Andy > wrote:
> Nad R > wrote:
>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>>> "Blockade Runner" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Does anyone ever follow their menus ? I mean if I bought all the
>>>> things to make meal like they cook I be filing for bankruptcy . +
>>>> all the clean up etc. & time.
>>>> Seems like cheaper & lot easier eat out. When I am hyngry I am
>>>> hungry, not 5 hours later , I want to eat now.
>>>
>>> I'm betting you are a regular at McDonalds. They are one of the
>>> fastest food servers so it would work with your "I want to eat NOW"
>>> routine.
>>
>> I watch the cooking shows that teach and use common grocery store
>> items. I do not watch the fancy plating cooking shows. I watch: Good
>> Eats, Americas Test Kitchen and Joanne Wiers's Cooking Class. But I am
>> a new at cooking for myself in my old retired age.
>
>
> There's a PBS cooking program "A Taste of History" hosted by executive
> chef Walter Stalb of the City Tavern, Philadelphia
> http://www.citytavern.com/ It's a famous place but I've never been. They
> intersperse his cooking with American history tidbits. The most
> interesting part of the program is he cooks everything in kettles in a
> large walk in fireplace, like it must've been done in the past. An
> impressive display. And he's so "matter of factly" about his techniques,
> meanwhile his attention to detail is impeccable. And thanks to PBS, it's
> commercial free!
>
> Andy

I will keep an eye for the show. I also have seen an episode in the past of
Burt Wolf's on the "history of food". I will say I like PBS cooking shows
better than the Food Network or the Cooking channel.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)