> 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.
>

Good Eats is my favorite cooking show, since it's entertaining and
teaches the science of food. I also like how his sometimes unorthodox
methods, such as the time he used a stack of 18 X 18 X 1 inch air
conditioner filters bungeed together to a box fan to make beef jerky.
Another show I enjoy is Diners Drive Ins and Drives, because they go
into restaurants across the country and cooks show how they prepare
their signature dishes. My least favorite cooking show has to be the
various Iron Chef shows, since I've never seen anything prepared on
that show that I would want to eat or try to make myself.