Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.

Cindi

Cindi wrote:
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
> Cindi
>
Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me!
Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL

On 24 Mar 2007 09:34:13 -0700, "Cindi" > wrote:

>Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
>pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
>to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
>know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
She's doing the same thing that hispanic reporters do. They really
get into the pronunciation when it comes to Spanish, especially their
names - "I'm Rigo Chacon, Channel 2 News".



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Cindi wrote:
>
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
> Cindi

Since she's bilingual (or more?), it only makes sense (to me). I'd like
to be able to speak another language, but alas, I don't. Does high
school french count?

Sky

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:40:34 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Cindi wrote:
>> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
>> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
>> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
>> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>>
>> Cindi
>>
>Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me!
>Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL

Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.

Lou

Cindi wrote:
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
> Cindi
>


She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she used an
American pronunciation for Italian words.

gloria p

Lou Decruss wrote:

>> Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me!
>> Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL
>
> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>

She reminds me of a bobble head doll. Big exaggerated features on a
stick figure. Weird.
I like her food though.

"Puester" > wrote in message
...
> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she used an
> American pronunciation for Italian words.
>
> gloria p

She was born in tally!

"Laura" > wrote

> "Puester" > wrote

>> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she
>> used an American pronunciation for Italian words.

> She was born in tally!

Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says
spaGITee.

nancy

On Mar 24, 1:43 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> "Laura" > wrote
>
> > "Puester" > wrote
> >> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she
> >> used an American pronunciation for Italian words.
> > She was born in tally!
>
> Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says
> spaGITee.
>
> nancy

I think her recipes are great and her food is good. However, the
camera does sometimes make it look like she has a big head and teeth.
Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and
snack food producers is really getting to me.

http://cooking4health.com

> wrote

> On Mar 24, 1:43 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> "Laura" > wrote
>>
>> > "Puester" > wrote
>> >> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she
>> >> used an American pronunciation for Italian words.
>> > She was born in tally!
>>
>> Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says
>> spaGITee.

> I think her recipes are great and her food is good. However, the
> camera does sometimes make it look like she has a big head and teeth.

I think she's beautiful.

> Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and
> snack food producers is really getting to me.

You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off.

nancy

Cindi wrote:
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
> Cindi
>

That doesn't bother me. The size of her mouth does. She looks like
she's gonna swallow her own head if she yawns. But I think she can cook ok.

Puester wrote:
> Cindi wrote:
>> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
>> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
>> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
>> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>>
>> Cindi
>>
>
>
> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she used an
> American pronunciation for Italian words.
>
> gloria p

True. And after having been here in Naples for 2 months I must say that
there isn't ANYTHING understated about the way Italians pronounce their
words.

Cindi wrote:
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
> Cindi
>

I have a part friend that can't watch Giada without getting physically
ill over her accent.

I, on the other hand, find her absolutely enchanting.

I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.

Don't put yourself down as being "just a plain ole middle class Joisey
girl"; I'd kill to have "a plain ole middle class Joisey girl" in my
life....

Lobster Man said...

> I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.


There's one recipe she made that I liked but haven't made.

I don't remember the name of the dish but it was basically lasagna noodle and
filling roll-ups baked in a bechamel (?) sauce.

Andy

"Cindi" > wrote in message
ps.com...
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>
> Cindi

She's a "real" Italian who was born in Italy.

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>>> Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me!
>>> Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue.
>>> LOL
>>
>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>
> She reminds me of a bobble head doll. Big exaggerated features on a stick
> figure. Weird.
> I like her food though.

I wouldn't think twice about having sex with her.

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Lobster Man said...
>
>> I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.
>
>
> There's one recipe she made that I liked but haven't made.
>
> I don't remember the name of the dish but it was basically lasagna noodle
> and
> filling roll-ups baked in a bechamel (?) sauce.
>
> Andy

Oh, try it. It's good. You can find the recipe on the Food Network site.
I make it frequently. I thought that I had copied the recipe to my recipe
file -- if I did, I don't know where I put it. I'll have to find it again.
Janet

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Lobster Man said...
>
>> I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.
>
>
> There's one recipe she made that I liked but haven't made.
>
> I don't remember the name of the dish but it was basically lasagna noodle
> and
> filling roll-ups baked in a bechamel (?) sauce.
>
> Andy

"Lasagna Rolls"

Janet B. said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> Lobster Man said...
>>
>>> I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.
>>
>>
>> There's one recipe she made that I liked but haven't made.
>>
>> I don't remember the name of the dish but it was basically lasagna
noodle
>> and
>> filling roll-ups baked in a bechamel (?) sauce.
>>
>> Andy
>
> "Lasagna Rolls"


Janet B.,

Thanks! Found it!

