What Do We Get Out of Those TV Cooking Shows? – A Rant
June 25, 2008 at 6:10 pm Leave a comment
Julia Child, the goddess of cooking, started it all… and I must admit it worked. Way back when, who’d have “thunk” you could get people to sit in front of their TVs and watch someone cook. Today we have endless, and mindless for the large part, cooking shows available 24-7.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not opposed to anything that works to get more families together at the table eating food prepared in their very own kitchen. I just would like to see more instructional cooking and a little less cook-entertainment. Seriously, I want one of those ovens that you throw ingredients into an oven-proof container, pop it into the oven and then open the oven door below it to pull out a fully prepared, beautiful dish.
Here are a few that make easy targets, although I know many of you really like them. I proceed at my own risk…..
Anyone tired of our all-American girl RR with her EVOO and endless energy? When she is finished in TV she can get a job at Circ du Soleil as a juggler, carrying all those ingredients in one load, come-on.
How about learning Italian cooking while watching the bouncing boobs?
Do any of you dress up to make almost-homemade meals?
What’s with the guy who will eat anything, and I do mean anything, makes me want to lose my supper, not make it.
There are some good shows. The Martha Stewart produced Everyday… shows offer quick and instructional cooking. I like The Barefoot Contessa but do wonder when she makes 4 gallons of soup for two people. Napa Style provides good entertaining ideas and you just can’t beat America’s Test Kitchen for techniques and solid cooking tips.
Well, it’s time to pull the plug on this show for now, I’m off to the grocery to pick up a box cake mix for my grandson’s third birthday party….NOT!
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