Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...

I think what appealed to me about Julia Child is that she was so relatable. When I watch her, I feel like I too could cook whatever she was cooking.

Right now my favorite cooking show is Julie Tabouli on PBS. She started as a local show in NYS created from a grant to teach community college students television production. I saw her on Virginia PBS the other day. I've never made anything direct she's made, but I've been inspired plenty.

I like cooks country for explaining the *why* behind cooking, but 90% of what they do is beyond my patience level. They covered croissants one day, and if I had that much time I would work a second job to fill my (apparently) boundless days.

Frunobulax said:

This was the guy that got me to watch cooking shows.

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Same here, Jim. I still cook his pork loin where he put a number of slits in it, each stuffed with a garlic clove, green onion and cayenne pepper. And as he also said, "this'll makes it mo bettuh."

V.C. Brunswick said:

I must be the only person in the world who likes cereal dry. For some reason I never liked it with milk.

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I like dry cereal as a snack, right outta the box. But during breakfast, almond milk!

LizzieMaine said:

In Maine, every house, no matter how much of a soggy rat-infested beaverboard dump of a hovel it is, has "plenty of charm."

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Say, my heart will be led to my little homestead
Even though it's mighty plain
But a brand new roof, a coat of paint
Will make it look like what it ain't
I mean that homestead, old and quaint
Away Down East in Maine

(1922)