With the history being made all around us these days, how about we bring a bit of history back into the kitchen as well. For instance, today the station watched was one of the new digital sub stations we found locally called Retro TV network. The show was one of the first cooking shows and hosted by Dionne Lucas, a Cordon Bleu chef from Britain who had a series on back in the 1950’s. Her advertiser was Caloric (?) Gas ranges Another cooking show is seen on ION TV with Robin Shea (a favorite only due to the fact she is from my home town) I believe these two are on this channel as well....”Chef at Large” and “Chef at Home”. David Wade, another local favorite way back in the day. And, of course The Galloping Gourmet and Justin Wilson. With the passing of Chef Paul recently, it was an uplifting experience to see how many persons were inspired by these early pioneers. Another local I remember is Julie Bennell with her show being on Channel 8 in Dallas during the 50’s.
For those of us who have no access to cable, we do still have some access to interesting cooking shows. The may be older, but food is food and anything new is always an experiment. Check out some of these oldies but goodies if possible. You might be pleasantly surprised
I remember the ‘Galloping Gourmet’; but dearer to my heart was Friedemann Paul Erhardt, popularly known as Chef Tell, whom we saw on local Metro DC television - he was famous for his catch phrase “Very Simple, Very Easy”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_Paul_Erhardt
-JT