"~patches~" > wrote

> I don't mind Mark and I do enjoy Unwrapped <shrug> I think a lot of
> posters here at least expect the foodtv network to focus only on cooking
> and nothing eles but it is called foodtv not cooktv.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone say anything like that.

> For that reason they do have shows that don't focus on cooking but rather
> on how food is made, processed, tidbits about food origins, eating in
> restaurants, running restaurants, entertaining, etc. I like that element
> myself. I find that if I don't care for a show it is easier and more
> productive to *change the channel* rather than complain about it.

If we wanted to change the channel, we do. Sometimes we'd like to
turn it on and see something besides the 10 millionth demonstration of
a chocolate coater.

> What I would like to see on foodtv is a show similar to The Shopping Bag
> on Wnetwork that compares 4 brands of an item to see which one does as
> promised or is the best.

Watch America's Test Kitchen, they do that.

nancy