flayed alive?!.....'Bobby Flay' egressing/exiting 'Food Network'.....

[Racer X]

mrbigstuff wrote:
[quote=Racer X]
It's all about common denominators. Everything is dumbed down. Reality shows and contest shows are cheap to produce because most of the on-air people are there for free, unless they win.

I really miss good shows that TEACH YOU. Not necessarily documentaries, but like cooking shows that really teach. Most importantly WHY you are supposed to do it a certain way. At that, Good Eats excelled, and still does. Same with the post Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr shows on public access. He is local, and a really great guy. I've met him a few times at small events and book signings. His wife Treena passed not too long ago, BTW.

Get the video series from Jacques Pepin, that's basically months worth of cooking school.

(Also, buy Harold McGee's book on the science of cooking, which Brown totally ripped off (without credit) for his series.)
is that the series where jacques is teaching his daughter to cook?

[NewtonMP2100]

.....and to live......and to live......

[Dennis S]

I’ve been watching Jacque Pepin cook at home on YouTube during the pandemic. His kitchen looks like everyone else’s kitchen. He even uses McCormick paprika.

[mattkime]

Dennis S wrote:
Flay is too arrogant for me to ever watch again.

You are forced to pick: Flay or Fieri?

[Dennis S]

mattkime wrote:
[quote=Dennis S]
Flay is too arrogant for me to ever watch again.

You are forced to pick: Flay or Fieri?
Don’t do this to me.

[mrbigstuff]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=mrbigstuff]
[quote=Racer X]
It's all about common denominators. Everything is dumbed down. Reality shows and contest shows are cheap to produce because most of the on-air people are there for free, unless they win.

I really miss good shows that TEACH YOU. Not necessarily documentaries, but like cooking shows that really teach. Most importantly WHY you are supposed to do it a certain way. At that, Good Eats excelled, and still does. Same with the post Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr shows on public access. He is local, and a really great guy. I've met him a few times at small events and book signings. His wife Treena passed not too long ago, BTW.

Get the video series from Jacques Pepin, that's basically months worth of cooking school.

(Also, buy Harold McGee's book on the science of cooking, which Brown totally ripped off (without credit) for his series.)
is that the series where jacques is teaching his daughter to cook?
No, it's a very specific cooking video series to accompany his books La Technique and La Méthode. Well worth watching even if you have to drag out the vcr.

[Paul F.]

Fieri is a good guy... He's from my area, and went to high school here. He did a couple events at our local County Fair, and did a fundraiser for restaurant workers in 2020.

The Guy Fieri you see on tv is the "made for TV version".