As of Thursday I’ve eaten:
- English muffin with butter (this was a very poor choice with severe consequences)
- chicken broth (maybe a cup and half total)
- toast (5 or 6 slices)
- applesauce (maybe half a cup)
- rice (about a quarter cup)
- a few crackers
Considering my last real meal was half of a turkey sandwich on Wednesday, shortly before the great stomach illness took hold, you wouldn’t think that I’d have spent the last several days watching the food network nonstop, but I have and I just can’t stop. I’ve fallen deeply in love with Giada and everything she cooks. I can’t get enough of Paula Deen and would love to be a guest at her Thanksgiving dinner even though she uses entirely too much mayonnaise and calls sweet potatoes stuffed with marshmallow and rolled in coconut a vegetable. Michael Chiarello is creepy, though I plan on trying a number of his recipes. I despise Sandra Lee with all of her powdered spice packets. Alton Brown is probably someone I’d enjoy hanging out with, especially while he deep fries a turkey. Emeril isn’t nearly as annoying in his half hour show as he is live though none of his recipes have wowed me. Rachael Ray’s voice is grating and her recipes suck balls. I’m also rather fond of the Barefoot Contessa though I’ve only caught a few minutes of her making a pie crust in a food processor. Apparently it’s all about the ice water.
Later
I had to edit this to add that I just watched the Iron Chef America battle Cranberry with team Bobby Flay/Giada DiLaurentis vs. Mario Batali/Rachael Ray. Bobby Flay has always seemed like a bit of a dick, so it was no surprise to me that he and Giada didn’t make such a good team. She obviously needed reassurance but he was too wrapped up in what he was doing to help her out. On the other side, Rachael who was sweaty, flushed, frustrated and totally out of her element was calmed by the ever-supportive Mario calling her “honey-bunny” and enjoying himself visibly. I’d never seen much of Batali in action before, and based on this show I like him. I don’t know if it was his presence on her team or the fact that she was obviously nervous and her perkiness was somewhat subdued, but Rachael Ray was actually likeable and her pasta dish looked like something I’d want to make. So maybe all of her recipes don’t suck balls.
GV | 18-Nov-06 at 8:57 pm | Permalink
ummmmmm, i’m hungry of only listening to the description of those programs. Wish I had patience to watch that channel
Phc | 19-Nov-06 at 11:10 am | Permalink
Did you see Nigella? She sort of annoys me, but I love her recipes.
Barefoot Contessa rocks the house. Seriously.
girlfiend | 19-Nov-06 at 11:46 am | Permalink
I haven’t seen Nigella at all these past few days, but I like her in theory. I borrowed one of her cookbooks from the library last year and never actually got around to trying any of the recipes, but the New York Times printed her chocolate banana cake recipe which I baked for Boyfiend’s birthday last year. I didn’t love it but he did and that’s all that really matters.
Erin | 19-Nov-06 at 8:03 pm | Permalink
I got hooked on Food Network right after I had Charlotte. I’d watch for hours on end, and sometimes I find myself still doing it. Ina is my FAVORITE. I want a kitchen just like hers. Giada, I would like to put her in my pocket and take her home to my own kitchen - and put her to work.
lauranen | 21-Nov-06 at 8:07 pm | Permalink
Haha, this has nearly lured me into the daytime telly - luckily we don’t have the UKTV Food channel so I can spend hours on end on the laptop instead. Hope you’re feeling better!