The Great British Baking Show
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All happy families are alike, Tolstoy once wrote, referring to the cast of theGreat British Baking Show.
There is a fan-favorite young woman with great eyeliner and a free-spirited retiree.
There is a Harry Potter stand-in.
There is an extremely heterosexual man who has no other discernible characteristics.
And yet, within this soothingly dull framework, there are so many variations!
The show in general is an argument for the power of small differences.
This week, its Biscuit Week.
The bakers must first prepare 36 chocolate Florentines for the Signature Challenge.
The Technical Challenge is a plate of mixed macaroons (six chocolate-filled, six with mango curd).
And the Showstopper is a three-dimensional diorama of a personally meaningful table setting made exclusively from biscuits.
After all, what else is going on in the news?
Laura
It wasnt even a bad week for Laura!
The trouble for Linda is consistency.
Her Florentines wereveryremoved from the ideal of Florentines were they even Florentines at all?
but then she went and came in fourth on macaroons.
Shell need to steady the ship a bit if shes going to stand out going forward.
Then again, there has yet been no French pastry.
Time may be running out, though!
Hermines mango-coconut Florentine was too chewy, and her macaroons, in fifth place, were exactly average.
Her Japanese tea set biscuit diorama Showstopper also did not taste good.
See, its got to taste good, as well as look good, Paul offers, helpfully.
Things could still turn around!
Marc
Now we come to the two Marc/ks.
It is a whimsical delight.
It is also very well sculpted, probably on account of how Marc is a professional sculptor.
He also has strong James Cordon vibes they are great for TV; just ask James Cordon!
Rowans biggest obstacle is Rowan, and the question now is whether he can overcome the hurdle of himself.
everyone keeps telling him, and while he nods, he does not hear them.
Peter
Peter is a nice Scottish boy who is studying accounting.
Ive never had anything like it, Paul says, tasting Peters sticky toffee pudding Florentine.
Youre very good with your ideas.
Really, there is no higher praise.
So what if he underbakes his technical macaroons who among us hasnt?
He could even win, I think, although it is dangerous to pin too many hopes on youth.
She is very nervous endearing!
and so far, has displayed no self-sabotaging tendencies.
It was time to put the macaroons in the oven and nobody was sure for how long.
That, my friends, is the logic of a winner!
Literally, because then he won.
And that is where we stand!
But October has already delivered no shortage ofsurprises, and we are only on the second day.
Who knows what next week will bring?
Assuming time and space continue to exist until then, we will be here to find out.
