FRC snark alert: I'm tempted to start a really snarky thread about cooking show pet peeves. Reason?

and the constant use of "kinda" and "sorta"---drives me nuts with Ina and B Flay and all of them

 
Ok, I admit I'm having a rotten day....

.... but I MUST comment on one more

Don't get me wrong, I actually LIKE Giada's show, especially when she has her aunt Raffy over (the woman is a piece of work!) -

but that show has a few things that annoy me to no end - for instance, they need to do these "theme things" - so, one day she is giving this "Hawaiian Evening" by the swimming pool, and every single guests is offered a "lei" - natural flowers of course - when they get there. Giada, in a nonchalant tone, says "You can special order those from your florist"

HOLY TOMATOES! What kind of a budget do they think I have when I invite guests over for a dinner party? smileys/smile.gif

Of course, the whole backyard is properly decorated to mimic Honolulu etc etc.

I like the "ethnic" type shows, but the whole paraphernalia of stuff that goes with it is irritating to me.

And let's not even go into the "Tablescapes" = whatever they are called, from SemiFreakMade

 
Oh and I despise Ina Garten's use of "good" as in good olive oil, good butter, good chocolate...

Grates on my nerves. It's an insult to her audience - what does she think? - they're going to use "bad" olive oil, bad butter, bad chocolate...?

Plus, everything she makes, she declares as "perfect."

 
I always get a chuckle when Al can overtake the "kitchen" and ask a question the chef can't answer

 
And let's be honest, (here's something I can say that others can't)....

She needs to meet some straight people! They're hungry too, you know.

 
Oh, I wish I could find a link....

.... years and years ago, someone wrote an article about GIada (humorous), in which he matched a fake text with her facial expressions

she was tasting something with raspberries in it, and made right away the 'orgasmic' face, but if you froze that in a photo, it seemed like she was disgusted by how bitter it was

it was THE funniest thing, but of course, I don't even remember where I saw it....

you would love it!

 
Yes. So condescending. I loved hearing Dan Barber once say that any supermarket olive oil

--as long as it's in a fairly dark bottle--is fine, and that everything else was a waste of money. Ok, the man's not known for pulling punches, but this was just great. smileys/smile.gif

 
And how about Michael Chiarello salting pasta water with very expensive gray salt?

it puts me in hyperventilation right away!

 
What the heck is "good red wine vinegar"? It takes a pilgrimage to find it, not much different.

 
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