What has the Food Network Taught You?

[Liketobake]

What is one thing the food network has taught you?

I learned that for making spinich dip it sometimes better to use frozen spinich as opposed to fresh.

[PigsnieLite]

That all those international food competitions always favour Americun chefs, fegghhhh. :mad:

And whut is that new show, ACE OF CAKES? Looks dumb.

[NOCHEF&JUSTLOVESFOOD.YUM]

I learned that years ago when I just "threw something together" that I was ahead of my time. :)

I watch everybody on the Food Network and have 2-3 favorites, but top points go to my buddy Alton Brown.

[PigsnieLite]

Alton Brown gets on my nerves! :D

[MomBear]

I actually learned how to cook a turkey for Thanksgiving from Alton Brown... :D

[Tyler]

In person or from TV? Good Eats is a very good show.. one of my favourite cooking shows.

[PigsnieLite]

My favourite show on Food Network now is that guy who sits in that booth in that cafe & explains the Source of All things Delicious, like Movie Snacks or Halloween treats. And then theres that lady who always fatuously grinning, *YAHOOO, I just spent $38.75 eating 3 fine meals in Quebec! Just a buck under $40 A DAY, folks!

[MomBear]

In person or from TV? Good Eats is a very good show.. one of my favourite cooking shows.

I wish in person... but no... on the TV.. I think he is a great teacher! :D

Also the $40 a day woman is Rachel Ray! :D

[Semigourmet]

Food network has tought me to be much more confident in the kitchen. To try new things and the joy of cooking. I have tried loads of recipes from several chefs there. I have learned how to make my own chicken stock, roast a chicken, and so on, learned about knives, pans, and different typs of cooking techniques.

[bellapria]

In person or from TV? Good Eats is a very good show.. one of my favourite cooking shows.

I agree. I love that I learn alot about the food, and not just how to cook it one way with one recipe

[Casericco]

I love hearing about the back story of the foods.

[QSis]

Of all the many things I've learned from Food Network, one of the most important is that ground turkey is a wonderfully light, lower fat and excellent alternative to ground beef in a wide variety of dishes!

Lee

[Kimchee]

That chefs often lose sight of what the common household cook can afford, achieve or wants to cook. ;)

[Dough Boy]

The Foodnetwork has taught me to not give up my day job. Cooking for friends & family is much more fun than cooking for clients/customers.

[Big Daddy's House]

Alton Brown gets on my nerves! :D



Ditto on that one! He grates on my nerves as well.

With all that gosh-darn-it crap. Why doesn't he try to find new phrases? Especially on Iron Chef America! His mouth runs 90mph!

And then,there are all those blasted challenge shows at night. They really make me SICK as well! :mad:

[The BoardSMITH]

There is only one show I will watch on Food Network, Good Eats. The rest are garbage! From the guy with the bleached stand-on-end hair to the people with the toothy grins, sweet giggles, stupid cakes and bragging about how good their food tastes, I just can't stomach them. I would rather watch paint dry!

At least Alton Brown explains why he is doing something. His shows have made my brined, deep fried turkeys much better, I learned how to make prime rib and many other things.

[Big Daddy's House]

You must be thinking of Guy Fieri, hey? Ha!

He's the one with the bleached stand-on-end hair. He also likes to wear his sunglasses backwards on his head, and he was the 4th
NFNS winner.

Toothy grins;

I think those would be Giada, Paula, Pat & Gina Neely, Aron (Big Daddy) and Sunny Anderson.

[mistressivy66]

Giada drives me crazy! Her head is distracting, it's over-sized for her body and I wish she would pronounce things like a normal person rather than over-emphasizing the Italian accent on food names. You speak Italian, we get it!

Alton Brown gives amazing tips, even if he makes basic tasks more complicated than they need to be sometimes. I get more use out of the written tips that flash up on the screen between scenes than what comes out of his lectures too. And I am sorry, but I do not have the money to stock my kitchen with all the gadgets he says are essential for one reason or another!

I miss Mario Batali desperately, he used the gourmet techniques I am not familiar with yet, I learned a new one every time he came on. Now all I got is the Secrets of a Restaurant Chef lady, who is one of his sous chefs, and she is a little overenthusiastic. Too much pork and salt. (I thought I could not get enough pork and salt until I watched her a couple of times, WOW!)

[tigerlilly]

i like alton and sunny. I CAN'T STAND THAT NEELY WOMAN!! she makes me wanna shoot the TV like elvis!!

[samue1eb]

Alton is the one who really got me into cooking, because he teaches the how and why of cooking. And he makes a lot of things that most people just buy already made (like crackers, soft pretzels, pop tarts, ice cream just name to a few.)

[Big Daddy's House]

It has taught me pretty much to stay away from it at night!

[LDSmominthekitchen]

I learned how to make egg drop soup from Emril at 2am back a few years ago when I used to work nights. It's come in real handy, as I love chinese food.

[Big Daddy's House]

Emeril Live has been moved to the Food Network's sister network, Fine Living Network in favor of the worst and most goddamn boring show in the history of TV, that blasted Food Network Challenge.

Every time that I even THINK of that show, it just gets right under my skin and makes my blood boil!!! :mad:

But you can catch the reruns of Emeril Live on some weekday mornings on the Food Network.

[Chris50]

Ive learned to enjoy cooking, everything came easy to me from there on. I have few to no problems cooking anything.

[zendog54]

I've learned to keep a kitchen towel draped over my left shoulder while I'm cooking.



I've learned that brown food tastes good.



I've learned to use fresh ingredients.




Frantoia.




Organic.





Fresh pasta.





Sear your steak, finish in oven....

[CreekCorner]

It's taught me not to watch challenge shows.

[Big Daddy's House]

The worst ones!