Sunday, 02 January 2011
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Digital Obesity, Delicious.
Why do people love the Food Network? What makes people enjoy watching shows about DELICIOUS food that they can't smell or taste? It kind of seems like some bizarre psychology experiment, getting humans to salivate without even being near food. No matter what the reason, shows about food are awesome, and people like me and you are getting digitally obese.
Watching about restaurants you'll never eat at, chefs you'll never sample, and countries you'll never travel to is just plain American fun! But a lot of the time it can be nothing short of torture. Ever watched Iron Chef when you were starving? It is like being in prison, and the keys to your cell are on an HD TV screen. Yeah, it is that upsetting.
Ever watched Unwrapped while you were stoned? A different form of torture.
Sometimes when you travel you have the bright idea to visit a spot from your favorite food show. That is always so gratifying to FINALLY eat somewhere you've been drooling over on your couch. After all, why not go to some good place from Diner, Drive-In's and Dives when you are stuck in Cape May, NJ for 2 days.
However:
Guy Fieri - sucks
Giatta De Laurentis - is awesome
Rachel Ray - has man hands
Bobby Flay - is seriously a high school dropout
Ina Garten - would make a nice replacement mother
Paula Dean - will give you a heart attack by age 17
Alton Brown - is a strange genius that has gotten way too skinny
Marc Summers - is forever trapped inside that 50's looking diner
Long live cooking shows! One day our grandchildren will have smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision and we'll angrily tell them to fuck off 'cause we had it hard back in the day.
Tell me about your love of cooking shows!
P.S. - Chopped is awesome and no one gives a damn about Cupcake Wars
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so, whats your stance on FN?! lol
mmm. taste-o-vision.
I dislike Rachel Ray and Bobby Flay with the passion of a thousand exploding supernovas. Chopped is awesome, Iron Chef America has gotten less interesting (although it's improved in some ways now that Flay isn't being challenged every single episode), and I had much higher expectations for Cupcake Wars (they just do the same thing 3 times...and it's really not very interesting. Plus that dude that yells out the time is really annoying).
I do love Anne Burrell though. If there was anyone on Food Network I really wanted to meet to hang out with for an afternoon, it would be her.
Chopped is awesome!
I would watch "Giada De Laurentiis" make a shit sandwich out of your mothers excrement.
For someone that lives in NYC, going to one of those featured restaurants is only that much easier. :)
I don't know why, but I can't stand watching Ina Garten. I'm not too crazy about Giada either.. My dad loves her for her looks, even if he says she isn't completely "authentic" with her Italian cooking.
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try watching man v. food while hungry. oh god, sheer torture.
A few funny things:
I actually went to one of the dives featured on the food network before it had been featured on the food network. Watching that episode made me crave another shot at it.
I don't watch food channel stuff, -- and the other day, my neighbors daughters (10 and 12 year old girls) made me a graduation card. In it, they predicted that I would win Cupcake Wars. -- ha ha. I graduated an engineer. yeah... that was random.
I love Guy and Alton. I agree, Chopped is awesome, probably one of the best shows they have, but I also love Cupcake wars. Bitch made a sushi cupcake with tuna in it and won.
lol, cupcake wars is bullshit
travel channel (don't even ask) has man vs food, and they really should get that on the food network.
that man is dead sexy
Iron Chef America is a joke compared to the Japanese one. Bobby Flay LOST on the Japanese version too!
I love Alton. Watching his show has made mine and my dad's cooking so much better (yay for science behind cooking). Plus I like science somewhat so the show is entertaining.
I like watching some of the cooking shows (mainly Gia, Paula, and sometimes Rachel) because I get actual recipes from them that I know are good. Never had an issue with the temptation just from watching though. And not all of Paula's stuff will give you a heart attack! You just gotta know how to pick and choose and to only go to her every now and then. I do love watching her find out how many foods she can possibly fry though.
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is like a deranged food midget.
Sandra Lee is the purveyor of all things horrible.
Guy Fieri is just awful. In every way.
But Alton Brown? He's number three on my celebrity list. YUM.
I love Chopped.
And Alton Brown.
And Giada, but I'm mostly sure that's just because of the constant boobage. I mean, is it REALLY a cooking show? Or is it a show about her boobs? That's what I thought.
I HATE Sandra Lee. I hate Guy Fieri. I hate that damn British guy, Robert whomever. What an ass.
Oh, but I do love that Worst Cooks in America show. Too hilarious. And doesn't really give you the zomg-so-hungry thing, heehee.
Buuuut....original Iron Chef >>>>>>>>>> Iron Chef America. Who does that jerk think he is? He is no Takeshi Kaga. He is not even close. Stop the act, you look stupid, you are and never will be Takeshi Kaga, you jackass.
And you know what's silly, I don't even normally watch Food Network on my own, my husband just turns it on constantly and I get sucked in.
a lot of people watch cooking shows at my gym on their little TVs lol
hahah. yes! you were right about every single one on the food network. i dont know, theres something about it. soothing, maybe. hmm... i know ill be included, but how many people watch these shows, never cook anything they see?
UNWRAPPED USED TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS.
never watched it stoned, though...now i'm curious.Mmmm, I watch Food Network all the time. It either gives me ideas on how to make vegan versions of the stuff they make or it completely grosses me out. WHOLE geese on Iron Chef? Ugh. They still had feathers ;_; I'm hoping to break my addiction to the tv once I move n February. =D
I was super stoked when the vegan girl won Cupcake Wars!!!!!! They also had a veg special but I missed it :(
Alton Brown looks horrible. I thought he had cancer or something.
oh EFF NO, ina garten would suck as a mom
I actually enjoy Barefoot Contessa. Ina Garten usually has interesting things, and I have made a few things using her recipe. Giada and Paula Deen are alright. I used to like Rachel Ray, but not so much now. And I can't stand Guy for some reason. I don't know if it's his personality, his voice or that hair...but it's something.
giada looks like a demon. ;___; i hate seeing her face when i pass corners at target. it's frightening. i mean, i'm a fan of boobs, but not when her face makes me piss myself because it's so fucking scary.
i like watching the travel channel too (man vs food ftw!). anthony bourdain is pretty cool. hate bobby flay, but i like throwndown (esp when he gets beaten). that other british guy is pretty cool too. jamie oliver or whatnot.
also, wth is up with that aarti paarti girl? everything about her, esp her name annoys me to no end. WHY does it have to rhyme? WHY does it incorporate that wretched accent even with the spelling? WHY does her name RHYME?! WHY DOES HER NAME MAKE ME ALWAYS THINK "ARTSY FARTSY" AND THEN START THINKING ABOUT FARTS?!
cupcake wars is alright. it annoys me when the vegan people always win. it's like jesus christ people i think we can start to see the trend....
LOVE GIADA :)
@x_yummyyy@xanga - oh gosh, i've done that before. it was horrible.
I hate Giada and only watch Rachel when nothing else is on.
However..
I'm an avid watcher of Barefoot Contessa. I freaking love Ina. I used to watch Good Eats, too, but then Alton got too thin. He was once a sexy man o_o