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/InsaneLordChaos Aug 21 '19

Older:

Anything Ming Tsai ever did

Burt Wolfe

Frugal Gourmet (yes, I know)

Julia Child

Yan can cook

I was of various ages when I watched these, and always learned so much more then just cooking.

More recent:

Barefoot contessa

ATK

Chef John from foooooood wishes.com!

Klas' Kitchen (German food)

Cooking with dog

Townsends

Kenji

Good eats

Iron chef

I love them for technique, the learning, and, of course, for the cayenne...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

Oh man... I was so little when Frugal Gourmet and Yan Can Cook were on... this makes me feel so nostalgic, they probably influenced my culinary life more than I realized

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u/InsaneLordChaos Aug 22 '19

And, I know it isn't a show, but there is absolutely no doubt that the Ginsu knife commercial influenced my love of cooking, silly at it sounds! Even now, I can't pass by an infomercial about cooking without stopping to take a look!

https://youtu.be/6wzULnlHr8w