tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001743891166826926.post2865084742553518743..comments2023-10-20T04:38:14.212-07:00Comments on Gastronomical Inspirations: Kickin' It Down a Notch, Emeril Live No MoreChristopher Allen Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447054000913717068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001743891166826926.post-10520871089663306702007-11-30T11:21:00.000-08:002007-11-30T11:21:00.000-08:00Just because DeLaurentis went to Le Cordon Bleu, d...Just because DeLaurentis went to Le Cordon Bleu, doesn't make her a chef. It just means she went to culinary school in order to develop her foodie profile for a lifestyle act. As much as I admire Deen's tenacity to make her way up the "food" chain as well, it again doesn't make her a joy to watch on TV. They are both personalities, they don't teach people all that much about cooking. They are there to entertain while your mind blanks out on the rest of the world. This is all just my cynical opinion of the Food Network as a whole though, so take it with a grain of salt.Christopher Allen Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447054000913717068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001743891166826926.post-523678004179267862007-11-29T13:10:00.000-08:002007-11-29T13:10:00.000-08:00I think you're a little hard on DeLaurentis, who i...I think you're a little hard on DeLaurentis, who is a classically trained chef who has attended Le Cordon Bleu, and Deen, who clawed her way up from making sandwiches in brown bags to where she is now; both of them owned businesses and were working in the food industry before coming to the Food Network.<BR/><BR/>Sandra Lee is an aberration. She confuses the hell out of me; I mean, someone out there must watch her in a non-ironic fashion, but who? Rachael Ray...well. She cooked professionally, but not in a kitchen. She's fine for what she is, I suppose, which is like a miniature, more food-oriented Oprah. I don't watch her because nothing she does teaches me a damn thing, and if a food show doesn't teach me anything, what's the point?<BR/><BR/>All I know at this point is *if* I can convince the Food Network to put me on TNFNS, I will be a radical change from the caterers. I wonder if I would amuse them if I made a <A HREF="http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/tshirtsapparel/77da/" REL="nofollow">shirt that changed 'Joss Whedon' to 'Alton Brown'</A>. Actually, now that I've thought of that, I think I want to make one anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com