On Apr 14, 9:17*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "projectile vomit chick" > wrote in ...
> On Apr 14, 12:00 pm, Ran e at Arabian Knits >
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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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> I find Giada incredibly annoying as well. *But I can see why she gets
> ratings, lol....
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> I find her annoying too. *For Italian food I like Lydia Bastianich and Mary
> Anne Esposito.

Lydia is great, but I can't stand Mary Anne. She looks too much like
Harry Caray.