"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> -L. wrote:
>
> > I kinda see her as one of the more "real" TV chefs. I also like Ina
> > Garten. Both use too much fat and salt for me, though.
>
> Paula Deen grates on my nerves, particularly with her accent (And I'm IN
> Georgia! LOL) but Ina Garten truly annoys me 'cause she seems to have
> all these "rent-a-friends" whom she cooks for as if her life is one
> dinner party after another. She seems so fake, y'know?
>
> Conversely, I like Alton Brown a LOT (another Georgian, but with a much
> nicer speaking manner than Paula)
> Goomba

There IS only so much Southern pone one can handle i.e. Paula. And I agree,
Ina Garten is what? A Contessa? by whose making, or did she name
herself.....I know it does seem like she just open the drawer to her phone
list and dials 1-800- rent-a-friend. Who actually are those people and why
do they want her to cook for them, unless they are getting paid to do this?

I agree also that Alton is a class act. He explains why things do what they
do in the pot/pan/oven. My all time fave is the 'mini-Alton' that he made
Mac and cheese for...the kid had all his annoying quirks and was annoying
the heck out of AB.
-ginny