Jake in the kitchen Part 2 - 'My porn is my gourmet magazines' (Updated)

Due to my trip having been cancelled, due to the vagaries of the English weather and the fates conspiring against me in the shape of shut roads, I'm able to pick up where I left off with my investigation into Jake Gyllenhaal's legendary prowess in the kitchen. This has also been motivated by my driven need to track down the source of Jake's cookery porn quote, which I did in the end. It comes from a interview Jake did with the German magazine Maxim Fashion back in the first half of 2006 and his exact words in translation are: 'I am a passionate chef. My porn is my gourmet magazines.'


Jake also reveals in this interview that chef Alice Waters is his pin-up. 'She’s a famous chef. I met her on a party in New York and I nearly fainted because I was so excited. That’s never happened to me with any actress before.' Further snippets of interest in this interview, which you can read in translation here, includes Jake's frustration with how the concept of 'boundless love' has become a cliche. If that is the case, he insists, then all love, and that includes the love that is found on Brokeback Mountain, should be included.



Jake also showed his enthusiasm for cooking magazines in Vitals magazine in 2005. Not only that, Jake gives some tips for books, magazines, pots, pans and knives.



Also in this interview, Jake was asked what he thought about being on the sexiest lists. In the past we've heard Jake say that this means little to him, but here Jake just goes for it: 'I love that shit.' There are also some intesting and frank comments from Jake about what it was like to play Jack Twist, showing that he wasn't just nervous of the love scenes, he was also apprehensive of playing something he so clearly isn't, a cowboy.



In this interview with Boyfriend, Jake says again that the kitchen is where he is most relaxed: 'Well I love to cook so you'd probably find me in the kitchen. I just find it so relaxing.' Jake also reveals that the favourite dish of his current girlfriend (Kirsten Dunst) is 'short ribs and braised beef', something Jake has also mentioned in other interviews.


Jake's liking for Mario Batali's food, and Mario Batali, is also evident from the number of occasions that Jake has been seen not only in Mario's restaurants but also at his table.



And finally...

I believe that Jake is featured in the March edition of New York Magazine, so keep your eyes open!


Incidentally, Jake Gyllenhaal's name has now been attached to Nailed on IMDb, although just as 'rumoured' at this stage.

Edited to add: New old pictures from March 4 2008

Thanks to Stephanie at IHJ, we now have new pictures of Jake out shopping in New York City on March 4. One photo shows Jake out for breakfast at L'express with a very familiar figure. Jake is also seen coming out of a Steven Alan store, a collection that specialises in 'dishevelled perfection'!




Includes pictures from IHJ.