"A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone like this guy? I know he's dead now, but I never liked
> him. His stuff was always the same it seemed like. And what a ham he
> was. btw, for those elsewhere, I think he filmed his show out of
> Toronto. Always some kind of Italian cooking. Always the same.
> Nothing inventive, or creative. He's on right now. I mean, I'd
> rather watch him instead of some other crap on day time TV. I always
> thought him of being not genuine. Too formal maybe when he seated his
> guests at the end of the show.

Sure, used to watch him all the time. He was one of the very first shows on
then new Food TV. He was a real ham and he ruined almost every dish he
cooked. He'd have five burners going, he'd load them up and get it
simmering and then he'd not turn down the heat or even flip them. I'd watch
his desserts reduce to a thick goo that was hard carmel on the bottom and
raw on the top. His technique was very odd. He used very high heat and
didn't touch the pans except maybe to stir or flip once. He would cut his
ingredients into huge chunks, never a dice, slice or chop. Mayb they cook
that way in Italy? Still, he was better than Graham Kerr. His singing was
annoying as was Kerr's goofiness and heavy drinking.

Paul