[tip o' the hat]

Andy

One time on Usenet, ravenlynne > said:
> Cindi wrote:

> > Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian
> > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity
> > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I
> > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.

> That doesn't bother me. The size of her mouth does. She looks like
> she's gonna swallow her own head if she yawns. But I think she can cook ok.

Yup, that girl's got a big face. But I've noticed that no one has
complained about her cooking, so she must be decent at it. IOW, she's
no Sandra Lee when she's behind the range... ;-)

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In article >,
says...
> > Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and
> > snack food producers is really getting to me.
>
> You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off.
>
> nancy
>
>
>

Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a
personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally
abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers. There is
a great preference for some inane, perky-titted numbskull over any
serious chef.

Where is Mario Batali? Annoying as he was, he knew his ingredients and
knew how to cook, and one could learn from him. Where is Pepin? He knows
more about cooking than 1000 Rays and Emerils and Giadas and Countesses
and Flays all put together.

FoodTV panders to the lowest level of the audience, and I bet they are
very successful. As H.L. Mwncken said, you'll never go broke
underestimating the taste of the American public.


--
Peter Aitken

Peter A wrote:

> Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a
> personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally
> abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers.

No, I don't see it...because I stopped tuning in about that time. They
lost me a couple of years ago. And apparently they don't care or notice
because they're not doing higher quality shows anymore to cater to folks
like me. They've gone to the lowest common denominator and catered to
the advertisers too much.

"Peter A" > wrote

> says...

>> You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off.

> Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a
> personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally
> abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers. There is
> a great preference for some inane, perky-titted numbskull over any
> serious chef.

People say that all the time. That's been commented on many
times.

> Where is Mario Batali? Annoying as he was, he knew his ingredients and
> knew how to cook, and one could learn from him. Where is Pepin? He knows
> more about cooking than 1000 Rays and Emerils and Giadas and Countesses
> and Flays all put together.

I don't know. It's their stated goal, it's not just cooking. Mario seems
to be on the Iron Chef show, and after watching his Chefography, I have
no idea how he finds time to do that.

> FoodTV panders to the lowest level of the audience, and I bet they are
> very successful. As H.L. Mwncken said, you'll never go broke
> underestimating the taste of the American public.

Americans love to quote that. Usually they mean some American
public that doesn't include themselves, I guess.

nancy

wrote:
> On Mar 24, 1:43 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> "Laura" > wrote
>>
>>> "Puester" > wrote
>>>> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if
>>>> she used an American pronunciation for Italian words.
>>> She was born in tally!
>>
>> Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says
>> spaGITee.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I think her recipes are great and her food is good. However, the
> camera does sometimes make it look like she has a big head and teeth.
> Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and
> snack food producers is really getting to me.
>
> http://cooking4health.com

You could stop whoring that cooking4health website, dipwad. I'm about to
killfile the entire gmail domain again.

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:58:58 GMT, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:55:35 GMT, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>
>Oh c'mon, what's not to like? On TV she looks kinda fake, hut
>here in the beach with her boobs sticking out she looks just fine
>http://rs61.rapidshare.com/files/115...eachBikini.avi
>
>-sw

What picture?


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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:58:10 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>Lobster Man said...
>
>> I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.
>
>
>There's one recipe she made that I liked but haven't made.
>
>I don't remember the name of the dish but it was basically lasagna noodle and
>filling roll-ups baked in a bechamel (?) sauce.
>
I made her gnudi and like it.

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Lou Decruss wrote:
> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>
> Lou

Hey, she made Parade Magazine centerfold . . or was it cover?

