[Mamzelle]

Rachel Ray is one of my favorites--I like that she makes a point of gathering her ingredients out of the pantry and frig instead of having a sous chef do the "mises en place". I love to watch cooking shows, and not just because I love to cook. A cooking show is a cheerful thing--

I'm not crazy about Iron Chef--they don't make anything I'd really like to eat.

But I do like Alton Brown on "Good Eats" for the science of cooking--and Paula Hoh-rn from Sa--vah-in-nah and the pretty Ina Garten. I don't want a blumic model-type telling me how to cook.

[MarkL]

But I do like Alton Brown on "Good Eats" for the science of cooking--and Paula Hoh-rn from Sa--vah-in-nah and the pretty Ina Garten. I don't want a blumic model-type telling me how to cook.

Good Eats is one of my very favorite TV shows. I don't mean cooking shows: I mean it's one of my favorite shows period!

I agree with you 100% about Iron Chef... I'm halfway convinced that a lot of those recipes came about from losing bets! I remember one where the "secret ingredient" was this super-deep water ocean fish. I don't even remember what it was called, but it played the "deep ocean monster" in "Finding Nemo!"

As for not wanting a model-type how to cook, well, Giatta DeLaurentis can tell me anything she wants, anytime she wants! Yum, and I'm NOT just talking about her cooking!

Mark