Well i'd have to say Quizznos because i'm stuck on a campus.
Not to mention that Ohio isn't really known for a damn thing when it comes to cuisine. We just have imitations of everything a lot of promotional fast food.
I don't dig tv chefs, not sure why. Possibly its because I just get hungry at frustrated. I far prefer recipe books although having recently moved I don't have any - I really miss my Crank's Bible though. My plan while travelling is to spend a week either in Spain or Italy at a cooking school - although since I hate fish that might styme things a little.
I fully agree about the lowered expectations of the general populace. When people don't cook so often, or live off pre/partially made meals then even a simple dish can impress. Who would have thought being able to make macaroni would get one respect?
Anyway, i've been cooking pretty regularly for a decade now or so so i've got to that point where I am pretty confident with what I cook. I'll cook a new dish out of a recipe book for friends and be reasonably sure i'll make it well enough for them to enjoy it. I just wish I wasn't so lazy and actually cooked a bit more often, I eat far too many takeaways now.
Its not like Mario doesnt have a huge restaurant in Vegas to upkeep. The only food network lady that doesnt annoy me Is Paula. Shes so adorable. Rachel is alittle too peppy and the Italian Chick's show is more about shots of her face and her hands than food.
I love southern cooking, But to me its a food thats just as much about eating with family as it is about the flavors themselves. I also have extremely good cooks in my family. I miss Dirty Rice so much here at school.
I also have an appreciation for seafood though I can only eat shell fish. Crabs are really the deal here in Maryland, so its alright anyhow.
Well i'd have to say Quizznos because i'm stuck on a campus.
Not to mention that Ohio isn't really known for a damn thing when it comes to cuisine. We just have imitations of everything a lot of promotional fast food.
Well i'd have to say Quizznos because i'm stuck on a campus.
Not to mention that Ohio isn't really known for a damn thing when it comes to cuisine. We just have imitations of everything a lot of promotional fast food.
I used to work at Quizno's.
Don't get the meatball sandwich.
Wait. What?
The policy for leftover meatballs is to put foil over them and put them in the back, then reheat them the next day. Very few meatball sandwiches get ordered per day. At one point we saved and reheated the same meatballs for over a week.
It grossed me out, especially since they weren't very good quality to begin with.
Good Eats is without a doubt my favorite Food Network show. It's great to have a show that not only talks about how to make good food, but why that food tastes good. It's also great at showing me how to use old ingredients in different ways.
Probably the funniest one was the show where he showed people how to deep fry a turkey. There was a great deal of explosions and fire to illustrate just how dangerous the whole operation could be.
Good Eats is definitely my favorite Food Network show. Alton Brown just flat out awesome. My favorite episodes were the scallops episode, and the chili episode. I get a kick out of the guy that plays the goofy side-kick in those.
I really enjoyed the 2 seasons of Feasting on Asphalt that he's done too. I had to laugh when he stopped in Evansville, IN and had a brain sandwich. I lived down there for a while when I was younger and I pretty much thought the same thing about the sandwich as he did: "I really don't like brain sandwiches."
I learned to cook from mostly my mom, but I picked up some stuff from my dad too. He's big on shellfish and stuff so I learned any and all of that cooking from him since my poor mum is allergic. I'd say it was really my mom though that got me into cooking; we all got to help when we were younger and we all tended to hang out in the kitchen. Cooking is just fun to do. To see what you can put together as a whole from so many different ingredients. It feels great when something you cook really comes together.
Someone had mentioned The Frugal Gourmet earlier in the thread. That guy was awesome! I believe his real name was Jeff Smith. I used to watch him (with my mom) on PBS way back when he had a show. I've got one or two of his cookbooks now. One of them is a bunch of recipes of foods he had/made in other parts of the world. There is a recipe for Irish soda-bread in one of them that is absolutely my favorite bread to make. Very easy, and pretty damn quick for bread.
As a side-note: wtf, is that really Rachel Ray's ass?
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As a side-note: wtf, is that really Rachel Ray's ass?
That picture reeks of Photoshop. Her smile isn't that wide and her ass ain't that big. Any photographer would look at that and go "this will never see the light of day".
I unwittingly ate cabeza (calf brains, and I still can't give blood because of it) once while I was in Puerto Rico with my stepfather's family. All in all, I'd say it's pretty fucking pointless. There's no flavor to it, and there's so little "edible" meat available from if that it just seems excessive. So yeah, I'd agree with Alton on that one, just not very tasty, even in a taco.
