J S wrote:
>
> May be just me,but Ive noticed Rachel Ray is always cooking with her
> hair hanging over the food.Some long-haired male chefs do it also.Isnt
> this a no-no in a professional or otherwise kitchen?When I did catering
> its one of the first things we were told about...Plus touching food with
> 'clean'hands..noticed a few unclean finger nails on a few tv stars when
> arranging presentations.


Right at the very top of the list if Emeril and his BAM! BAM! BAM!
especially on the rare occasion that he does a nice presentation on a
dessert, and then proceeds to ruin it with too much icing sugar garnish.