"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" wrote:
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>> So, we were at a hotel this week while Rich had a work conference
>> and I got to watch HGTV and the Food Network when I was in the room. I
>> got to see the Barefoot Contessa, and though I had no six year olds
>> around, our baby girl was enthralled with her. Her voice and mannerism
>> and the style of the show reminded me of Martha Stewart. I can
>> definitely see how a child watching the show in a hospital, say, might
>> want to meet her and try some of the food. I actually thought some of
>> her recipes or techniques were quite nice.
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>> I also got to watch the Neelys, Paula Deen, Rachel Ray, Giada
>> Laurentis, Guy Fieri, Sunny's Real Food, and Claire on the Five
>> Ingredient Fix. There were some good recipes on all of them, IMO, and
>> some oddballs. Giada's voice was astonishingly annoying to me. Claire
>> was the worst. I watched one show, and though I kind of liked her
>> recipes on that show, she just irritated me completely. Paula Deen
>> overdid the y'all, in my opinion, but perhaps that is normal.
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> The BC is the one FC personality that I absolutely can not stand. Their
> other personalities vary in competence and annoyance, but BC is far
> above the rest on the disgust scale.
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Agreed! Right beside the woman on "The Bitchin' Kitchen".