Surprise, surprise. :hihi: :thumb: My mom and wife both love her shows, and even I agree that her one hour live show is much better. However, she crosses the creepy line with some of her innuendo on it. I don't have any moral indignation or anything, it just makes me feel dirty watching it. :lol:
love paula deen. her accent sounds like every member of my family except me. it is a rarely heard accent and it pleases me endlessly. i think linguists call it southern coastal. georgia, south carolina, that area. it is fantastic. love alton brown. but i saw the first season of feasting on asphalt and it was boring, which is weird because i love motorcycles and alton brown. (ever seen that miniseries that follows ewan mcgregor and his pal around the world on motorcycles? love it) cant stand giada delaurentis. overpronouncing ricotta cheese kills me. and i get it, you are thin and mildly pretty. be better looking or a better host, because you are trying to get by on being good at both and it isnt working. rachel ray is ok. i like barefoot contessa because she is pretty smart and i like to listen to the way she uses sentences. some people phrase things in a way i enjoy. emeril is horrible. bam. i like anthony bourdain, although he can have a little too much new york 'tude. his book is outstanding and should not be missed. i like unwrapped alot. the host, marc summers, who used to host double dare, is battling serious OCD. i saw him on some other show. he is a freak and can barely get his work done. true story. i like the non food version of unwrapped, "how its made" alot too. bobby flay acts like a cretin most of the time but i like throw down as well. i like it when he wins, because it pleases me to see how gracious the losers always are in defeat. 40$ a day should be renamed "how to stiff people for tips". obviously, iron chef japanese is outstanding and is about as good as a thing you can see on tv.
View attachment 9454 Im not sure she even talks. And I really dont care. Actually agree with Martin. She grew up in San Diego, no need for the pronunciation. Rachel Ray - makes me want to kill myself. Her facial expressions and hand motions after every 3 words are swful. Emeril - is a cool guy and fishes around my area a lot. I like his show. A. Brown - knows his stuff, I dont mind him. Paula Dean - can be really good or REALLY bad. Unlike the others, she cooks foods that I like...If she didnt I prob. wouldnt watch her.
i want to stab myself in the face when i see that contessa barefoot monotone no pulse show. oh god make it stop. paula is watchable and funny the few times ive seen part of the show. im your cook not your cardiologist, sugar. alton brown is pretty great. knows too much stuff. i want to stab rachel ray in her lopsided shape and let the air out. cannot stand her show which i thought i liked. more annoying than contessa just on the other end of the spectrum. giada is fantastic. i love the overplay on her italian words to make me feel like im in sicily. ok not really but the low-cut shirts arent bad plus she knows her stuff. emeril is good because he has a great personality and down to earth. not really the best chef but hes personable and entertaining. bobby flay is a known prick to most who know him off the set so i read. i believe it. hes pretty arrogant and seems to think hes hot it seems. reminds me of the dude who left NYPD Blue for CSI thinking he was too good for the show. the redheaded moron. bourdain is pretty terrible. too boring. iron chef america is pretty good because mario batali and morimoto can crush anyone. people dont even challenge cat cora so they now decide for them to have a reason to keep her on the show. they should just do away with her and add someone else.
paula deen is the grandma i wish i had that would invite me for christmas so i could drink apple cider and eat pecan pie. her sons have some show i saw once and they were annoying. he gets excited over nothing. but like i said, you should read his book, kitchen confidential, it is very good.
i only watch partial shows on this channel. usually like 10 mins or so unless its iron chef then like half. the one with her sons made me feel sorry for them since they were beyond boring. ive seen only 5 mins of one show but im pretty quick to decide. okie can be our chef. she is a fantastic cook/baker. not sure i could read a book on cooking. maybe if its about running one of his restaurants.
Funny that nobody else has mention Batali but as far as TV type cooks go he is probably the best all around chef out there. The guy can flat out cook and if Italian is your game then you wont find any better. Iron Chef has also proven he can be pretty versatile too and not just cook Italian. He is just one helluva chef.
it is like "ball four" except it is about being a chef at fancy restaurants. i think it was NYT bestseller for a while. you should check it out.
the never trust a skinny cook adage holds true. mario is gonna keel over from a heart attack on camera sometime soon but the people absolutely love his food. hes always tasting it and perfecting it much moreso than the others it seems. he knows good food. dude always wears shorts but i guess when you're a super chef you can cook naked if you wish. batali and morimoto should just cook against each other every show. id watch. preferably something live in a tank as the secret ingredient. oh i think i saw the chairman dude who does flips at the beginning in some bad martial arts/chinese movie with subtitles a few months back. i suppose he is a well known bruce lee type then went into hosting this show. i always figured he was famous like don the dragon wilson but never knew for sure. i had a roommate who was addicted to these type movies when i was trying to watch sports. he was shocked i didnt know who the dragon guy was years ago. ill have to check amazon for a paperback copy. I still have that pete maravich book sitting on my desk i need to read.
My wife LOVES her show about weekend getaways. I think Giada has a forehead large enough to easily land a Chinook on it, and it's endlessly distracting. Her authentic pronunciation of Italian words during sentences is just as bad as the Latin American news people that say stuff like: "So that's the story out of the southeast section of Houston. I'm LOOEESEETA KAALDAYEROOOOOON reporting." He won one? I've seen about 5 or so, and he never wins. I forgot about Batali. That dude can definitely cook.
