tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001743891166826926.post6216884103670130729..comments2023-10-20T04:38:14.212-07:00Comments on Gastronomical Inspirations: Mario Batali and PBS: The New Food Network?Christopher Allen Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447054000913717068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001743891166826926.post-87028302807109212692008-04-06T07:37:00.000-07:002008-04-06T07:37:00.000-07:00I know I'm late on this, but I just linked to this...I know I'm late on this, but I just linked to this post. We've been writing about this issue on our blog for almost a year now. Like you kinda said, Food Network = not much cooking. I'm over being depressed by it b/c now that Mario and sara and (dare I say, cause I couldn't stand his show, but at least he had talent) Emeril are all off, it shows exactly what Mario was quoted to say about TFN, that it is pandering to the 'Walmart Crowd'... HA HA HA HA HA! He couldn't have hit the nail more on the head. Food Network is so boring to me, I'm not inspired by anything that's on there anymore. It's all quick meals made by people who don't really have a culinary background. I prob. watch 10 minutes a week of it now. They don't care though cause they're not targeting me when programming.<BR/><BR/>But PBS is where it's at and where it's always been at. They actually care about quality (except that horrible Martha Stewart "simply food" show... b-b-bad). They also feature people who consider themselves chefs first, not celebrities. With the budget PBS gets, there's no way they can care as much about the "personality and look" of their chefs. They are looking for COOKS... creative cooks. No BAM!! no EVOO! No massive cleavage poking viewers in the eye.<BR/><BR/>Oh and the woman the commenter before was talking about is Kylie Kwong from Australia. She's good, but the second I found out she couldn't speak a single word of Chinese (her heritage - grandmother was from China), her star kinda lowered in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>amy @ http://www.weareneverfull.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001743891166826926.post-69975888122974335982007-09-07T08:07:00.000-07:002007-09-07T08:07:00.000-07:00I miss quality food television quite a bit. There...I miss quality food television quite a bit. There is a show hosted by an Chinese-English woman, and I believe it is on the Fine Living Channel. I think it's quite good, and actually when I think back a lot of food shows I liked were British. <BR/><BR/>It's interesting how Scripps Network has Food TV and Fine Living and how vastly different they are.<BR/><BR/>Check out Discovery Health as well. They have a small handful of food shows that are lower in budget, but aren't bad overall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com