I've been hooked on Food TV since moving back to the States in '05. I love just about all of 'em:
Alton - learned a ton from him although some of it is a little suspect (ie: Good Eats: Beer)
Paula - I wish she was my mom
Ina - same, but in an uber high-class Martha's Vineyard kind of way
Giada - smokin' hotness IMO, even in her admitidly bobble-headed likeness; and the food looks really good
Cat Cora - ditto; plus she's quasi-southern
Iron Chef America - inspiring
Dinner Impossible - pretty cool, but I don't forsee putting anything I learn there to use
Tony B - both shows are awesome; I wish I were him, but with out the coke and heroine
Thirsty traveler - best job in the world
Bobby flay - grills a mean... well, anything.
Mario - never seen his show, but always a pleasure on ICA
Top Chef - yeah, it's on Bravo, whatever. Like Iron Chef (or more accurately The Next Iron Chef) but with zero class. Kinda like THIC+Jerry Springer
Tyler - love the way he does a different take on a traditional dish.
Nigella - very pretty, and attractive in that she deep-frys fat trimmings and eats them later - yum. However this has led to a bit of a ghetto booty. Not trying to be mean, just calling it like I see it.
Chiarello - have learned a ton for him and gotten a lot of party ideas.
Some of my less favorite:
Rahcael - I gotta say, her smiling at me everywhere from my TV to the Triscuit box freaks me out a little - have learned a lot from 30 min meals.
Emeril - love his food, but Emeril Live just isn't that entertaining to me; plus have you noticed that he's expanding at an alarming rate these days
Zane Lamprey - wow, what a *********. The antithisis (sp?) of Bourdain. Tony is out there communing with the locals, eating what they do, how they eat it, sitting on the floor, eating with his hands or whatever tools the locals do, really communing with their culture. Zane swoops in and wears a piece of flatbread like a hat. I want to b!tch-slap him every time I see him.
Marc Summers - I can leave this guy where he is, thanks, so I don't care for Unwrapped.
All just my humble opinion...
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