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I actually watch the cooking channel now instead. I watch a few things here and there... but I do not like the road they have taken... like they are bravo or something with all the pretty people... though Bobby Flay is a foot... I am pretty much done with the reality tv aspect of FN.

So what would a cooking show that appeals to you guys look like?

It would look like one of these:

Avec Eric

Lidia's Italy

New Scandinavian Cooking

Julia and Jacques

Martin Yan's Chinatown

Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen

Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse

It doesn't have to blow my mind.  I just want to watch people cook.

Rock stars and attitudes need not apply.

Can't think of the name, but the guy who tries to eat himself to death. I feel within 6 years we will all be reding how nice he was when they publish his obituary. Also the guy who eats all the wierdo things, his day is coming to.  They are both great comedies and fun to watch.

I'm with left4bread.  However, those shows are hardly ever on, I can't remember the last time I happenstanced upon Andreas Viestad on the tv.  The FoodNetwork has very little programming that I watch.  I've never watched the Next FN Star, I really do not like Chopped because the judges are so sour faced and pompous.  Once in a while I'll tune in to Ina or Giada but they don't impress me much either.  I especially do not like the big stars of FN like Paula, Sandra, Emeril, Bobby, and Guy.

I've been watching the Cooking Channel, I'm pleased that they keep La Dolce Vita and Jamie Oliver on, although I've watched those JO episodes at least 5x each.

At least Emeril  could cook. You don't become The Ex. Chef at the busiest rest . in New Orleans  1000 cover a day, with a great rep. by not knowing how to cook (Commanders Palace)  owned by The Brennan Family.

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Also the guy who eats all the wierdo things, his day is coming to.  They are both great comedies and fun to watch.

Are you talking about Andrew Zimmerman? I would be surprised if you were. His show is one of the best out there for showing you the reality of food, which is the places and people that offer up such diversity a world apart from our humble little NYC kitchens with wannabe Indian or Italian cuisine. I think his show is like a great authenticate cookbook but with the sights and sounds to accompany it.

Are you talking about Andrew Zimmerman?

I don't think he is, Eastshores. I believe he's referring to that clown (whose name escapes me) who does things like sit down to eat a 6 pound steak, or a pizza the size of Rhode Island---that sort of thing.

Basically, he's celebrating raw gluttony, and getting paid to do it.

Ah yes.. the man vs. food guy. I've tried to suffer through it once or twice but there is no redeeming quality to that show. They might as well just make it "Man vs. Beer" and each episode a crowd from a different college bar can yell "CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!" The show is between 25 and 45 minutes long, depending on when the host falls off his stool.

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Andrew Zimmern.

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I like Diners Drive-ins and Dives... not because of Guy Fieri, but because the stories about the people and the restaurants are great. I'd never get a chance to meet those people and hear their stories, and they're just fascinating to listen to. In my mind Fieri is irrelevant to the show, and the recipes are largely irrelevant too. The whole point is the people.

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those shows are hardly ever on, I can't remember the last time I happenstanced upon Andreas Viestad on the tv. 

I'm on the West Coast, so I'm not sure what your public TV channel options are on the other coast.

I was gonna check East Coast listings, but their website is down right now.

Maybe you can check it later:  

createtv.com
 

I wish that they'd set up a channel specifically for cooking, but watching a traveling show every once in a while is cool.

I could do without the arts & crafts programs.

All of those shows I listed plus more, like Ming Tsai (remember when he was on the FN?).

Check it out. 

I liked the old master chef program. They'd go to a certain chef (not necessarily famous), and he'd cook a few dishes for the camera in his kitchen. They had really really bad audio, though.

Also good are "Sandwiches You Will Like" and similar documentaries.

I'd really like to see is a documentary that focuses on one restaurant and all aspects of its service, especially BOH. I've read stuff like this in book form (ie The Fourth Star), and it'd be good for film.

Anyone watching Pressure Cook? Not bad food tv, and it's got a professional cooking bent to it. It's kinda like No Reservations, but with out the Bourdain shtick.

http://www.hulu.com/pressure-cook

Yeah yeah, I think I know what you're talking about.

I remember one where they cut scene when a chef started yelling at his DW.

And another where they cut scene and the chef had a bandage on his hand in the next scene.

Cracked me up.

I tried that link.  Lost me in the intro when he said "but here's the catch!.."

The "ticking clock" in a food show doesn't do it for me.

Looked like Bourdain shtick without the Bourdain (+1 for that).

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Try and give it a shot. It's less then half an hour of tv. He visits a bunch of local establishments and works a service with them.

To be a celebrity chef , the last thing you have to be is a chef and the last thing you have to know is how to cook.  Bobby Flay admits this in his interviews. It is scripted ,produced and directed by others. The food is preped by stylist and technicians. Food networks main thing now is selling kitchenware and magazines, and franchising its name and logo. Ms. Johnson is a pro at that and I must give her credit. As far as shows I like diners and dives because it shows me ethnic cuisine throughout the US  As far as Guy as host ? or chef   as we said in Brooklyn Forgetaboutit. It could be hosted by Alex Trebek

.....It could be hosted by Alex Trebek

Who probably has a better appreciation of good food.

Certainly he wouldn't be mocking the folks who make the show possible, the way Fieri does. And he most assuredly wouldn't be doing things like dripping an overstuffed sandwich all over the prep stations.

I really believe him eating like a slob in every kitchen is a discrace. Then touching other things without washing his paws. 

If it were my kitchen I would not permit it, I don;t care what the producers would say.

        It would be great one day if a Health Dept Inspector walked in. Now that would make a great reality show.!!!!