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The Food Network: Has it lost its relevance . . .
Right on Bob! And speaking of television chefs...And unfortunately we’ll never see the likes of a Julia Child, Jeff Smith, Justin Wilson, James Beard, Graham Kerr (Galloping Gourmet days), or Jacques Pépin on FN.
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Do You Like Chinese Food? [recipe&food]
Some years before the Food Networks started, there were many cooking shows, such as the Galloping Gourmet-Graham Kerr, Jehane Benoit, Julia Child, and so many others. There were also Steven Yan and Martin Yan, each with their own...
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what makes us so obssessed about food...
You may have a point there. Nobody in my family cooked or truly appreciated good food. Watching Graham Kerr when I was growing up was a HUGE influence, the passion he exuded was infectious. When he tasted the food at the...
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NC state fair Chow
sold nearby. Other than that, everything is pretty mediocre. Some of the church breakfasts can be pretty good but the one I had this morning was a must-miss. The ribbon fries at the “German” food stand to the side and...
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Recovering alcoholic frustrated foodie....
The above are very good suggestions. The only one I have misgivings about is the non-alcoholic wines for cooking, as they have preservatives, often contain salt and other ‘seasonings’, and have never tasted quite...
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What is the one spice in your cupboard you seldom use but if you threw it away you think you may need it?
Perhaps he used to watch a lot of Graham Kerr. I recall him thickening almost all of his sauces with arrowroot. It was my first experience with it, that is.
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Conspiracy to keep digital kitchen scales out of your kitchen?
As I recall, Graham Kerr used to throw in metric/weight measurments with some regularity, and he made NO progress. Zilch! Zip! Nada! The U.S. populace is NOT quick at grasping concepts. If you don’t believe me grab your...
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What Kind of Cooking Show Host Do You Prefer?
Here’s Jfood’s list: Since Graham Kerr turned Jfood onto cooking while he recovered from surgery in the 1970’s he will always have a place on Jfood’s A-List. Although it is hard to watch his new return...
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Cold Stone Creamery coming to Ontario
getting into making my own ice cream so much funner to play with own flavours. For the times I like going out, I usually hit up the Gelato place on Kerr Street in Oakville
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food network: gourmet next door promo
with Master Chefs," or anything Julia Child, maybe a little Graham Kerr— heck, maybe even the long lost “Floyd on France”! How’s that for an idea? Brilliant! Now where’s my seven-figure salary?!
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Favorite Food Network Chef
I learned to cook watching the Galloping Gourmet.... I was pleased when FN aired himn (Graham Kerr) a few years back
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Best and Worst Cooking Shows
Galloping Gourmet with Graham Kerr was great – funny, foreign, and sub-consciously educational, I loved watching this show starting in 3rd grade (either after school or over luch break I’m a little vague). I have his...
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Best and Worst Recipes You Made From a Cooking Show
So its not so much a recipe, but I basically learned to cook watching the Great Chefs Great Cities and Great Chefs of the World series when they used to run on Discovery Channel. They’d run one of each show and then an...
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Best (Funniest? Wittiest?) Food Quotes
Somehow that reminds me of a remark made years ago by a slightly tipsy Graham Kerr, aka The Galloping Gourmet. After dropping a whole chicken on the floor, he paused a moment, then retrieved it and put it back on the platter,...
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"Food Entertainment Network" - Enough Already
comes in 2nd to a lifestyle channel on food shows. What about Yan Can Cook, Graham Kerr - The Galloping Goumet, and “I Gar-on-tee” Justin Wilson?
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