Peter A wrote:
>
> In article >,
> says...
> > > Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and
> > > snack food producers is really getting to me.
> >
> > You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off.
> >
> > nancy
> >
> >
> >
>
> Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a
> personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally
> abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers. There is
> a great preference for some inane, perky-titted numbskull over any
> serious chef.
>
> Where is Mario Batali? Annoying as he was, he knew his ingredients and
> knew how to cook, and one could learn from him. Where is Pepin? He knows
> more about cooking than 1000 Rays and Emerils and Giadas and Countesses
> and Flays all put together.
>
> FoodTV panders to the lowest level of the audience, and I bet they are
> very successful. As H.L. Mwncken said, you'll never go broke
> underestimating the taste of the American public.
>
> --
> Peter Aitken


Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
posters here? For anyone just starting out some of these shows may be
just the ticket. I don't use unusual ingredients and don't do complex
recipes. I pick and choose which recipe will work for me and my family
and some of them come from these shows. I like "Made to Order", but my
family isn't fond of those type of dishes. They kind of laugh at these
plates shown with a little mound of food in the middle and a stripe of
garnish across the bare spots. I don't do many sauces, since they add
extra fat/sodium/sugar in most cases. I do like Mario Batali.
.......Sharon

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:19:13 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>>> Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me!
>>> Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL
>>
>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>>
>
>She reminds me of a bobble head doll. Big exaggerated features on a
>stick figure. Weird.

LOL Very weird. That's probably why so many find her attractive. I
dunno.

>I like her food though.

Agreed.

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:05:10 -0400, "Dr. zara" >
wrote:

>
>"Goomba38" > wrote in message
...
>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>>> Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me!
>>>> Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue.
>>>> LOL
>>>
>>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>>
>> She reminds me of a bobble head doll. Big exaggerated features on a stick
>> figure. Weird.
>> I like her food though.
>
>I wouldn't think twice about having sex with her.
>

Me neither. But I doubt she would give me that much mercy.

Lou

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:58:58 GMT, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:55:35 GMT, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>
>Oh c'mon, what's not to like? On TV she looks kinda fake, hut
>here in the beach with her boobs sticking out she looks just fine
>http://rs61.rapidshare.com/files/115...eachBikini.avi
>
>-sw

Hummmm.. Completely different perspective. I see her head isn't the
only big thing on that little body. Was there and food related things
on that show other than melons? Thanks for the clip. I watched it 10
times. <eg>

Lou

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:09:10 -0700, sf wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:58:58 GMT, Steve Wertz
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:55:35 GMT, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>>
>>Oh c'mon, what's not to like? On TV she looks kinda fake, hut
>>here in the beach with her boobs sticking out she looks just fine
>>http://rs61.rapidshare.com/files/115...eachBikini.avi
>>
>>-sw
>
>What picture?

Click the link and actually read the page. The movie is 24 megs so if
you're on dialup forget it.

Lou

biig wrote:

>
> Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
> posters here? For anyone just starting out some of these shows may be
> just the ticket.

Then they've lost a large segment of their previous audience by losing
the shows that experienced cooks/diners would be more apt to enjoy. They
seem to have brought the entire schedule down to a lower level of fare.
PBS and a few random other shows found elsewhere must be reaping the
reward of this limited vision as they do provide the variety missing on
FoodTV these days.

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:50:05 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>biig wrote:
>
>>
>> Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
>> posters here? For anyone just starting out some of these shows may be
>> just the ticket.
>
>Then they've lost a large segment of their previous audience by losing
>the shows that experienced cooks/diners would be more apt to enjoy. They
>seem to have brought the entire schedule down to a lower level of fare.
>PBS and a few random other shows found elsewhere must be reaping the
>reward of this limited vision as they do provide the variety missing on
>FoodTV these days.


Sadly, the previous Food TV audience was too small (and often too old)
to get Food TV the advertisers they want. They dropped what wasn't hot
and upped and copied what was.

PBS is supported by viewers directly to a great extent, and not nearly
as much by advertising of the sort you see on Food TV. Many of the
programs come in with their own sponsors and these sponsors seek users
of their products in a tight, niche way.

When it is pledge week up here (we have access to 3 PBS stations, NY,
Long Island & NJ, each of them tailors their pledge drive programming
to niche markets. One night they have a program about Jewish
immigration and the lower East Side, the next night it is opera or
ballet, the nest is pitched to animal lovers, another night to
Riverdance or it's latest equivalent, one of them ran a terrific
Polish singing and dance group this past month for pledge. All niche
marketing. 'Tis the way of the world.

