Had it with the Food Channel...

[RICHARD]

http://tv.msn.com/best-and-worst-tra...s=420278&mpc=1

I caught this article on the MSN site......The Best and Worst travel shows?


Two of the worst?

"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" (Food Network)
This isn't a terrible show, but it earns a place on our Worst list by failing to live up to its compelling premise. We love the idea of a food travel show where a guy drives around in a '67 Camaro spotlighting the best greasy spoons across the country, but did the guy have to be Guy Fieri? Fieri, the winner of Season 2 of "The Next Food Network Star," is about as bland as they come and offers no real insights into the food or culture of these retro dining establishments. When the most interesting part of your personality is your spiky bleach-blond hair, it's time to relinquish your hosting duties.



"$40 a Day" (Food Network)
The Food Network's inexplicable superstar, Rachael Ray, cut her teeth in this show that challenged her to visit different cities with only $40 a day to spend on food. Offering tips to budget-conscious travelers is a noble goal, but everything about this show rings false. The production crew takes over a restaurant that's obviously been researched in advance, then expects us to believe that Rachael just popped in for a casual meal. What's worse, Ray has the gall to tell an underpaid waiter that she can only afford a 15 percent tip because she's on a budget. This show also has the distinction of introducing the world to the insipid catchphrase, "Yum-O!"


Anthony Bourdain, who's show was picked as one of the best, has often ragged about RR and other people on the TVFN as not being chefs. Fair enough, But AB has been cruel to RR by bringing up her non-tipping ways.

[Daisy and Delilah]

If RR can't afford a good tip, who can? I think she has more money than she knows what to do with.

I do get tired of her calling her dishes figure friendly when some of them aren't at all.

I love the description of both of those shows. Really good and spot on for sure. GF, I never thought of as bland but he doesn't teach us much of anything on that show. He just tries to be cute and see how much food he can eat in one episode. I have learned some things from the people he visits.

I just watched tonight's new episode of Chopped. The judges were so critical of all the chefs. I was hoping they would say something nice to one of them. All three of them maxed out the arrogance meter. I honestly thought they were praising the chefs and then they blasted each one of them.
Arrogance is a requirement for a judging position on the FN.

[smokey the elder]

I like Anthony Bourdain's shows. He gives a real flavor of the culture, with some of his own "spice" thrown in. He can be very blunt, though!

[RICHARD]

I like Anthony Bourdain's shows. He gives a real flavor of the culture, with some of his own "spice" thrown in. He can be very blunt, though!

But, that's part of the fun of being AB!

TVFN makes the travel/cooking shows seem like a clinical experience. (What do they do with the blooper reels?) The trade off of having RR sit in your place for hours trying to get a shot perfect and getting people in from the free publicity may be mininal?


D&D,
To me a 'figure friendly' dish is something I don't spill on myself.