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shortbreadlover — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:47:44 GMT

watch the food newtwork any more? i know i don't watch it as much. seems like they hae far too many reruns and very few new shows.

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lovesrecess — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:03:38 GMT

I only watch on weekends...Trisha Yearwood's show and sometimes Ina Garten. I used to watch Next Food Network Star but realized it was not legit so lost interest. The network was much better years ago when it had shows that had actual cooking rather than the silly gameshows and contests....

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loriqvc — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:09:33 GMT

@lovesrecess wrote:
I only watch on weekends...Trisha Yearwood's Show and sometimes Ina Garten. I used to watch Next Food Network Star but realized it was really not legit so lost interest. The network was much better years ago when it had shows that showed actual cooking rather than the silly gameshows and contests....

@lovesrecess - I agree! I would much rather watch the reruns of the simple, direct cooking shows than all the competition shows. Trisha and Ina are great, and even though they show the Pioneer Woman for multiple hours a day every day, I love her show as well. I actually think it would be interesting for Food Network to put older shows like the ones from Rachael Ray, Tyler Florence, and Emeril back into circulation—good cooking is good cooking, no matter when a show was filmed. (And previous Food Network Star winners like Melissa D'Arabian, Aarti Sequeira, and Aaron McCargo Jr had great shows that could be reaired as well.)

I recently added the Cooking Channel to my Sling subscription and have been loving the programming offered on that station; there are so many more shows with chefs cooking there that I've filled my DVR with tons of fun things to watch...

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lovesrecess — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:08:34 GMT

I miss Julia Child on PBS!

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shortbreadlover — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:12:10 GMT

me too. my grandmother would watch her shows and then talk back to her saying things like i have never heard of doing it that way or so that's how you do that.

it was so funny at the time but i realize now just how ahead of her julia child really was

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lovesrecess — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:14:25 GMT

I wasn't just a little girl when Julia was on the air but I have watched her old shows so many times and admire her techniques and her finesse. She was a very talented chef.

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PA Mom-mom — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:15:36 GMT

@shortbreadlover If I get the chance, I like to watch the kids competitions. Those kids are amazing! Also, I like to watch Ina when I can. I like the PBS shows for information, like Cooks Country. Hey, does anyone remember Two Fat Ladies?

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shaggygirl — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:38:48 GMT

I still watch Chopped quite a lot.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:11:31 GMT

I like Chopped, too. For weeks now though, it seems like it's been non-stop Halloween baking shows.

I got into Beat Bobby Flay for a short while, but I got really sick of the jokey hokey teasing. Not interested any more.

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colliemom4 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:32:38 GMT

Very rarely do I watch this channel anymore. I feel like they took off almost all of the good shows.

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OKPrincess — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:17:48 GMT

We like to watch Trisha Yearwood and Ree Drummond.

Trisha had a Halloween special this past weekend and made several awesome but gruesome treats. Really enjoyed that segment.

DH and I have been to Pioneer Women’s Mercantile twice but haven’t been to where they tape segments. The lines are very long to eat at her restaurant so haven’t had a meal there yet. However there is a bakery upstairs!!

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panda1234 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:57:06 GMT

@lovesrecess the same thing happened with HGTV, the older shows were the best and most informative.

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Puppy-eyes7 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:37:13 GMT

I used to love it when Rachel Ray had her 30 min meals, Barefoot Contessa was on daily, Robin Miller, etc.

Food Network used to be about cooking. Now, its turned into a network of competitive shows or stuff like Guy Fieri... and its HOURS of that stuff. I'm a southerner but I think I've seen all I would like to see of Pioneer woman and stuff like that. I miss the old formats like crazy.

I'm lucky if I get to see Barefoot Contessa anymore. And I used to love Alton Brown's show. WOuld be neat if they had a Foodnetwork Classic!

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Puppy-eyes7 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:38:17 GMT

Me too!!! I loved seeing Julia in the morning while having breakfast! Now, I watch Martha Stewart on PBS

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Puppy-eyes7 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:40:18 GMT

I agree....they did away with all the best stuff that made Food network. The only competition show I ever liked was the Original Iron Chef!

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Imaoldhippie — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:15:23 GMT

I record Trisha and Ree, and a couple of other shows. I cant handle The Kitchen, Bobby Flay, or Guy whats his name.

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house_cat — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:54:35 GMT

The only thing I still watch on FN is "The Kitchen". It's good. I record it on Saturday and watch it on Sunday. DH won't admit it, but he likes watching with me. I think he fancies Katie Lee.

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shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:42:50 GMT

About the only time I watch anymore is in the mornings on the weekend (Ree, Trisha, etc.). I spend much more time watching CREATE.