With Love, Meghan - Season 2 review
As I have mentioned before, I have been a Meghan Markle fan for over a decade and the Tig inspired my creative ventures in the past. Everything in With Love, Meghan looks great: the dishes, the gifts, the flowers, the garden, the music, the clothes. Meghan is a beautiful woman but she looks more enhanced than before. As a lover of aesthetic everything, this kind of show is literally my jam.
Jess
Let's dive into the much anticipated season 2, episode-by-episode, from first to last, as I will be reviewing one episode per week:
Episode 1 - A Sweet and Savoury Adventure
Just like on Season 1's first episode, Daniel Martin is back in the kitchen with Meghan. They have been friends since 2009 when they first worked together and he was her wedding makeup artist. I felt he was a bit uncomfortable in the first season but he feels more grounded on this one. I just can't stop looking at his amazing skin. He seems to be a really nice guy.
As a duo of friends, they are going to welcome another set of friends in David Chang and Christina Tosi. Both are American chefs I had heard about before thanks to binge watching Top Chef back in the day and they have great chemistry together. Here they will be cooking caramelised onions tarts with fresh eggs from Meghan's chickens.
Funny enough my husband made some feta and red onion puff pastries a few days ago and they were out of this world. We even froze some for a day we need to get things going quicker in the kitchen. It's just a pity he did not picture a step-by-step. I hope he remakes them so that I can share the recipe, they were amazing and I was reminded of those during this episode. It's a great recipe for a winter day, just like when he baked them.
Still, her recipe is a bit different and I also would love to try that. Anything with caramelised onions is deemed for success!
What Meghan Wore: I absolutely adored her Carolina Herrera striped dress. She has several iconic pieces from this brand, like her yellow pregnancy announcement dress. I have never purchased anything from CH, but I love whatever she picks.
As for arts & crafts, Meghan gifts them handmade painted scarves and shows the process in another segment. I had never thought about painting scarves myself but I love how they turned out. I love scarves around my neck or in my hair, they always add a polished touch. Also, her emerald green packaging is absolutely stunning. Christina immediately puts one on which signals she loved the gift. Or she is just a very polite person, which is also nice. They go onto making flower arrangement which Meghan loves and we have seen in a few segments in the past seasons. It's a very fun moment and it's nice to see adults playing together. Meghan's arrangement - with peonies, my favourites! - is stunning. And as much as she says it isn't about making perfect, she is clearly a perfectionist.
Then they head back to the kitchen to make s'mores. I loved the segment but it's not a recipe I am interesting in replicating as I don't love marshmallow.
Afterwards, and against David Chang's inner will to do everything on his own, they do a apple marinated flank steak with flatbread and fresh veggies picked from Meghan's garden. We see all hands on deck and Chef Chang sweating whilst directing it all. Meghan panics at the chaos in the kitchen - she mentions she likes to clean as she goes and I feel her! I also prefer that to leaving the kitchen a mess after cooking, seems harder to take care of it afterwards. To be honest, I also panic at how fast paced everything goes from this moment on. But then it calms down and they grill the steak outside. A whole lot of fuss for a little piece of meat but then the table is gorgeous boasting with different colours and textures. I would love to eat all that, even if I have not eaten much red meat in the past two years.
That flatbread looks amazing do, more like a naan for me. But isn't it just another way to say flatbread anyway?
Then later on they go outside to eat the s'mores around the fire and have a wholesome moment celebrating friendship. Swoon! All in all, a pretty sweet first episode with a lot of pep!
Episode 2 - Coming up next week
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