Simply Delicioso - Using All of Her Body to Cook, Latin Style - Review of Ingrid Hoffmann’s show

“Ingrid Hoffmann, the latest arrival on the Food Network ”” her show “Simply Delicioso” is shown on Saturday mornings ”” seems to be quickly staking her claim as the country’s pre-eminent cleavage cook.

A native of Colombia and a Miami retailer and restaurateur, Ms. Hoffmann is all tight fits and high heels. No chef’s clogs for her. Giada De Laurentiis, the granddaughter of the producer Dino De Laurentiis and host of two shows of her own on the network (“Everyday Italian” and “Giada’s Weekend Getaways”), is merely a good-looking woman with a mortar and pestle in comparison.

Ms. Hoffmann cooks with her whole body, as if every occasion to chop some cilantro were also an opportunity to show how well she might fare as a backup dancer for Rod Stewart. She appears less covered up to marinate a chicken than Ms. De Laurentiis does to go jet-skiing.”

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