I agree, Alton is my favorite! I like knowing why things work the way they
do.

Debbie in Indiana


"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
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> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
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>> -L. wrote:
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>> > 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
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> 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
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