Kitchen

[Wackers3]

I have also enjoyed  Anne Burrell (sp) shows when they ran them here.  She is really quite comical to listen to but she also is very good about explaining her recipes and tricks and tips to viewers.  

Ina is relaxing and also tries to make sure those watching can follow along.  It is especially helpful that she doesn't just toss ingredients in without any info about quantity, measurements, etc.

Sometimes Giada sounds like she is talking to pre-schoolers and for some reason, that bugs the heck out of me.  She doesn't always do it but there are shows where I feel she thinks she is talking to children.  Giada is not always easy to follow - hate those times when she finishes up a recipe during the commercials and we have no clue what the final steps were.

Am not a RR fan at all - maybe because she rarely makes anything that I find appealing.  While I love a good hamburger from time to time, it gets old for me to see all her variations on them, many of which include adding lots of really hot spices which my system can't handle.  It just seems like she makes the same things over and over but then adding her own touch (which there is nothing wrong with) but they do end up becoming repetitive for me.

[RedTop]

I enjoy Anne Burrell, Ree Drummond, and Trisha Yearwood.   I learn the most from Anne.   My family has enjoyed many of Ree's recipes.   Trisha is the most fun, is entertaining to watch in the kitchen, and cooks more in the country style I am familiar with.   I do get very annoyed that Trisha and her sister Beth are so slow with their food prep; mainly they look like they're in slow motion when they cut and chop with a knife.   

[wagirl]

From the very small numbers of ACTUAL cooking shows anymore---I like Julia, of course and Ina is good too, only I haven't seen anything new from her. I like Marthas PBS series alot and also Cooks Country and American Test Kitchen too. Am weary of all the competitions shows---

[Sooner]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

Hey Sooner!   (OT) - So, are you going to be prepared to drive out here with a moving truck to pick up all my Le Creuset pots when I'm on my way out?  

This was from a previous conversation and I never got to respond before that thread died.     Come and get 'em!

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OK!  I'll race out tomorrow and get my chauffer's licence renewed (probably have to be a BIG truck you know!).  Well, "just in case" of course!  Best of health to you. . . and you know I mean it!  

[Yahooey]

I don't cook a like but do enjoy baking. I may watch many shows for entertainment but the recipes that I use tend to be

ATK / Cook's Country

Martha Stewart

Ina Garten

Julia Child was a class act - I watched some b/w episodes that was on a local channel. Her instructions were straight forward and her mannerism was down to earth. Days of hardward store rings as opposed to tart pans. Many items she bought from France and I supposed weren't sold here. If you don't have a scraper (bench scraper from France) she suggested what looked like a paint scraper. Very cool. 

I saw her kitchen that was in the DC Smithsonian. That made my trip.

[Ruthie-Roo]

I learned how to make kimchi by watching (over and over, LOL) a popular online poster, Maangchi (besides her videos, her Korean cookbook is awesome, too).  There are so many other shows and videos that I've watched, and still do, learning a great deal from all of them.

[Day1128]

America's Test Kitchen. I like the science of 'why' you do certain things.