Emeril Lagasse leaves Food Network

[Moonbear]

If I had any criticism, it would be that he invariably chooses women that he lays the charm on. I can't recall a guy or a senior, or for the most part even middle aged woman, that he has roped in for the show. Mostly all younger yuppie females. I guess that's show business.

Yeah, I agree on that. He's always flirting a bit. Though, in a way, it works better that he's picking these yuppie females who are more used to going out to restaurants than cooking for themselves, so their kitchens are usually clean and the basic cookware is there (though there was one episode where they went home to a kitchen with a sink piled high with dirty dishes and had to wash dishes before they could cook ...I was surprised they didn't edit that part out).

 

[Evo]

The show I like best is on TLC, not Food Network. Take Home Chef. Granted, they only seem to seek out people who shop in fancy grocery stores, but that show really does a nice job of showing how you can throw together a really great meal with readily available ingredients and cooked in your ordinary household kitchen...no fancy gadgets or commercial kitchen needed.

I'll have to try to catch that, that is if I have that channel. My cable company tried moving a few popular channels like the BBC to digitial trying to get people to buy up, sorry, I will just do without.

 

[LowlyPion]

...I was surprised they didn't edit that part out).

Perhaps it was an homage to reality TV?

 

[Moonbear]

I'll have to try to catch that, that is if I have that channel. My cable company tried moving a few popular channels like the BBC to digitial trying to get people to buy up, sorry, I will just do without.

Yep, that's what my cable company just did...maybe we have the same company. I did relocate the Food Network though...it's next to all the religious channels I block, so I couldn't find it. They didn't move TLC on me though, so chances are you still have it somewhere too.

 

[LowlyPion]

I'll have to try to catch that, ...

He's worth it. He's the kind of engaging person you wouldn't mind sharing a meal with, whether or not he cooked it for you. I think he enjoys the cooking. I can relate anyway.

 

[Moonbear]

He's worth it. He's the kind of engaging person you wouldn't mind sharing a meal with, whether or not he cooked it for you. I think he enjoys the cooking. I can relate anyway.

He's pretty good looking too, with just the right amount of Australian accent.

 

[LowlyPion]

He's pretty good looking too, with just the right amount of Australian accent.

There goes that hotness factor again.

Crops up in the strangest places.

 

[~christina~]

How do you know? Did you ever taste his food? That's the funniest thing, really, about any televised cooking show. Nobody knows if anything they cook tastes any good, because we're not tasting it. At least Emeril had a studio audience. They could have all been plants, but SOMEONE had to eat the food on camera without making a face. Then again, I've seen some guest chefs on shows like the Today Show where the host then was given a taste of the food just prepared, and you could just TELL they were struggling to keep a smile on their face and pretend it tasted good as they tried to swallow it. Bad chefs and bad food can be much more entertaining if there's a taster involved who isn't supposed to let on that it's bad food.

I was going to say exactly that. Everyone knows that they edit the scenes in cooking shows to make it look like everything they make is, fantastic. Cook for me and then I'll tell you what I think.

 

[Evo]

I was going to say exactly that. Everyone knows that they edit the scenes in cooking shows to make it look like everything they make is, fantastic. Cook for me and then I'll tell you what I think.

But, but, he cooked in a kilt! He cooked in Renaisance garb! He cooked in Colonial garb! Are you saying it's not real?

 

[Moonbear]

But, but, he cooked in a kilt! He cooked in Renaisance garb! He cooked in Colonial garb! Are you saying it's not real?

Does he have good legs?

 

[Evo]

Does he have good legs?

Great legs.

 

[Moonbear]

Great legs.

Oh, then I'm sure his food is delicious!

 

[~christina~]

But, but, he cooked in a kilt! He cooked in Renaisance garb! He cooked in Colonial garb! Are you saying it's not real?

yes, he's funny. Oh, that's real.

He's pretty good looking too, with just the right amount of Australian accent.

And I also thought he was british, so where did he pick up that Australian accent?

 

[Moonbear]

And I also thought he was british, so where did he pick up that Australian accent?

I don't know if he's British or Australian, but he had a show where he picked up another very pretty woman driving a sporty convertible, and she was British and asked if his accent was Australian, which he confirmed. If he didn't have a whole camera crew with him, I'm sure he'd have a lot of angry husbands chasing after him by now.

