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Anyone like to watch cooking shows on TV? If so, what show(s) do you tune in for?

I usually avoid these types of shows, but there was one I enjoyed. It was on PBS years ago. The host was a cajun man (I can't recall his name) that loved to tell entertaining stories while he was cooking. I found most cooking shows boring at the time, but I always liked this one because the stories kept my interest.

I love watching cooking shows on Food Network. Along my favorites are Good Eats, Unwrapped, Ace of Cakes, and...well, I do like the Food Network Challenges, where people compete for first place.

There's various other shows I like, and some chefs I can't tolerate since they'll go from making a dish that looks tasty to wrecking the said dish within a few minutes. I'm sure that Emeril's popular/famous as a great cook... But I honestly don't care for his cooking, as for the most part, it doesn't look very good.

I don't make a point of watching any, but sometimes I will see one that looks interesting and stop to view it. Like the other day, I happened across a show with a segment that was explaining myths that happen in the kitchen. I forget what it was called, but that was really interesting.

I love cooking shows. I don't watch them much any more because the ones on now are boring, in my opinion. I used to be a particular favorite watcher of "The Frugal Gourmet" show. He usually had themed type shows and dishes and sometimes it featured different locations and a bit of history, etc. He also wrote several books with receipes, etc. His show went off the air several years ago and he has passed away now, I believe.

I also liked to watch a lady cook, I think her name was Natalie Dupree and she did "Southern" type cooking. Maybe from the "Southern Living" series of books, magazines, etc., but I'm not sure on that.

I also used to love to watch "Yan Can Cook". It was always good for a laugh. He was a pretty hyper chef.

Thoul, the man / cook you spoke of who was a cajun was named Justin Wilson. He was also good to watch. He was from Louisiana and loved that Louisiana Hot Sauce and all things cajun. Gotta give that man a lot of credit because after he cooked his food on the air, he also sat down and ate it. I've never seen anyone else eat the food they cooked but he did. He has also passed away now, but there are probably reruns of his shows still being shown today.

I never did really like Julia Child all that much.

Oh, he's gone to the bayou in the sky, huh? That's too bad... he was a great storyteller. I'm not too surprised though. He was getting on in years even when I watched the show, and that's probably been more than ten years.

It is rare to see one of these chefs actually try their own dishes. I always liked that about him. It may have just been an excuse to drink some wine though, he loved to do that. I think he also cooked enough food to feed the entire audience, if I recall correctly.

Tsunami wrote:I'm sure that Emeril's popular/famous as a great cook... But I honestly don't care for his cooking, as for the most part, it doesn't look very good.

Yeah, I agree with that. I know I certainly wouldn't eat some of that stuff!