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Lynne Rossetto Kasper

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Radio Personality

The Resume

    Resides in St. Paul, Minnesota
    Host of ‘The Splendid Table’ on public radio
    Wrote ‘The Splendid Table (1992)’ and ‘The Italian Country Table (1999)’

Why she might be annoying:

    As a young woman, she jumped around from college to college.
    She subtitled her first book ‘Recipes from Emilia-Romagna’ (a region in Italy), and then people assumed that was her name.
    She complains about how Americans don’t eat healthy food, but she’s on the stocky side herself.
    She is often photographed in tight close-up or hiding behind something to conceal her bulk.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is an expert in Northern Italian cuisine.
    She’s comfortable with French and Chinese cooking techniques as well as Italian.
    Her cookbook won both the Julia Child and James Beard awards.
    Her show is popular even with listeners who don’t like to cook.
    She features a segment where callers list items from their refrigerator and she turns them into a recipe on the spot.
    She did a segment on a consumer-reports show where she blew the lid off the corrupt oven industry.
    Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 61 Votes: 63.93% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 100 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 63 Votes: 55.56% Annoying