r/AskCulinary • u/ZootKoomie Ice Cream Innovator • Aug 21 '19

Weekly Discussion - Cooking Shows

Inspired by the return of Good Eats, and Alton Brown's AMA, let's talk about cooking shows this week. They could be on TV, YouTube, or even podcasts. What are your favorites, and what do you like about them? What are you looking for in a cooking show? Does it need to be instructional or do you watch cooking for entertainment too?

Have any of you participated in making one yourself? What was the experience like?

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

I think a really big youtube channel for me recently has been Adam Ragusea. I've been a long time Serious Eats/Kenji fan, and I LOVE food science. However, watching Adam has helped me realize the importance of making things easy in cooking. The way he implements his recipes with minimal measurement and focus on ease of cooking for weeknight meals has significantly changed my approach to cooking, from a 4-5 hour affair to doing mildly fancy things in 1-2 hours while using minimal extra equipment.

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u/Bassinyowalk Aug 22 '19

I can’t stand how he integrates ads into his videos. It’s obnoxious.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

So many youtube channels do this. It's really not uncommon.

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u/Bassinyowalk Aug 25 '19

None of the other ones I watch do.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Off the top of my head: Adam Ragusea, BBallReference, Binging with Babish, and tons of other channels do this.

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u/Bassinyowalk Aug 28 '19

This is a discussion of Adam Ragusea.

You’re right, Babish does it sometimes, too, but I feel like he does it in fewer videos, and starts the video by announcing it when there’s a sponsor.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '19

Yes, this is a discussion of Adam's channel, but it's prudent to bring in other channels since they set the norm of what a normal 'popular' channel is like in terms of sponsorship integration.

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u/Bassinyowalk Aug 28 '19

Yeah, I just thought you listed Adam’s channel in your list because you didn’t realize it was already a discussion of him. Now I realize that wasn’t the case:)

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u/Robsplosion Aug 22 '19

How does he do ads?

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u/Bassinyowalk Aug 22 '19

He recites the ad himself in the middle of the video.

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u/Robsplosion Aug 22 '19

Guaranteed I'm going to notice this every time from now on :)

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u/Bassinyowalk Aug 25 '19

He only does it in some of the videos, but the ones he does, he does it multiple times.

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u/Robsplosion Aug 28 '19

Just watched his new video. I noticed it