Just one more sign that Alton Brown is manipulating the network, keys in hand, doing
whatever the hell he wants. And I suspect Zakarian is right there with him.
The current Star choice ended up between two of the most annoying buffoon caricatures
ever seen, while the true pastry chef with proven skill in all kinds of dishes, ended up third.
That will teach me to watch. What a waste of talent and my time.

N.

On 7/31/2016 7:03 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
> Just one more sign that Alton Brown is manipulating the network, keys in hand, doing
> whatever the hell he wants. And I suspect Zakarian is right there with him.
> The current Star choice ended up between two of the most annoying buffoon caricatures
> ever seen, while the true pastry chef with proven skill in all kinds of dishes, ended up third.
> That will teach me to watch. What a waste of talent and my time.
>
> N.
>


I don't watch that stuff, and am amazed at the celebrity chefs that find
themselves in litigation. I don't doubt what you suspect, but do you
have a suggestion as to what their motives are?

Motive? Pure entertainment approved by executives who are sadly lacking
in discriminatory evaluation skills, and playing to the know-nothing viewers. I
don't have a clue, actually, other than "entertainment in a food setting." The
network used to be so much better. Now it is just pathetic.

What do I watch, mostly? My PBS has a couple
cooking shows weekly, plus the current "Great British Baking Show" which at the
least demonstrates how to make some baked items I am intrigued by, and totally
unfamiliar with.

N.

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 05:25:59 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>Motive? Pure entertainment approved by executives who are sadly lacking
>in discriminatory evaluation skills, and playing to the know-nothing viewers. I
>don't have a clue, actually, other than "entertainment in a food setting." The
>network used to be so much better. Now it is just pathetic.
>
>What do I watch, mostly? My PBS has a couple
>cooking shows weekly, plus the current "Great British Baking Show" which at the
>least demonstrates how to make some baked items I am intrigued by, and totally
>unfamiliar with.
>
>N.

I love that Great British Baking Show, there is none of the hysteria
and tantrums that seem to exist in the NA ones and nobody is mean to
the one who has to go each week. This past week, I had no idea about
the 'religious' side of the lady finger effort, very interesting.

On 8/1/2016 5:25 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Motive? Pure entertainment approved by executives who are sadly lacking
> in discriminatory evaluation skills, and playing to the know-nothing viewers. I
> don't have a clue, actually, other than "entertainment in a food setting." The
> network used to be so much better. Now it is just pathetic.
>

So you think they picked the wrong contestant as t he winner just due to
incompetence? I thought perhaps they did it on purpose, maybe to entice
the viewers to watch the next episode or season to see if they will get
it right this time.

wrote:
>
> I love that Great British Baking Show,

I like that too and watch it whenever I happen across it. It's a real
contest without all the gimmicks and people with the weird hairdos, etc.

BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
I wonder what's up with that.

I miss the old plain cooking shows. Tired of all the contests these
days.

On 8/1/2016 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:

> BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
> chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
> annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
> I wonder what's up with that.

Wait, what?? She didn't ask you how you wanted her to style her
hair? What's up with that.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> On 8/1/2016 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>
> > BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
> > chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
> > annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
> > I wonder what's up with that.
>
> Wait, what?? She didn't ask you how you wanted her to style her
> hair? What's up with that.

lol. no she didn't ask me but I personally find it annoying and stupid
looking. Just stating my opinion. It must suck to be me. ;-D I would
hate to have to live with me. Oh wait...

On 2016-08-01 12:10 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 8/1/2016 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
>> chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
>> annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
>> I wonder what's up with that.
>
> Wait, what?? She didn't ask you how you wanted her to style her
> hair? What's up with that.
>

She didn't check with me either, and I agree with Gary that it looks
ridiculous.

On 8/1/2016 8:24 AM, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>> I love that Great British Baking Show,
>
> I like that too and watch it whenever I happen across it. It's a real
> contest without all the gimmicks and people with the weird hairdos, etc.
>
> BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
> chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
> annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
> I wonder what's up with that.

There are so many food shows (hard to call most of them cooking shows)
they ALL need a gimmick.


>
> I miss the old plain cooking shows. Tired of all the contests these
> days.


yep.

