Why I Can't Get Into Cooking Shows

by Valorie Delp | More from this Blogger

21 Mar 2008 10:59 AM

While I admit that I love Rachel Ray. . .I have to say that I can't get into cooking shows. You'd think I'd love them. After all, I have at one point or another in my life been subscribed to every single cooking magazine that I'm aware of. My recipe collection takes up it's own filing cabinet. I explain my recipe addiction to others as similar to their scrapbooking addiction. So you'd think cooking shows and I would have a fast and unbreakable bond.

But not so. I love Rachel Ray (especially before she became a spokesperson for Dunkin' Donuts) and I like the occasional Martha Stewart. But I rarely watch them on television. I also like the food traveling series where you the host takes you through a foreign country and explores those cuisines--but again I rarely watch.

And I've figured it out. I know why I don't love cooking shows. They are inconvenient. I don't have a television in my kitchen. Even if I did, the likelihood of me having the ingredients on hand to cook right along side Giada or anyone else is highly unlikely. This leaves me to write the recipes down. (And have you ever noticed that good chefs often use measurements in the quantifiable terms of 'some', or 'a pinch'?) Or at least this is what I thought.

However, a close friend of mine has a different interpretation. She was surprised at first to learn that I don't have some beloved favorites for cooking shows. Then after awhile she pointed out that I'm a tryer. I like to try my own unique things in the kitchen rather than following someone else's ideas.

Whether it's the inconvenience of watching a show, taking notes then venturing into the kitchen (versus just having the written recipe posted right there on my refrigerator) or whether it is the fact that I like to try my own ideas rather than following someone else's--I cannot say. But it did get me to thinking, if you love watching those cooking shows, what is your fascination? Tell me, which ones do you love and why?

Valorie Delp shares recipes and kitchen tips in the food blog, solves breastfeeding problems, shares parenting tips, and current research in the baby blog, and insight, resources and ideas as a regular guest blogger in the homeschooling blog. To read more articles by Valorie Delp, click here.

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Hello everybody! My name is Valorie and I am one busy lady! When I'm not writing or editing for families, I am busy trying to get my brood of 5 in line.

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