Gwyneth Paltrow's Cooking Lesson (VIDEO)

Watch out Barefoot Contessa!

Gwyneth Paltrow has sent out an 8-minute video teaching her GOOP newsletter subscribers how to make her version of fast food - a roast chicken, potatoes and a farmer's market salad.

In the video, seen below, a casual Gwyneth chats about her love of cooking and food while de-boning a chicken, peeling and parboiling potatoes and throwing together a salad using fresh, local ingredients.

Paltrow says she learned to cook with her father, with whom she would watch cooking shows. She learned to wash a chicken from her grandmother. She also said she sometimes lies awake in bed thinking of food and cooking.

Two weeks ago her GOOP mailer extolled the virtues of her recent 21-day cleanse.


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[Norak]

Gwyneth has been a popular spokesperson for PETA and animal rights, claims not to wear fur, touts vegetarian meals. Kind of kills the image working with a chicken carcass,

[astroup]

When you're teaching morons how to cook you should REALLY point out the "washing your hands" and "changing your cutting board" after cutting raw chicken part.

[SeltzerPants]

Right.
Because I need an eight minute video to toss a salad and salt & pepper a chicken to put in the oven.

Next week on Goop! The groundbreaking three part series - "Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches: Gwyeenie Breaks It Down For You."

It's not the effort that annoys me -nay, offends me- it is the hubris.

[MuchMadness]

It was charming that she called aluminum foil tin foil. Kind of like calling a refrigerator an icebox.

[glorialovelace]

Maybe it's a regional thing. Everybody around here (NY) calls it "tinfoil."

[Ocean71]

I love to watch cooking shows. I really think she did a great job and it is nice to see that she enjoys herself . Great job.

[glorialovelace]

I think she did a good job too. And I agree that the fact that she seemed to be enjoying herself contributed to that.

[PuddinPie]

It looks like Chris and the kids will be eating out this evening.

[Terry6202]

A tween word is being overenthusiastic, Miss Gwyneth uses "lovely", "gorg", "heavenly" and "lovely" in particular. It's a word that 11-year-olds use and cute for them but lame for adults.

[sheriwriter]

lovely is used by adults in the uk. it is not a child's word there. she is married to a brit and lives in the uk.

[ccpostman]

And you should see her house in London. Not bad.
She also has one in the Hamptons.

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/54016/view/?service=1

[sylvia-leopard]

Gwyneth is working that poor chicken.

[Terry6202]

Why does Gwyneth use tween words? It's so annoying.

[Feanor]

What is a 'tween word'?

[Angel]

Somehow I never imagine such a beautiful face glowing with such lightness hacking apart a chicken and eating it. I love her acting I just hope she will choose a more compassionate way of eating in the future.

[Seaglass]

I just snorted my coffee!

[phinney]

This is a joke, right? This woman doesn't eat, she even writes about not eating, she encourages others not to eat, but to "cleanse".

I prefer to get my cooking tips and recipies from health women who actually eat.

[kgrido]

Love her. She is gorgeous: http://www.actressscene.com/2009/07/gwyneth-paltrow-video-from-shallow-hal.html

[geisol]

And yummy

[geisol]

Cute!

[sdp0812]

Would anyone else agree that cutting the backbone out of a chicken isn't exactly deboning it?

[skippypicasso]

From my years as a professional chef, I'd have to say 'partially' deboning. But she's not one and her lack of proper terminology is the least of my problems with her.

[KJLSanDiego]

this post made me laugh!

[glorialovelace]

It wasn't just the backbone. She also removed the thighbones.