What is your favorite cooking show?

Any one else love america's test kitchen?

It is one of my favorite cooking shows.

Of course all pale compared to the divine Ms Julia Child. I have a picture of her hanging in the kitchen.

THose southern dishes are the type that my husband and family just loves.

Actually, I just love listening to her voice, lol! But her desserts always look so decadent and wonderful.

I am originally from south alabama on the florida alabama line and now live in Florida. The woman does not know how to pronounce pecans.

They are not pee cans. Pee cans are what the folks put under the bed when we had outhouses and didn't want to make the trip in the dark.

Other than that I find her dialect a little exaggerated.

I guess I don't find her accent exaggerated.....I remember the first time my two uncles from Georgia came to visit: my two small daughters couldn't understand a word they said.

Funny how pronuciation varies across the South....

(well, I don't watch this show, but it bothers me in general when people say "pee cans").

so I've only seen it once or twice at a friends house. I do dig her accent. makes me hungry for good biscuits.

Has anyone ordered any of Paula's cookbooks?

my favorites

I want to marry one of her sons so she'd be my mom. :)

She's my image of the perfect mother.

And I love her and her comfort food. I'm seriously thinking about getting a cookbook of hers.

I used to watch Biba Gaggiano religiously when her show was on. I can't remember if it was TLC or Discovery but she hasn't been on for quite a while. I have three of her cookbooks and have made several things from each of them.

I like Lidia's Italian-American cooking on PBS (is that on everywhere or just New York?), Molto Mario, and Bobby Flay.

I get the feeling she could make every dish blindfolded if she had to!

I bought it, and whoa, it is definitely not for beginners! :) Everything sounds really good, though.

maybe she has a bad ghost writer.

Julia Child and Company and More Company was my favorite of all time. The books are awesome, too.

I love them. He can barely keep her from nibbling on everything as they cook.

That was one of the great cooking shows. I also used to like Justin Wilson.

Now, like many of the others on here, i enjoy Paula's Home Cooking.

Because he enjoyed what he was doing so much. I enjoyed his Cajun humor too.

I have been meaning to read her biography. I have heard she had a very interesting life.

Alton.

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She has a new show with celebrities (tonight!). I'm waiting for Morgan Freeman. Love Morgan Freeman. :loveya:

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Wotta dish.

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and not bad food either.

Every time I'm cooking and run back and forth to the garbage can with something, I keep saying, I've gotta get a "garbage bowl"!

A little "enthusiastic" for my cooking tastes, but fun to watch.

She's my favorite, too. She grew up not far where I live and she had a cooking demonstration, locally, that my friend attended and my friend got to cook with her! She still lives in the vicinity, since I recognize the names of the local places that she mentions on her show.:-)

and Alton on the web. Sounds like he has got the dream gig!

He's a big time lib- and very entertaining as well.

I love it when I find out cool entertainers are liberals as well. Thanks for the link.

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Interesting show.

I like that he explains so much about WHY things happen. Very interesting.

Great show.

Make it quick, make it tasty, and damn it don't concern yourself with measuring everything to the nth degree!

I have to admit, though, I just saw his chili episode (Grumpy Gus and Rusty) and it was mighty strange looking chili. Prolly awful good, though.

Berefoot Contessa is my favorite. I also like Everyday Italian and Good Eats. Alton Brown is quirky but he does give some very good tips!

I love watching "Barefoot Contessa".

that show is sooo much fun :)

Ming is sexy but Alton's more like a scientist. (Like me:bounce: :bounce: )

I loved him!

but I thought that "Ming's Quest," the one where he did things like try to catch his own ice fish, was just plain silly. But it was watchable because he's so personable. I know that I haven't seen him for a long time, so I checked The Food Network website and he's not even listed.:-(

He really has some annoying habits, but the recipes are just wonderful. We bought his cookbook and I am just in love with the food we've been turning out.

I can barely stand to watch him, but i would gladly let him cook for me.

...it's so campy (and so fixed in favor of the IC's) that it's fun.

The crazy costumes, the celebrity judges.

What's not to love!

I used to watch it every week.

meanwhile a lot of the food is incredibly revolting; pretty but often nasty. Sea urchin innards anyone?

Most of the food *is* really revolting, which may be part of its charm. The way they hack up a live octapus is a classic gross-out - as well as the fact that they seem to eat the liver out of every single animal they feature. It's disgustingly good fun.

on it. amazing...

http://www.froglok.com/alle.mp3
(only 68k file)

Including mine?

