach me something! I already know how to make it in the bedroom...Hahahaaaa....(showing extreme shame here).
Even Paula is starting to get on my last nerve!
Now, I could watch Julia ALL day long!!! Flippin' those chickens and slinging flour everywhere....Now There's someone showing the Love!!Hahahaaaaa
Happy weekend Girl!!
(still lub meh???)
hughugs
@Donna M. ... Barbecue you can get anywhere! Romance, not so much!
@Mari ... I know, right? I love it.
@Hobbit ... clearly my work here is done!
@Donna ... belay! Belay that! LOLOL nah, I don't mind a dissenting opinion. I only watch the Neelys occasionally but they make me smile when I do. Paula Deen is difficult for me to take, for some reason. I don't like Rachael Ray either! Bwaaaaahahaha! But I totally agree about Julia Child ... the awesomest of the awesome. I could watch her all day long.
I get too hungry watchin these girl..aint good for mah waistline!! xxoo
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