I unwittingly ate cabeza (calf brains, and I still can't give blood because of it) once while I was in Puerto Rico with my stepfather's family. All in all, I'd say it's pretty fucking pointless. There's no flavor to it, and there's so little "edible" meat available from if that it just seems excessive. So yeah, I'd agree with Alton on that one, just not very tasty, even in a taco.
Not enough love for Gordon Ramsay around these parts, aside from the 2nd post. Kitchen Nightmares is a fantastic cooking/business show, even though he gives almost the exact same advice and prepares similar food for every single restaurant.
Just the British one is actually great, though. The one on FOX is pretty trashy (although moderately entertaining).
Yes. I could watch an episode of Jacques and Julia every day for the rest of my life. Those two were awesome together.
Alton Brown is pretty much the man. I tried making his free range fruitcake and, no lie, it's the fruitcake that will stop you from making jokes about fruitcake. It's fucking delicious.
I fucking love Alton Brown + Good Eats. What's great about Good Eats is instead of just showing you how to make recipe X, he shows you how to cook.
True. Thanks to him, I've invented recipes. Invented! And not just stir-fry shit and "what will go on my hamburger today?" recipes either - like, baking recipes.
Edit: OK, when I say "invented" I mean, been eating something and been like "this is pretty good but it's be even better if it were this way" and then made it like that. Still a pretty big leap for me in something like baking, where i've always considered the recipe to be law.
I fucking love Alton Brown + Good Eats. What's great about Good Eats is instead of just showing you how to make recipe X, he shows you how to cook.
True. Thanks to him, I've invented recipes. Invented! And not just stir-fry shit and "what will go on my hamburger today?" recipes either - like, baking recipes.
Edit: OK, when I say "invented" I mean, been eating something and been like "this is pretty good but it's be even better if it were this way" and then made it like that. Still a pretty big leap for me in something like baking, where i've always considered the recipe to be law.
That's basically the distinction between makin' stuff and cooking, and it's a big step to make.
I remember the first recipe I ever concocted all on my own. Cubed salmon inside a portabello cap covered in a mango salsa based on a recipe I made that I thought was fairly original. Too bad every wannabe chef from here to California made something almost exactly the same at some point in their lives.
I don't have a favourite TV chef I'm afraid, but I do enjoy Iron Chef and random cooking shows.
For cuisines, my absolute favourite is Italian. It is hands down the superior cuisine of the world (:D debate on!).
The risottos, the pasta, the rich tomato sauces, the rich cheeses and creamy sauces, the soups. Mmmmmmm. Thinking about just a basil and olive oil pasta now is making me drool.
And I love cooking risotto, it's just one of the most relaxing things I can do to come home and put on a big pot of arborio and gradually stir in the stock.
Also, here in Adelaide, Australia, we have some great variety in cuisine (look at a map quickly). A bunch of Thai, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Indonesian flavours surround me at University.
I only realised a few years ago the awesomeness of coconut milk thingies. A good Malaysian Laksa is just amazing, and Thai curries can be superb.
And although it doesn't involve coconut milk, Vietnamese Pho Bo is one of my favourite dishes.
Oh, edit- I'm not sure if I just hate Mexican food, or if Mexican food in Adelaide really sucks major balls.
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Oh, edit- I'm not sure if I just hate Mexican food, or if Mexican food in Adelaide really sucks major balls.
Australia's really not the country for Mexican food, seeing as how we have fuck-all Mexicans. But real Mexican food is really good. Go to Mexico sometime.
Also, Thai food pisses chilli all over Italian food.
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Mario Batali though I love.
This man, Rob Rainford
He is excited about everything, every single ingredient, all the way down to the smallest salt mineral. It is always fun to watch his show.
Food TV fired him.
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Batali?
I used to work at Quizno's.
Don't get the meatball sandwich.
I fully agree about the lowered expectations of the general populace. When people don't cook so often, or live off pre/partially made meals then even a simple dish can impress. Who would have thought being able to make macaroni would get one respect?
Anyway, i've been cooking pretty regularly for a decade now or so so i've got to that point where I am pretty confident with what I cook. I'll cook a new dish out of a recipe book for friends and be reasonably sure i'll make it well enough for them to enjoy it. I just wish I wasn't so lazy and actually cooked a bit more often, I eat far too many takeaways now.
Yup.
