On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:13:52 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:04:25 -0700, Mark Thorson >
>fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>>One of the biggests wastes of TV is Martha Stewart's
>>Everyday Food show.
>
><snippidy>
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>I've never been a fan of MS, esp. her cooking. When she first
>published _Entertaining_ years and years ago, my SIL gave me a copy
>and I tried maybe a dozen recipes before I decided the woman is long
>on appearance and short on edibility. More than one dish had me
>scratching my head wondering if she'd actually *tried* the recipe or
>just thought it *read* well and would look pretty. One that I recall -
>and, mind you, I was a fairly inexperienced cook at the time - was an
>appetizer of cherry tomatoes with the pulp scooped out and replaced
>with a cream cheese mixture, topped with red or black caviar. Tasted
>awful and, after about 15 mins., looked worse, as the caviar bled into
>the cream cheese. My then-four-year-old daughter said they looked like
>"monster eyeballs."

Martha Stewart and her recipes are totally useless. I have a friend
who runs an upscale nail salon. I stopped in and witnessed a Martha
bash. They all liked looking at the pictures but not one of the dozen
women would ever use any of her recipes ever again. The consensus was
"they never work."

Emeril gets bashed here big time but at least his recipes produce
edible food for the everyday cook. I've learned enough over the years
that I use recipes mainly for inspiration. I find nothing inspiring
about MS recipes.

Lou