Searching for TV Food
My friend Bill Ives and I spend a lot of time eating, drinking, and talking about food. He’s involved in a new website, TVissimo which is a search engine for TV schedules. It lets you search for, mark, and get notified about upcoming shows that you want to see. Perhaps he knows exactly how much TV I actually watch.
As part of their TV Schedule blog, he asked me for my favorite Food TV show. Never one to pass up a chance to pontificate, I sent him a list that he was gracious enough to post. Like everything you dash off at 10 PM, there are some comments I might edit, but I stand by it. Can’t wait for part 3, the shows I hate.
It is interesting how Food TV, at least on primetime, has evolved from cook in front of a stove to reality shows and travelogues. There are relatively few shows that simply show you how to cook or different things to cook. Rather, it has others cook while you and the host watch, although the recipes are often available on-line. I miss those shows. Watching 12 aspiring chefs create dinner from the contents of a vending machine or on an airplane or using only pork, beets and chocolate syrup is fun but somewhat unappetizing. Perhaps I’m simple, but I like watching someone saute a cutlet and reduce a sauce, especially if the sauce is unusual and looks like it tastes really good.