Sheldon replied:

>> I can't stand to watch Emeril, but I get nothing but fantastic results
>> with every one of his recipes that I try out. His LV seafood restaurant
>> is also one of the best places that we've ever eaten, so it must just be
>> his personality...
>
> Nope, his personality has nothing to do with why you don't like to
> watch him... Emeril comes across as a schlimiel yet is very
> successful... envy is a perfectly normal emotion. Emeril isn't a
> polished orator but he's sincerely genuine, and he really can cook. On
> TV he purposely behaves clumsily so folks are not intimidated so they
> think they can cook too... that anyone can cook (it ain't rocket
> science) is his schtick. Do you really think the producers, writers,
> and editors are schmucks. BAM!
>
> All TV food personalities become boring after awhile, so do all TV
> shows... whenever I look at some of the old TV shows that were once so
> very popular (like say Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Cisco Kid, etal.) I
> wonder what I ever saw in them.
>
> The only reason folks act so infuriated about Emeril is their envy...
> doesn't your TV have a channel changer.


I don't mind Emeril himself*, just the Jerry-Springer audience he has,
hooting like hillbillies for more beer in the batter or more garlic in the
sauce. His show "Essence of Emeril" doesn't have a live audience and is much
easier for me to watch.

His recipes are hit-or-miss with me; some turn out very well, others are
disgusting. (For an example of a disgusting one, try making his lobster
salad with vanilla mayonnaise. The mayo recipe is HORRIBLE; the infused oil
turns it into a carnival-fryer castoff.)

I've been to two of his New Orleans restaurants and one of his Las Vegas
restaurants. The meal I had at Delmonico in New Orleans will remain in my
memory as one of the best meals I've ever eaten, but the meal I had at his
Delmonico Steakhouse in Las Vegas made me sick. So it's hit-or-miss again.


Bob
* I have to qualify that by saying it *does* bug me when he says "pahblenno"
instead of "poblano."