Originally Posted by
hedur
True. It reminds me of when MTV forgot they were a music channel and became all reality TV. Now it's all about cooking competition shows on FN. Thankfully they've moved the bulk of their actual cooking shows to The Cooking Channel.
Yup, separate the education from entertainment.
Anthony Bourdain seems to have a particular disdain for cooks that pretend to be chefs, use box mixes and have a gratingly fake TV-persona. First Sandra Lee, then Rachel Ray and now Paula Deen - see a pattern here?
What were you expecting from a CIA grad's attitude towards cooks without formal training.