Comments on: Pollan Rips the Food Network a New One http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182 I'll have to figure out how to edit these fonts Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:44:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Christine http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182/comment-page-1#comment-608 Christine Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:39:53 +0000 http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182#comment-608 I couldn't agree more. I must say I enjoy Paula Deen and her boys, and my husband enjoys looking at Giada's cleavage on Everyday Italian. I agree that these shows are really not about food anymore. I find much better information online these days than on those shows. There are so many good blogs out there by people who really love food and know how to prepare it and can teach me! There's just no reason to watch the Food Network, really. Good for Pollan. And, Rachel Ray has got to be the most annoying personality on television. One day she was making something I genuinely thought I wanted to make and within 30 seconds (no way can I go 30 minutes with her) I was so disgusted by her crazy stupid movements and vocabulary that I turned the TV off and just looked up the recipe online. I couldn’t agree more. I must say I enjoy Paula Deen and her boys, and my husband enjoys looking at Giada’s cleavage on Everyday Italian. I agree that these shows are really not about food anymore. I find much better information online these days than on those shows. There are so many good blogs out there by people who really love food and know how to prepare it and can teach me! There’s just no reason to watch the Food Network, really. Good for Pollan.

And, Rachel Ray has got to be the most annoying personality on television. One day she was making something I genuinely thought I wanted to make and within 30 seconds (no way can I go 30 minutes with her) I was so disgusted by her crazy stupid movements and vocabulary that I turned the TV off and just looked up the recipe online.

]]> By: Kate http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182/comment-page-1#comment-277 Kate Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:38:57 +0000 http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182#comment-277 LOVED this post. I was nodding in agreement with most of it, and chuckling at the Sandra Lee / Rachael Ray comments. I'll admit right up front I've performed my share of hacks (muffins and bread from a cake mix, a can of soup in a casserole) but they tend to be the occasional short cut rather than a lifestyle. When I first began watching the Food Network, I remember leaving it on virtually all weekend as I went about my business. I'd look up from a vacuum any time I saw something particularly interesting -- Mario Batali *IN* Italy, for instance, showing up an Italian housewife would pour out the polenta on a table and leave it overnight, and you'd slice it cold in the morning for a fried polenta breakfast, and five different ways to use it. Do you see anything like that now? No. Now you see Rachael Ray on vacation and where she buys her gelato, as if I could give a rat's ass where she gets gelato. I turned off the Food Network when I realized it became the equivalent of the National Enquirer at the newstand. It isn't news, it's capitalizing on celebrities and entertainment news and creating it when they have neither. I would never pick it up or buy it, but, I may browse with a "harumph" if I found it in the seatback of an airplane, or next to me in the laundermat. Using that exception, a few nights ago I stumbled on a show from the Food Network and the braised pork looked delicious enough for me to make it that same weekend, and it occurred to me that's the first time I've watched a program, and actually cooked a dish from it, in about 2 years, at least. Anyway, I'm droning on. Great post! Glad I found you on TasteStopping. LOVED this post. I was nodding in agreement with most of it, and chuckling at the Sandra Lee / Rachael Ray comments. I’ll admit right up front I’ve performed my share of hacks (muffins and bread from a cake mix, a can of soup in a casserole) but they tend to be the occasional short cut rather than a lifestyle. When I first began watching the Food Network, I remember leaving it on virtually all weekend as I went about my business. I’d look up from a vacuum any time I saw something particularly interesting — Mario Batali *IN* Italy, for instance, showing up an Italian housewife would pour out the polenta on a table and leave it overnight, and you’d slice it cold in the morning for a fried polenta breakfast, and five different ways to use it. Do you see anything like that now? No. Now you see Rachael Ray on vacation and where she buys her gelato, as if I could give a rat’s ass where she gets gelato. I turned off the Food Network when I realized it became the equivalent of the National Enquirer at the newstand. It isn’t news, it’s capitalizing on celebrities and entertainment news and creating it when they have neither. I would never pick it up or buy it, but, I may browse with a “harumph” if I found it in the seatback of an airplane, or next to me in the laundermat. Using that exception, a few nights ago I stumbled on a show from the Food Network and the braised pork looked delicious enough for me to make it that same weekend, and it occurred to me that’s the first time I’ve watched a program, and actually cooked a dish from it, in about 2 years, at least. Anyway, I’m droning on. Great post! Glad I found you on TasteStopping.

]]> By: Summer http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182/comment-page-1#comment-205 Summer Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:40:26 +0000 http://worthhersalt.com/archives/182#comment-205 I 100% agree. I am sure you have noticed that all the food getting cooked on the food network is the same thing, over and over and over again. At this point as a home cook, I already know how to peel, smash, and chop garlic. Then you put it in a hot pan with olive oil - OK I got that already. Can we move on to more techniques? No, because the talent won't give you more than that. If you already know how to turn on a slow-cooker, chop garlic, put things in a food processor, put things in a Kitchen Aid, use a hand blender, turn on a grill, and use a microplane, then you've pretty much mastered the level of cooking that seems to be the foundation of all recipes on the shows. Furthermore, I am tired of the Food Network thinking I am some kind of sap who's going to rush out a buy cookware just a personality put their name on it. Just because these folks claim to be able to put together a burger from the grill doesn't mean they know a darn thing about making cookware. Where's the new techniques? Where's the regional cuisine? Teach me about food for goodness sake! Its all just the same show with a different face. I 100% agree. I am sure you have noticed that all the food getting cooked on the food network is the same thing, over and over and over again. At this point as a home cook, I already know how to peel, smash, and chop garlic. Then you put it in a hot pan with olive oil – OK I got that already. Can we move on to more techniques? No, because the talent won’t give you more than that.

If you already know how to turn on a slow-cooker, chop garlic, put things in a food processor, put things in a Kitchen Aid, use a hand blender, turn on a grill, and use a microplane, then you’ve pretty much mastered the level of cooking that seems to be the foundation of all recipes on the shows. Furthermore, I am tired of the Food Network thinking I am some kind of sap who’s going to rush out a buy cookware just a personality put their name on it. Just because these folks claim to be able to put together a burger from the grill doesn’t mean they know a darn thing about making cookware.

Where’s the new techniques? Where’s the regional cuisine? Teach me about food for goodness sake! Its all just the same show with a different face.

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