I guess we are the only ones who find Bobby Flay abrasive.
Bobby Flay has gone the way of Emeril, thriving on the exposure and media with the cooking taking a back seat. After their media rush is over, they might get back to what they do best and probably will be taken a whole lot more seriously. Especially if Bobby loses that useless appendage, Jackie. Worse than Claudine Pepin.
As far as leaving your homeland to experience the cuisine of other lands, you get more than simply a plate of food when you dine abroad. You get the entire experience of the land from which the dish originates. There is plenty of excellent, authentic ethnic food available in the US because immigrants don't simply forget how to prepare the dishes of their land when they arrive here. Especially in urban areas which yield a great deal more opportunity for people, the ethnic enclaves are responsible for some of the most excellent food available here. However, to fully live the experience of ethnic food, it's best done when your entire body can do it.
As for the lousy attitude of some food snobs with reference to the US, the planes land both ways, coming and going. Feel free to jump on one.  |