Martine McCutcheon seemed to prove Gordon Ramsay’s point that British women “can’t cook to save their lives.” Appearing on the debut of the celebrity chef’s “The F Word” last week, the “Love Actually” actress admitted she cannot turn her oven on, the London Evening-Standard reported. “I’d love to be able to cook a roast dinner, but I don’t even know how to switch the oven on,” McCutcheon said. “I don’t have any saucepans, I use paper plates so I don’t have to wash up and I only have one sharp knife – for people I hate!”
Gabriel Byrne recently ordered tea and cake at Siggy’s Good Food in Brooklyn Heights in New York, noting the eatery’s sign with a green face of a Space Alien and the words, “Aliens Eat Free.”
The New York Post reported that Byrne asked a waitress, “Hey, love, any chance I get this on the cuff? You know, I’m a naturalized alien.” She replied said, “Sorry, you have to be the green kind.” Byrne’s retort: “Ahh, you’ve never seen me after a night of pints.”
Celebrities’ crayon drawings raised money for the Capuchin Food Pantries, which provides meals to the hungry in New York. The Daily News reported Bette Midler, Yoko Ono, Woody Allen, Billy Joel and Robin Williams were among the stars whose art was sold last week at Tavern on the Green. Last year’s “Doodle for Hunger” raised $250,000.
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
No candy allowed for Zeta-Jones’ kids
Catherine Zeta-Jones is picky about what her children eat. Not surprising since her father, Dai Jones, once worked in a candy factory in Wales.
“I don’t give them kid food,” she told Life magazine. “No candy. Almost no juice. When my kids have juice, it’s like they’re having their first taste of champagne.” Zeta-Jones and her husband, Michael Douglas, have two children, Dylan, 5, and Carys, 2 1/2.