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(aaaah~~ soon as I said that they reappeared!!)

at about 7pm that wiped out some posts. Maybe that was it???

a lot of deleted posts, but you never know, LOL!:evilgrin:

I really learn a lot from that show and its funny. However, we cancelled our Direct Tv and cable after the election, so I guess I won't be seeing it anymore :-(

I also like Jamie Oliver and Anthony Bourdain's shows.

That's too bad that you won't be seeing it anymore, but you could sign up for The Food Network on-line newsletter. I've been getting it for a long time.

I had forgotten about Tony Bourdain. Is he still on? He used to be on Friday nights, but it seems like ages since I've seen him. I really loved his show, and got a huge kick out of him, but I guess I didn't think of him because he rarely cooks.

I used to not be able to stand Jamie Oliver, because I couldn't understand a word that came out of his mouth, but he's grown on me. I've even printed out a few of his recipes.:-)

It is the closest I will ever come to being a sports fan. Japanese Chef Morimoto is my favorite, but I also like the French chef...what's his name? Sakai?

Love everything about the show, especially the cheesy voiceovers. :)

I'm usually disappointed because he's the one who seems to be chosen least often. I usually get a kick out of it, too, especially because everyone takes everything so seriously, but there have been times when I've just had to turn it off, though, because the ingredient is just too gross for me to stand watching.:puke:

And I LOVE America's Test Kitchen, their website is one I hit all the time in case I miss a recipe hehehe :)

His show was great - "I Guar-AN-TEE!" hehehehe :)

cause I loved his show. I remember seeing it when I was little. The recipes are easy enough to follow in the book. It is not a cook book I would recommend for a beginner.

....well, its probably because I have a crush on her!

I do not have cable. Is she on the food network?

...has several shows including a show in which she makes a meal in 30 minutes, one in which she meets with celebrities who are into food, and one in which she visits cities, and eats out for 3 meals in under $40.00 per day. She's very cute, but then, I'm prejudice...

...because i cant.

I love Paula's Home Cooking. The Better than Sex cake will floor you.
Everday Italian is starting to become one I watch, and I love everything Rachael Ray is in.

I Can't wait til the New Iron Chef starts airing in January.... MORIMOTO!!!!!! YAY!!!! And Alton Brown is going to be on it too. Good eats is another fave. A friend and I have a deal that if we ever go to Philly to eat at Morimoto we are going to bring him a gift: Bobby Flay's Head on a pike. (neither of us like Flay all that much...) But alas, Flay is on the New Iron Chef, maybe we will have to rethink our gift? I also like Rachel Ray, she is so neat. Emeril is another fave, You have to love a cook that has his own band in the kitchen. I guess my list off Food Network would go like this....
1. Iron Chef
2. Good Eats with Alton Brown
3. Anything with Rachel Ray...(30 minute meals, $40 a day...)
4. Emeril live
5. Food 911 (Tyler Florence is Dreamy....)

I do like Roker on the Road, and All American Festivals. Am I the only one that sees the Irony in Al's show happening AFTER his gastric bypass? Paula Deen is ok, I will watch her although she isn't a fave, Her accent drives me friggin insane. Giada DiLaurentiis is another one that I could do without, I am ½ Italian, No one in my family cooks like her (I realize this could be a regional thing, but hey...)

I love America's Test Kitchen. I also like Caprial and John's Kitchen. Not really for their food, but for the semi-snarky way they treat each other. There's a loving pretense, but you know they're probably at each other's throats when the cameras aren't rolling. It makes me and my husband giggle.

has a great website. Are they just in oregon?

http://www.caprialandjohnskitchen.com/index.html

I mean, didn't you always want to know how they make Mike & Ike's?

I've learned so much from both of them and love both Rachael Ray and Tyler Florence.:-)

Mario Batali and Alton Brown.

I used to love Mario Eats Italy. Sure, Rooney was corny, but you got a sense of place and culture, and the recipes were good. His other show, that had three ordinary folks at a bar in his kitchen (TV set) was also good by virtue of Mario's skill, communication skills, and his recipes. And who can help but to like a guy with red clogs, red ahir, and a pony tail, huh?

Alton Brown is just plain smart and entertaining ... and never does any pretentious crap. Honest is as honest does.

I get a kick out of Mario, since he is just so knowledgeable and, I agree, did communicate a sense of place. And Alton Brown is just smart and straightforward. :shrug:

I also like Rachael Ray because she's quick and efficient and Tyler Florence, because he's up to any challenge, and manages to charm everyone.:-)

I haven't seen one show I didn't sit fascinated. And Alton is terrific, too. I've learned a lot from these guys. Two good choices, imo!