Josh wrote:
<If you have Food Network, you might check out Good Eats. The host,
<Alton Brown,
<spends a lot of time on the basics and explains the hows and whys of
cooking.

I watch Alton whenever I can. He's definitely my cooking show
favorite. I don't catch him that often though. Beats the crap out of
Emiril "bam" Lagasse and Rachael "evoo" Rae. Ugh.