Food Networks - Loves and Hates

[Drolefille]

Oooh I forgot Throwdown! I like that

[whiteandblack]

love: alton brown. I love the technical aspect.

hate: anything emeril.

[RedVelvet]

Hate Rachel Ray. The EVOO thing grates on my nerves.

[AlexMack]

All right, here we go:
LOVE: Rach, 30 Minute Meals (because they turn out ab fab, I have a bunch of her cookbooks and I swear by them), IC:A, Cat Cora, Food Network Challenges, Unwrapped, any show that features junk food, Behind the Bash.

Don't Like: Alton Brown, Emeril (oh god-unless you're Drolefille), Giada's mouth, Bobby Flay (I think he's kind of arrogant), Tyler Florence, boring shows, Paula Dean and her sons (I've heard in real life they're obnoxious little shits!).

I'm pretty apathetic about the rest because I don't watch it. Let's talk about food we've made by watching Food Network.
My favourite dish ever is a recipe I adapted from Rachael. She makes a giant pot of macaroni with chicken and broccoli. I stole the sauce recipe and made the rest up. It's ziti in a spicy cheddar cheese sauce with andouille, peppers and mushrooms. I've also learnt how to make a quick chicken parm, which I do gluten free for my mum with fried polenta. I've learnt to love polenta via Rach because frying it makes it gorgeous.
We adapted a pizza recipe from one of her books and I used broccoli, goats cheese and roasted red peppers. That was fabulous.
I know how to season everything well, what spices and herbs go well with different food, crushing garlic is a total blast and I really want a good set of knives for christmas.
I am a fangirl-I'm ashamed to admit it but I am. Mostly because of the food, her personality grates on me too. I cringe watching Inside Dish and seeing the celebs trying to tolerate her.

[Drolefille]

Yay. Sometimes her voice drives me nuts, but generally Rachel is awesome.

(So... you don't like Emeril unless he's me?)

ETA: wait... is this a Limit i may have Reached?

[BaylorBean]

Ok time for me to jump in now!

Loves: Alton Brown (love good eats and loved feasting on asphalt even more!), Ham on the street, Original IC, Paula Dean, The Naked Chef, some of the competitions and I like the food from Boy meets Grill but don't like Bobby Flay

Like: Emeril Live sometimes, Party Line with the Hearty Boys, Easy Entertaining, Molto Mario sometimes

Hate: Giada (too skinny to be doing ANYTHING food related), Bobby Flay (seems like a jerk to me), Semi-homemade, Cat Cora (same as bobby), How to Boil Water, and anything with Rachel Ray...I just can't stand her! I find her soooo annoying and don't even get me started on EVOO!!!!!!!!

[Drolefille]

Ok, so I bought the Naked Chef's cookbook. And the stuff in there is wayyyy to complex for me. I thought it was supposed to be NAKED!

I'm a real newbie to cooking. And I want RR's cookbooks because I think they'll suit my skills.

It was at TJMaxx.