Favorite and Not So Favorite Food Personality

[bjh]

I admit Rachel Ray has grown on me since i learned some things about her and it sounds like she is a genuinely nice person.

The guy on pbs I couldn't think of and don't like is not Alton Brown as someone suggested. It is a guy named Chris who wears round eyeglasses and a weenie bow tie.

[carlitasway]

I can't stand Rachel Ray, Sandra Lee, Bobby Flay, Paula Deen or the wife from Down Home with the Neeley's.
I don't like Emeril's personality but every dish I made from him has turned out fantastic.
I love Nigella Lawson, Anthony Bourdain, Jamie Oliver, Alton Brown, Tyler Florence, Duff from Ace of Cakes, and Guy whatever his last name is.

[Jessiegee40]

Originally Posted by bjh

I admit Rachel Ray has grown on me since i learned some things about her and it sounds like she is a genuinely nice person.

The guy on pbs I couldn't think of and don't like is not Alton Brown as someone suggested. It is a guy named Chris who wears round eyeglasses and a weenie bow tie.

I can't think of Chris's name either but the show is America's Test Kitchen (I think).

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by Naptowner

I think Paula's food usually looks awful. My wife and I ate at her tourist-trap restaurant in Savannah and it was pretty mediocre. My chicken was good, but not significantly better than the grocery deli down the street (which has really good chicken for a grocery store, but still), and my wife's crabcakes were so terribly overseasoned they were almost inedible. Paula is an interesting person, but her food isn't my style.

I hope most of you don't think Paula Deen represents the typical southern cook. I love good southern cooking, but there's no way I would use as much butter, grease, and heavy cream as she does.

[axinom07]

Love love love anthony bourdain!!!! Mmmmmm, i could eat him up

[LaceyEx]

Paula Deen, her brother Bubba amd her son Jamie are turn offs to me in the kitchen.

I know she's not representative of the genteel southerners I know and love.

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by Jessiegee40

I can't think of Chris's name either but the show is America's Test Kitchen (I think).

It's Christopher Kimball - and he is the owner of everything so he gets to put his annoying mug in front of us on that show. What an annoying, whiny voice he has too - just goes to prove - just because you can create a culinary empire doesn't automatically mean you can be a TV personality.

[PennyLane2]

Alton Brown is just too silly, but he gives some good cooking/food info. I tried his suggestion for heating king crab in the microwave, and he's right on in that suggestion.

Sandra Brown goes beyond "not so favorite" to just can't stand. She is more interested in her table scapes and matching curtains than cooking something that tastes good. I do, however, use her sauce for orange beef when I cook orange chicken.

I use some of Paula's recipes, but she has absolutely lost it lately, especially with Paula's Party. I think she even embarrasses her kids sometimes.

I like Ina, Giada, Sara Moulton, and Emeril.