This past weekend, the Food Network aired a brand new Semi Homemade Halloween special featuring our intrepid hostess Sandra Lee dressed in a variety of regal costumes as some sort of ode to the most memorable queens of history. As you can imagine, the results were eye-opening. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a busty Marie Antoinette preparing a pumpkin trifle.
Don’t get too excited though. Sandy only had a half an hour of airtime, which meant that when it came to queens, there was no love for the likes of Elizabeth II, Liliuokalani, and of course, Bruce Vilanch (heeyyyoooh!!!). Still, there were plenty of ridiculous costumes, and I’m only too happy to share them with you here.
Pics from the special after the jump…
First up: Anne Boleyn!
“IIII am going cook up something that’s gonna make you want to drop that beggel and cream cheese!”
The obligatory Boleyn-cleavage shot.
Just the way it used to be: Anne Boleyn tending to a deep fryer.
Sound the horns: Guinevere has arrived! And she’s making beef skewers!!
Guinevere also goes by her professional name, Chesty McCamelot.
Looks like somebody finally learned how to pronounce “focaccia!” (HINT: it’s not “fow-kasha.”)
“Let them eat cake… that I bought at the store and added crappy frosting to. Ta-da!!!”
Little known fact: before losing her head, Marie Antoinette was known for her love of canned pumpkin pie filling.
Is that… Tilda Swinton??
No, it’s just Sandra Lee preparing to show us a very Elizabethan tablescape.
Those metallic pumpkins mounted on candlesticks just seem to cry out “Early Modern England.”
Ooooh. A name tag with a piece of doily attached. Just like Windsor Castle!
Thanks, Sandra Lee. You never disappoint…