There isn't that much of a reward to be reaped by Food TV with serious
cooking programs, if there were, you'd see more of them. It is wholly
market driven, and it is profitable for them that way. Not my cup of
tea, but whatcha gonna do?



Boron

"biig" > wrote in message ...
>
>
> Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
> posters here?

Ever think that many posters here are totally undeserving of the homage some
give them? The are just a bunch of uncouth yahoo's as well who pick there teeth
at the table..

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:37:38 GMT, Lou Decruss >
wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:09:10 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:58:58 GMT, Steve Wertz
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:55:35 GMT, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as
>>>> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
>>>
>>>Oh c'mon, what's not to like? On TV she looks kinda fake, hut
>>>here in the beach with her boobs sticking out she looks just fine
>>>http://rs61.rapidshare.com/files/115...eachBikini.avi
>>>
>>>-sw
>>
>>What picture?
>
>Click the link and actually read the page. The movie is 24 megs so if
>you're on dialup forget it.
>

I'm on cable and it's still slow.

I didn't see anything to click on, hence my question. What I saw was
a page for web hosting.... and it seemed like pure advertising for
something called RapidShare. The link is neatly burried in a lot of
cr*p.

Better to upload it to YouTube if you really want to share Steve. I'm
bored already. The file is only 50% downloaded and I finished this
post before I've seen the video.... after jumping through multiple
hoops just to get to the download stage.

Sheesh - that is *not a browser friendly site.... it confused my
modem/router at 86% downloaded. Now I have to recycle them and the
computer because just recycling them didn't put me back online.

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On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:48:39 -0500, biig > wrote:
>
> Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
>posters here? For anyone just starting out some of these shows may be
>just the ticket. I don't use unusual ingredients and don't do complex
>recipes. I pick and choose which recipe will work for me and my family
>and some of them come from these shows. I like "Made to Order", but my
>family isn't fond of those type of dishes. They kind of laugh at these
>plates shown with a little mound of food in the middle and a stripe of
>garnish across the bare spots. I don't do many sauces, since they add
>extra fat/sodium/sugar in most cases. I do like Mario Batali.

Have you seen Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller? That and Easy
Entertaining with that studmuffin, Michael Chiarello, are my two
favorites.

Bobby Flay is ok, but his articulation problem annoys me more than I
like his cooking, if you get my drift. Go to a speech therapist,
Bobby... you can afford it.

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On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:50:05 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>biig wrote:
>
>>
>> Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
>> posters here? For anyone just starting out some of these shows may be
>> just the ticket.
>
>Then they've lost a large segment of their previous audience by losing
>the shows that experienced cooks/diners would be more apt to enjoy. They
>seem to have brought the entire schedule down to a lower level of fare.
>PBS and a few random other shows found elsewhere must be reaping the
>reward of this limited vision as they do provide the variety missing on
>FoodTV these days.

I don't think it's a "lower level". People these days don't want to
make everything from scratch, so these show tell you how to do it
faster. If you want to make the marinara from scratch, no one is
holding a gun to your head saying "open a jar".

OTOH: I'd like to see more shows for beginners. I learned to cook
from Julia Child and The Galloping Gourment (Graham Kerr). When I
think of it, I still turn to Public Television for a dose of Lidia....
who is a fantastic cook and makes it easy for beginners.

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Goomba38 wrote:
>
> biig wrote:
>
> >
> > Ever think that most of the population isn't as gourmet as many
> > posters here? For anyone just starting out some of these shows may be
> > just the ticket.
>
> Then they've lost a large segment of their previous audience by losing
> the shows that experienced cooks/diners would be more apt to enjoy. They
> seem to have brought the entire schedule down to a lower level of fare.
> PBS and a few random other shows found elsewhere must be reaping the
> reward of this limited vision as they do provide the variety missing on
> FoodTV these days.

I agree with that, but then, they're scheduling for the masses. I'd
also like to see some of the other shows that have been taken off. I
watch the shows on PBS too. Lidia and Ming especially. In Canada, we
don't get Sandra Lee (a blessing from what I've been reading here..lol)
but we do have a few good Canadian shows. Chef at Home is one. He makes
food that isn't too complex. Ricardo and Friends is another....Sharon