On Apr 14, 12:00*pm, Ranée at Arabian Knits >
wrote:
> * * * 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.
>
> * *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.

I find Giada incredibly annoying as well. But I can see why she gets
ratings, lol....