And Rachael Ray's butt looks totally fake.
Also, you missed one:
She also has a great butt. But she's not a Food TV personality.
I would still put my wang in it and other places on her body.
(I don't get food TV/network/whatever, though I do watch good eats on youtube)
I love southern cooking, But to me its a food thats just as much about eating with family as it is about the flavors themselves. I also have extremely good cooks in my family. I miss Dirty Rice so much here at school.
I also have an appreciation for seafood though I can only eat shell fish. Crabs are really the deal here in Maryland, so its alright anyhow.
Wait. What?
The policy for leftover meatballs is to put foil over them and put them in the back, then reheat them the next day. Very few meatball sandwiches get ordered per day. At one point we saved and reheated the same meatballs for over a week.
It grossed me out, especially since they weren't very good quality to begin with.
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Same smile. It's creepy.
Probably the funniest one was the show where he showed people how to deep fry a turkey. There was a great deal of explosions and fire to illustrate just how dangerous the whole operation could be.
I really enjoyed the 2 seasons of Feasting on Asphalt that he's done too. I had to laugh when he stopped in Evansville, IN and had a brain sandwich. I lived down there for a while when I was younger and I pretty much thought the same thing about the sandwich as he did: "I really don't like brain sandwiches."
I learned to cook from mostly my mom, but I picked up some stuff from my dad too. He's big on shellfish and stuff so I learned any and all of that cooking from him since my poor mum is allergic. I'd say it was really my mom though that got me into cooking; we all got to help when we were younger and we all tended to hang out in the kitchen. Cooking is just fun to do. To see what you can put together as a whole from so many different ingredients. It feels great when something you cook really comes together.
Someone had mentioned The Frugal Gourmet earlier in the thread. That guy was awesome! I believe his real name was Jeff Smith. I used to watch him (with my mom) on PBS way back when he had a show. I've got one or two of his cookbooks now. One of them is a bunch of recipes of foods he had/made in other parts of the world. There is a recipe for Irish soda-bread in one of them that is absolutely my favorite bread to make. Very easy, and pretty damn quick for bread.
As a side-note: wtf, is that really Rachel Ray's ass?
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Just the British one is actually great, though. The one on FOX is pretty trashy (although moderately entertaining).
Yes. I could watch an episode of Jacques and Julia every day for the rest of my life. Those two were awesome together.
Alton Brown is pretty much the man. I tried making his free range fruitcake and, no lie, it's the fruitcake that will stop you from making jokes about fruitcake. It's fucking delicious.
True. Thanks to him, I've invented recipes. Invented! And not just stir-fry shit and "what will go on my hamburger today?" recipes either - like, baking recipes.
Edit: OK, when I say "invented" I mean, been eating something and been like "this is pretty good but it's be even better if it were this way" and then made it like that. Still a pretty big leap for me in something like baking, where i've always considered the recipe to be law.
That's basically the distinction between makin' stuff and cooking, and it's a big step to make.
I remember the first recipe I ever concocted all on my own. Cubed salmon inside a portabello cap covered in a mango salsa based on a recipe I made that I thought was fairly original. Too bad every wannabe chef from here to California made something almost exactly the same at some point in their lives.
For cuisines, my absolute favourite is Italian. It is hands down the superior cuisine of the world (:D debate on!).
The risottos, the pasta, the rich tomato sauces, the rich cheeses and creamy sauces, the soups. Mmmmmmm. Thinking about just a basil and olive oil pasta now is making me drool.
And I love cooking risotto, it's just one of the most relaxing things I can do to come home and put on a big pot of arborio and gradually stir in the stock.
Also, here in Adelaide, Australia, we have some great variety in cuisine (look at a map quickly). A bunch of Thai, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Indonesian flavours surround me at University.
I only realised a few years ago the awesomeness of coconut milk thingies. A good Malaysian Laksa is just amazing, and Thai curries can be superb.
And although it doesn't involve coconut milk, Vietnamese Pho Bo is one of my favourite dishes.
Oh, edit- I'm not sure if I just hate Mexican food, or if Mexican food in Adelaide really sucks major balls.
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Australia's really not the country for Mexican food, seeing as how we have fuck-all Mexicans. But real Mexican food is really good. Go to Mexico sometime.
Also, Thai food pisses chilli all over Italian food.
Yeah... I'd assumed that bit.
Also- we have plenty of good Middle-Eastern food around if you're game to seek it out.
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