Food Network

I walk and talk like a field hand
But the boots I'm wearing cost three grand
I write songs about riding tractors
From the comfort of a private jet

I could sing in Mandarin
You'd still know I'm pandering
Hunting deer, chasing trout
A Bud Light with the logo facing out

Hear that subtle mandolin
That's textbook pandering
I own a private ranch that I rarely use
(I don't like dirt)

 

I'll sit through pretty much anything on the Food Network, it's a good background noise channel. Worst Cooks in America is probably one of the worst things on tv.

 

I agree with the background noise. I can be doing something all day for work, and have Triple D on in the background for a good 8-10 hours.

 

I don’t know what “boot camp” consists of, but I agree. If your level of kitchen expertise is opening a can of soup, the first time you try to break down a chicken you’re probably drawing blood and the bird looks like it was run over by a couple of semis on the interstate.

 

Mrs W. said she read an interview with him and he say that he never says a bad word even if he doesn’t like the food, but you can tell. So we’ve noticed that he’ll say things like “I love the way you use a bun on that burger” or “that really fills you up”

 

Foo

i don’t know why, but she does it for me.

 

Ever since the quarantining started, Alton Brown has been doing Quarantine Kitchen, a live YouTube show from their loft outside Atlanta for an hour-plus each Tuesday around 7:00.

Best way to describe it: You know how Bob Saget in real life is the antithesis of Danny Tanner? This is the antithesis of the Good Eats Alton -- a filthy old bastard in real life.

The best part is the bickering back and forth with his wife, Elizabeth. Especially the time when she waterboarded him with Ouzo.

 

That was a good takedown.

 

Love Food Network. Not as much as I used to but will still watch from time to time.

I am not a big fan of most of Ree Drummond's recipes. I've gotten better versions of most of them from old church cookbooks. But almost everyone I know who has met her (almost) has said she's a wonderful person and incredibly nice. It's tough to get her to do an interview with us (I'm at the Tulsa World, for those who don't know, which is pretty close to Pawhuska), but I think she really just doesn't like doing interviews, and I think there may be a backstory there from a while back. And there's no denying she's done a TON for Pawhuska and the surrounding communities.

There's some great food stuff on Netflix now. Some cheesy competition stuff, but the best is The Chef Show with Jon Favreau and Roy Choi and Ugly Delicious with David Chang. I really enjoy those and a few others.

 

Ate at Gato once, watching all the pretty people at the bar. The food was fantastic.

 

Every personality on Food Network has their place.

DDD promotes so well and makes you want to try new places.

Flay is just the best cook. Guarnaschelli Is right there with him.

Some of the chefs on Chopped do such a good job of explaining why something is good and are great at being compassionate when it’s not.

Brown is great at making you think that you can become so much better in the kitchen by understanding what you are doing.