Memo To Paula Deen

Stop referring to the meat you're cooking as "him". The kitchen is no place for the personification of flesh. I realize it was once alive, thank you very much.

I love to cook. Currently I am "interviewing" other chefs on FoodNetwork to add to my DVR. Right now Alton Brown and Good Eats are number one. He is my lord and savior when it comes to the culinary arena. My cooking and kitchen are heavily influenced by him. Number two on the list is Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentiis. Not only is she easy on the eyes, but she can cook like nobody's business. She's taught me that presentation is key when serving food. I've made around ten of her recipes, and tomorrow I will debut her Polenta Crusted Shrimp. So Alton and Giada are locked in for good.

I thought I needed to mix it up a little, so I started watching other shows on FoodNetwork to see what would stick. Rachel Ray used to be on the list until I figured out I was just watching her for the unintentional comedy. I'm not gonna hate on her like other people do because she not "a real chef", it was just nothing she made moved or inspired me to get in the kitchen. I just liked to watch her balance all of her ingredients in her arms while she prepped to cook and when she laughed at her own jokes. So Rachel didn't stick.

Next was Ingrid Hoffman and Simply Delicioso. Her show was about cooking with a latin flair, but there were too many hard to find ingredients, and her dishes weren't all that appetizing. The only thing I took from her show was a jalapeno avocado dip that my girlfriend is crazy for. Other than that the soundtrack to her show was very good. It was some type of afro-cuban salsa or something, but not enough to keep her on the team. Adios, Ingrid.

Ina Garten and Barefoot Contessa is in my rotation now. I'm still on the fence about her. She makes okay dishes but for the most part they seem complicated. And her Hamptons foo-fooness gets on my nerves. "Let me go out to my garden here in East Hampton, and pick some herbs from my herb garden". So the jury is still out.

That brings us to Ms. Deen. Her dishes look really good and simple and she says y'all a awful lot. In fact I may add her to my DVR list just based on that fact alone. You could have a drinking game with your friends taking a sip everytime she says y'all. She's not in my rotation yet; I'm still in the process of doing a background check. Hopefully her referring to the veal as him won't count too much against her. Stay tuned, y'all!!

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posted by Bdub at 5:41 PM