Food Network is still about cooking if you are watching in the daytime. Though I’ll grant you that Sarah Moulton is a better cook than most of those they have on there now. Sandra Lee in particular (though she might be a nice lady) is a particular waste of time.
At night though Food Network fare is either about competitions or are personality driven shows like Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
Travel Network is now all “Bizarre Foods” all the time. Yeech!
Actually, I didn’t know that!
I’ve never watched it in the daytime, I just watch Rachael Ray, Giada, reruns of Mario, Good Eats and Tyler’s Ultimate...the recipes I’ve made from those folks are almost uniformly good.
Sandra Lee—I admire how she overcame her hard circumstances, but oh my goodness, what absolute dreck her show is...the great Tony Bourdain has her pinned to the T!
Thanks, I’ll DVR Food Network daily shows.
Ed