Food Network

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Anyone else watching NFNS this season? That Indian woman is annoying. I don't really think anyone would be entertaining from this group, I thought a show with recipes featuring Alicia's tears would have been a smash though.

[Donuthole]

Anyone else watching NFNS this season? That Indian woman is annoying. I don't really think anyone would be entertaining from this group, I thought a show with recipes featuring Alicia's tears would have been a smash though.

I loved Alicia and her Eastern European . . . er . . . Missouri accent. I couldn't understand most of what she said. Also, the Middle Eastern Man in Drag is freaky. BTW, it's just called "Food Network Star" now--no Next anymore. I agree with you about the contestants--all boring. Which means the winner will fit right in at FN.

[Pheidippides]

I loved Alicia and her Eastern European . . . er . . . Missouri accent. I couldn't understand most of what she said. Also, the Middle Eastern Man in Drag is freaky. BTW, it's just called "Food Network Star" now--no Next anymore. I agree with you about the contestants--all boring. Which means the winner will fit right in at FN.

What happened to FN anyway (well, other than all the stuff A. Bourdain already blogged about)? It's scarcely watchable anymore.

[Donuthole]

What happened to FN anyway (well, other than all the stuff A. Bourdain already blogged about)? It's scarcely watchable anymore.

Rachel Ray, Guy Fieri, and Giada De Laurentiis happened to FN. In other words, it stopped being a cooking channel and started being a travel channel. And we already have one of those.

[wuapinmon]

Rachel Ray, Guy Fieri, and Giada De Laurentiis happened to FN. In other words, it stopped being a cooking channel and started being a travel channel. And we already have one of those.

Exactly!

[Pheidippides]

Rachel Ray, Guy Fieri, and Giada De Laurentiis happened to FN. In other words, it stopped being a cooking channel and started being a travel channel. And we already have one of those.

Except the real Travel Channel does it much better with less annoying personalities. FN is sort of like the Travel Channel 2: This Time More Annoying!

[dabrockster]

I do enjoy "Chopped" and that is about it... We just started watching the Food Network Star and enjoy it. But it sounds like the past seasons were better...

[Donuthole]

I do enjoy "Chopped" and that is about it... We just started watching the Food Network Star and enjoy it. But it sounds like the past seasons were better...

Chopped is one of the few shows FN has going for it right now. And one of the few shows that actually focuses on food (though you do have to put up with Scott Conant's judging douchery). Iron Chef America is another show that is as much about the food as the people cooking it. Few other FN shows can make that claim.

[UteStar]

Chopped is one of the few shows FN has going for it right now. And one of the few shows that actually focuses on food (though you do have to put up with Scott Conant's judging douchery). Iron Chef America is another show that is as much about the food as the people cooking it. Few other FN shows can make that claim.

I pretty much agree. I still really like Food Network Star. I am always entertained by it. I also like both Chopped (recommended to me in another thread) and Iron Chef America. I don't watch much else on the station though...

[wally]

Rachel Ray, Guy Fieri, and Giada De Laurentiis happened to FN. In other words, it stopped being a cooking channel and started being a travel channel. And we already have one of those.

I can't watch Guy Fieri each another oversized sandwich. It's like watching a reverse vomit. Or like watching a snake struggle to down a rat.

[Clark Addison]

It's sad when shows feel they need to go blue to attract viewers.

I DVR Iron Chef America and sometimes turn it on for background when I am cleaning up or cooking. Tonight, I was watching "Battle Frozen Peas", paying half attention, when this scene caught my ear:

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The judge who said it is the girl who wrote that "Julie and Julia" book, or whatever it was called. I don't think she realized what she was saying, but the other judges did.

I realize this episode is 3 or 4 years old, so I may be somewhat late to this.

[Donuthole]

I had a pretty good laugh at these:

Warning: some adult-themed innuendo!

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I can't get the Jamie Oliver vid to embed, but here's the link

[Pheidippides]

wow.

http://gawker.com/5852613/the-best-f...loween-special

[YOhio]

This season's Next Iron Chef is destined to be one for the ages. The Super Chef lineup consists of:

Anne Burrell
Robert Irvine
Michael Chiarello
Geoffrey Zakarian
Marcus Samuelsson
Spike Mendelsohn
Beau MacMillan
Chuck Hughes
Alex Guarnaschelli
Elizabeth Falkner

Last nights episode was pretty fun to watch. They had to butcher a suckling pig and cook on an open flame. It almost had an Extreme Chef or Dinner Impossible feel to it, but a little more tame.

[hostile]

This season's Next Iron Chef is destined to be one for the ages. The Super Chef lineup consists of:

Anne Burrell
Robert Irvine
Michael Chiarello
Geoffrey Zakarian
Marcus Samuelsson
Spike Mendelsohn
Beau MacMillan
Chuck Hughes
Alex Guarnaschelli
Elizabeth Falkner

Last nights episode was pretty fun to watch. They had to butcher a suckling pig and cook on an open flame. It almost had an Extreme Chef or Dinner Impossible feel to it, but a little more tame.

That was fun. Should be a good series.