The Frugal Gourmet -P1- The French Kitchen - Jeff Smith HD Cooking
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@TypicalJAFO How true: cooking shows nowadays are advertisements for gourmet restaurants and high end food products. The point of those admittedly entertaining competitions is not to enlighten or teach, but to show off the skills of professional chefs. Unlike Jeff Smith, who actually gave us, freely, the benefit of his knowledge and skills, such pragmatism is anathema to today's TV uber-chef, whose culinary inventions would require a six figure bank account to prepare regularly.
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I miss the Frugal Gourmet and the other great cooking shows of yesteryear. No silly competitions, no reality tv drama, no douchey 40-something trying to recapture his teen years with expressions like "That's out of bounds flavor!" (i.e. Guy Fieri). Just good cooking with some history thrown in.
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Second only to....Good Eats? ;-)
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I also got a huge kick out of this show when I was little. Everything about it had a rather whimsical quality, from the opening theme to Jeff's mannerisms.
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This show brings back good memories.
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@delarochej I couldn't have said it better!
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@delarochej Couldn't have said it better!
"one of these days, you and I are gonna have a sausage festival" - Thank you for the smile, Jeff. You're missed.
sevenbates 9 months ago 9
Cooking, history, and a little viticulture too. Way smarter than any cooking show on TV today. Such a talented guy.
mmoaot 8 months ago 4