IMO was a pretty good show, it went to different places and showed us
how they somewhat make their pizzas. I thought it was pretty good,
don't know if I will watch every week, but it was good. BTW, why is
the the Food Network giving us all these shows that focus on foods in
a certain area, and/or the best places to eat in a certain area.
Examples...Food Finds and Best Of.......I guess I shouldn't complain,
and please forgive me, just curious.

Rusty Unger wrote:

> IMO was a pretty good show, it went to different places and showed us
> how they somewhat make their pizzas. I thought it was pretty good,
> don't know if I will watch every week, but it was good. BTW, why is
> the the Food Network giving us all these shows that focus on foods in
> a certain area, and/or the best places to eat in a certain area.
> Examples...Food Finds and Best Of.......I guess I shouldn't complain,
> and please forgive me, just curious.


It just seemed like a more refined version of "The Best Of"... but
instead of the strangely seductive Jill we get Fat Mario ... I want
Mario to show me how to cook - not show me around America... plus they
give you a glimpse of really great food but fail to give you the
recipe... irritating...

I'll still watch it though... Mario/Alton/Bourdain is the only thing
keeping my interest these days...

~john!

levelwave wrote:

> It just seemed like a more refined version of "The Best Of"...

More like FoodNation Italian, but yeah.

> I want
> Mario to show me how to cook - not show me around America... plus they
> give you a glimpse of really great food but fail to give you the
> recipe... irritating...


Unfortunately, it's the stated policy of FoodTV to get away from
stand-up cooking in their primetime shows.

I think a cooking show with Mario and a knowledgable sidekick chef (No
Rooney!!!) would work well. I enjoyed Mario's visits to Martha's show,
because she would let him tell his stories but also keep him focused on
explaining what he's doing as he's cooking.



Brian Rodenborn

On 2003-10-02, levelwave > wrote:


> instead of the strangely seductive Jill we get Fat Mario ... I want
> Mario to show me how to cook - not show me around America...

Right on! What's the point of taking me to a restuarant to show me a
food I may never get a chance to try unless they are going to give me
the info on how to recreate it? I like Mario. His regular show gives
lots of very good cooking info on what looks like authentic Italian
cooking. It's probably the first Italian cooking show I've watched
that makes me want to actually try the recipes. I was expecting the
same on this new show. I wanted an authentic recipe! Hell, even RR's
$40/day give the recipes.

nb

"Rusty Unger" > wrote in message
...
> IMO was a pretty good show, it went to different places and showed us
> how they somewhat make their pizzas. I thought it was pretty good,
> don't know if I will watch every week, but it was good. BTW, why is
> the the Food Network giving us all these shows that focus on foods in
> a certain area, and/or the best places to eat in a certain area.
> Examples...Food Finds and Best Of.......I guess I shouldn't complain,
> and please forgive me, just curious.

And why don't they rename "The Travel Channel" to "The Vegas Channel"?