Food on TV: A Pet Peeve

Posted by N3r3N Jun 30, 2010 1 comment Reviews

Guest blog post from my friend Kara Gatto

There are more opportunities than ever to find cooking programs on television. From the Food Network to PBS to the new Cooking Channel, chefs are turning in their toques and aprons in favor of makeup and the camera. Learning how to cook from television is a great benefit to many people, but one thing that annoys me is the constant focus on quick and easy meals.

I realize that a lot of men and women work and do not have time to cook meals every day, but there’s a large segment of the population who watches these programs that wants to learn how to cook the perfect tomato sauce for five hours instead of five minutes. We want to learn how to make puff pastryfrom scratch and how to create the perfect veal stock over a period of days. These are elementary lessons that every aspiring chef should know how to do, but if we are to believe cooking shows on Directv, boxed and prepared products are the way to go.

With all the preservatives and chemicals that are added to food today in order to improve shelf life, shopping in a supermarket is an experience that is closer to chemistry than to cooking. I’m not saying that packed food is evil or that it’s wrong to buy these conveniences. What I’m saying is that people need to be educated about how to prepare some of these things so that they have an option.

For many foodies, preparing intricate meals and dishes is exciting and a form of entertainment. They relish slaving over the stove for hours to create the perfect stew. At least give them one show that teaches them how to explore cooking techniques beyond the basic level.

Back to The O.C.

Posted by N3r3N Jun 29, 2010 no comment Reviews

Guest post written by Amelia Roberts

Back in high school my friends and I used to have O.C. nights together where we’d go over to one person’s house and watch the new episode of “The O.C.” Since then a lot of us have grown apart after we went to different colleges and down different paths in life, but I still relive those good times I had with them when I watch reruns of the show on the Soap Net. I still also watch an occasional episode online with my Clearwire Internet.

I was also a sucker for Seth Cohen’s witty antics and I’ve discovered that a few years hasn’t changed that. He and Summer were always so cute as a couple on there that I was devastated when the actors who played them stopped dating in real life.

After Marissa died in that car crash I knew that they would cancel the series soon, but I still held on and watched it because it meant so much to me and my time as a teenager.

Now when I watch it, I notice how annoying Marissa acted most of the time. I guess it was best that they killed off the show, but at least I can still relive the four years it was kicking.

Looking for a Pawnshops in Dallas, TX?

Posted by N3r3N Jun 27, 2010 no comment Reviews

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