writes:

> Does anyone have links to quotes about Bourdain from other big TV Chefs, like
> Emeril Lagasse. I would love to read their opinions of the guy.

You might first try to find some professional chef who
has a positive opinion of Emeril...

Bam.

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> On 01 Jul 2006 16:30:33 -0400, wrote:
>
writes:
>>
>>> Does anyone have links to quotes about Bourdain from other big TV Chefs,
>>> like
>>> Emeril Lagasse. I would love to read their opinions of the guy.
>>
>>You might first try to find some professional chef who
>>has a positive opinion of Emeril...
>>
> I'm not interested in pro chefs opinions about Emeril. I'm interested in
> what
> they have to say about Bourdain.

wrote:
>
> writes:
>
> > Does anyone have links to quotes about Bourdain from other big TV Chefs, like
> > Emeril Lagasse. I would love to read their opinions of the guy.
>
> You might first try to find some professional chef who
> has a positive opinion of Emeril...

Okay, then what does Rick Bayless think about Bourdain?

wrote:
> writes:
>
> > Does anyone have links to quotes about Bourdain from other big TV Chefs, like
> > Emeril Lagasse. I would love to read their opinions of the guy.
>
> You might first try to find some professional chef who
> has a positive opinion of Emeril...
>
> Bam.

Flay, Mario, and several others have made guest appearances on Emeril's
show, if that means anything. What would other chefs dislike about
Emeril? (Bourdain, I know, makes several nasty remarks about him in
"Kitchen Confidential".) He's entertaining and has gotten people
interested in cooking, much like Jeff Smith, Julia Child, and the
Galloping Goumet did in years past. I used to dislike him until I
realized that he's primarily an entertainer. Now I just sit back and
enjoy his show when I have nothing better to do.

Leo

On 2006-07-03, Leo Scanlon > wrote:

> realized that he's primarily an entertainer.

Where do you get that?

No, he's first and foremost a professional chef. His credentials
speak for themself. These people make it to the top of their field,
then make a big jump to entertainment and all you folks can do is
bitch. BTW, everyone gets annoying if you watch them 3 times a day,
even Lucy.

nb

The show is not a cooking show it is entertainment. His restaurants are
good (at least in New Orleans). But "top of their field" - come on.

notbob wrote:
> On 2006-07-03, Leo Scanlon > wrote:
>
>
>>realized that he's primarily an entertainer.
>
>
> Where do you get that?
>
> No, he's first and foremost a professional chef. His credentials
> speak for themself. These people make it to the top of their field,
> then make a big jump to entertainment and all you folks can do is
> bitch. BTW, everyone gets annoying if you watch them 3 times a day,
> even Lucy.
>
> nb

Leo Scanlon wrote:

> wrote:

> > You might first try to find some professional chef who
> > has a positive opinion of Emeril...

> Flay, Mario, and several others have made guest appearances on
> Emeril's show, if that means anything.

It means they all work for the same boss, Food Network, if nothing else.

> I used to dislike
> him until I realized that he's primarily an entertainer. Now I just
> sit back and enjoy his show when I have nothing better to do.


For me, Emeril primarily fails as an entertainer. But, I long ago
realized that my TV gets more than the one channel. When Emeril began
to annoy me, I STOPPED WATCHING!!!!

All the Rachel and Flay haters, even Sandra Lee, should do the same.
Just watch something else.



Brian
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>
> You might first try to find some professional chef who
> has a positive opinion of Emeril...
>

In Bourdain's new book, he says that other chefs laugh at Emeril's
incomeptance cooking on TV but respect his work as a restauranteur.
Bourdain also says that he was drinking with employees of one of
Emeril's restaurants, and no one has anything bad to say about Emeril
or the restaurant.

Emeril is by all accounts a good chef and restaurant operator who now
enjoys himself on TV, promoting interest in food and cooking.

Hard to stop - cant believe that something so bad can be on TV. Like
Sandra Lee's show today: how to make a steak sandwich, assemble the
contents of a pudding cup into a small cake and make a root beer float.
Do people really need a show for these three "recipes"?

Default User wrote:

> For me, Emeril primarily fails as an entertainer. But, I long ago
> realized that my TV gets more than the one channel. When Emeril began
> to annoy me, I STOPPED WATCHING!!!!
>
> All the Rachel and Flay haters, even Sandra Lee, should do the same.
> Just watch something else.
>
>
>
> Brian

Dennis > wrote:
>Default User wrote:
>> For me, Emeril primarily fails as an entertainer. But, I long ago
>> realized that my TV gets more than the one channel. When Emeril began
>> to annoy me, I STOPPED WATCHING!!!!
>>
>> All the Rachel and Flay haters, even Sandra Lee, should do the same.
>> Just watch something else.
>
>Hard to stop - cant believe that something so bad can be on TV. Like
>Sandra Lee's show today: how to make a steak sandwich, assemble the
>contents of a pudding cup into a small cake and make a root beer float.
>Do people really need a show for these three "recipes"?

Yes, actually.

Not everyone can follow Alton Brown as he talks about
saccharomyces cerevisiae and allicin and starch
granules and bain marie and...

The best cooking shows are the ones that get people
with no skill to feel comfortable cooking.

That said, Sandra Lee's show is still a bad example.
If she was doing real cooking on a basic level, instead
of frankencooking canned goods, it'd be a good example.
It's not cooking, most of the time.

Though the root beer float is reasonable. If you've never
made one, it's hard to tell that it's just root beer and
ice cream and doesn't have twelve other ingredients or
some subtle preparation.

--Blair

Got to be kidding. A root beer float recipe is reasonable? Only if it
includes making the root beer.

>
> Yes, actually.
>
> Not everyone can follow Alton Brown as he talks about
> saccharomyces cerevisiae and allicin and starch
> granules and bain marie and...
>
> The best cooking shows are the ones that get people
> with no skill to feel comfortable cooking.
>
> That said, Sandra Lee's show is still a bad example.
> If she was doing real cooking on a basic level, instead
> of frankencooking canned goods, it'd be a good example.
> It's not cooking, most of the time.
>
> Though the root beer float is reasonable. If you've never
> made one, it's hard to tell that it's just root beer and
> ice cream and doesn't have twelve other ingredients or
> some subtle preparation.
>
> --Blair