On 2016-08-01 3:14 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 8/1/2016 8:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I love that Great British Baking Show,
>>
>> I like that too and watch it whenever I happen across it. It's a real
>> contest without all the gimmicks and people with the weird hairdos, etc.
>>
>> BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
>> chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
>> annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
>> I wonder what's up with that.
>
> There are so many food shows (hard to call most of them cooking shows)
> they ALL need a gimmick.
>
>
>>
>> I miss the old plain cooking shows. Tired of all the contests these
>> days.
>
>

They aren't real contests. They are "reality" shows.

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 05:25:59 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

> Motive? Pure entertainment approved by executives who are sadly lacking
> in discriminatory evaluation skills, and playing to the know-nothing viewers. I
> don't have a clue, actually, other than "entertainment in a food setting." The
> network used to be so much better. Now it is just pathetic.

Everything worth watching on Food Network must have happened before my
city was wired for cable.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Taxed, I think they picked the winner based on pure entertainment, although
the food she cooked seemed good. But her "cutesy" made up words and other
affectations, for me, were over the top and unappealing. I would never watch
her. IMO, they won't get it right until they focus on chefs or potential chefs
instead of entertainment. There are plenty of other entertaining food shows on
TV already. And very few of Star winners have been truly successful. A few seem
to have found that success by being included in various ensemble shows.

N.

I just realized Iron Chef America seems to have been discontinued,
or on hiatus or something. I liked watching those real chefs, altho
the time limits were always a gimmick.

One of my favorite chefs is Amanda Freitag but she currently shows up
only as a judge on various shows. But I have real hair-envy when I
watch her (speaking of hair). Burrell's doesn't bug me at all. I live
in a university town, so see lots more extremes than hers. ;-))

On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 11:24:56 -0400, Gary > wrote:


>I miss the old plain cooking shows. Tired of all the contests these
>days.

I'm not really a TV viewer, but I too don't understand the appeal of
those shows.

On 8/1/2016 1:54 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> I just realized Iron Chef America seems to have been discontinued,
> or on hiatus or something. I liked watching those real chefs, altho
> the time limits were always a gimmick.
>


Those time limits are utterly ridiculous. If a cooking staff is to cook
something that takes longer, they take longer - i.e. start earlier.

On 8/1/2016 1:00 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-08-01 12:10 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 8/1/2016 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>>
>>> BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
>>> chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
>>> annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
>>> I wonder what's up with that.
>>
>> Wait, what?? She didn't ask you how you wanted her to style her
>> hair? What's up with that.
>>
>
> She didn't check with me either, and I agree with Gary that it looks
> ridiculous.

I'm sure she'd be broken up about it.

nancy

On 7/31/2016 10:03 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
> Just one more sign that Alton Brown is manipulating the network, keys in hand, doing
> whatever the hell he wants. And I suspect Zakarian is right there with him.
> The current Star choice ended up between two of the most annoying buffoon caricatures
> ever seen, while the true pastry chef with proven skill in all kinds of dishes, ended up third.
> That will teach me to watch. What a waste of talent and my time.
>
> N.
>
Spoiler alert! I'm not caught up yet.

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ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶
Cheryl

On 8/1/2016 6:48 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:10:50 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 8/1/2016 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>>
>>> BTW - On the food network.... What's with Anne Burell? Obviously a great
>>> chef but that flipped up (slept on one side of my head) hairdo is
>>> annoying. Does she think that looks cool? She doesn't need a gimmick so
>>> I wonder what's up with that.
>>
>> Wait, what?? She didn't ask you how you wanted her to style her
>> hair? What's up with that.
>
> And I'm surprised the 'Ubiquitous' Sandra Lee stalker troll hasn't
> been here making fun of her double mastectomy.
>
> -sw
>
Shhhhh!

Jill

Nancy2 wrote:
> The current Star choice ended up between two of the most annoying
> buffoon caricatures
> ever seen, while the true pastry chef with proven skill in all kinds
> of dishes, ended up third.

Sounds like a Primary election.

Jill, Ubiquitous appears in the alt. food network group. If you really miss those
posts. LOL.

N.

In article >, sf
> wrote:

> Everything worth watching on Food Network must have happened before my
> city was wired for cable.

Emeril hosted "How to Boil Water", but my favorite cook was David
Rosengarten with "Taste" back in the day. Let's say the early to mid
nineties. Rosengarten's recipe for a tuna sandwich was sublime.
OTOH, way, way back in the day, I used to watch Skipper Sedley and
Mayor Art on KRON. The only TV station my small town in Nevada received
in the fifties was KRON. Go figure.

leo