I agree. I think the Great Chef series on PBS is the best. It is simply cooking with a narration over the chefs dialoge(usually because they do not speak English). I suppose people who don't cook for a living like to have a little entertainment with their demostration. I usually don't watch nything on the food channel, but if there was a good 'technical' cooking show I would definately take the time to watch, maybe seeing something new.