 

[Evo]

Didn't the British send criminals to Australia, perhaps he meant British ancestry?

You guys are killing me.

Someone hand me a green corndog.

 

[LowlyPion]

I don't know if he's British or Australian, ...

Curtis Stone is definitely an Aussie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Stone

 

[~christina~]

Didn't the British send criminals to Australia, perhaps he meant British ancestry?

You guys are killing me.

Someone hand me a green corndog.

lol
I'm not sure you'd want a,"green corndog" because it might be a bit moldy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irvine

British all the way, it must be one of his lies again.

 

[LowlyPion]

Dinner Impossible - New Season

http://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2008/07/michael_symons_first_dinner_im.html

Looks like the write in effort failed to impress.

 

[Evo]

Dinner Impossible - New Season

http://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2008/07/michael_symons_first_dinner_im.html

Looks like the write in effort failed to impress.

Symons has failed to impress me so far. Maybe some kind of personality will emerge on this show.

They need to cancel the "Next Food Network Star" that's currently on, I can't imagine any of three remaining contestants having a show. I know Zz said he had to stop watching it.

 

[Moonbear]

lol
I'm not sure you'd want a,"green corndog" because it might be a bit moldy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irvine

British all the way, it must be one of his lies again.

Um...I wasn't talking about Robert Irvine, I was talking about Curtis when I mentioned the Aussie accent. I don't know who Robert Irvine is yet...haven't seen his show...he's the one with cute legs according to Evo.

 

[LowlyPion]

Symons has failed to impress me so far. Maybe some kind of personality will emerge on this show.

I did catch the first episode of Michael Symons Dinner Impossible. And I was left thinking he likely makes a better seu-chef than a chef.

The mugging it up and renting the hokey boardwalk bikes and running around semi out of control seemed contrived, not that contrived is not apparently part of the game plan already even with Robert Irvine. After all if it were easy it wouldn't meet the title of the show.

 

[turbo]

I shake my head reading the descriptions of these shows. At our last place, the Food Channel was bundled with basic cable, over on the "Amen Corner" part of the dial. Aside from Good Eats, I couldn't stand the shows, especially Bobby Flay's stuff. At least you can get some good ideas from Alton Brown. Watching his show one day, I watched him use a piece of stone tile to crush peeled cloves of garlic, and suddenly the polished cylindrical agate paperweight my friend gave me years before had a new job. Our kitchen is small and simple, so tools have to multi-task.

 

[turbo]

Lagasse leaving the Food Network is probably one of the best things that could have happened to that channel. His histrionics were painful to watch. Martha Stewart will be leading him around by the short hairs, now. She bought the rights to his entire business apart from the restaurants, including his appearance schedule, his cookbooks, and the line of cookware that is sold under his name. $50M and he sold his soul.

 

[LowlyPion]

$50M and he sold his soul.

I have to wonder about health issues. I just saw him on a cooking green show and he looked bloated and less agile than on his FN shows.

He probably can't sell the restaurants anyway because of the investors and I can imagine MSL wouldn't want to get into that part of the food business.

Maybe he is just cashing in while he's still around to realize the value and not selling his soul?

 

[Evo]

I have to wonder about health issues. I just saw him on a cooking green show and he looked bloated and less agile than on his FN shows.

He probably can't sell the restaurants anyway because of the investors and I can imagine MSL wouldn't want to get into that part of the food business.

Maybe he is just cashing in while he's still around to realize the value and not selling his soul?

Selling now is a smart move before his popularity tanks. And if his health is faling, makes all the more sense.

Heck, If I had a soul, I'd sell it for $50 million.

BTW, his "Vodka Sauce" for pasta is not bad. I can't find my favorite brand anymore,and his is ok, and they've just dropped the price. Not that he has anything to do with actually making it, but it's worth the $3.50 for a large jar for a different sauce. I tried making it at home, but by the time I drank all the vodka, I couldn't taste the sauce anymore.

 

[Moonbear]

They need to cancel the "Next Food Network Star" that's currently on, I can't imagine any of three remaining contestants having a show. I know Zz said he had to stop watching it.

I caught that for the first time yesterday. It was laughable, as the judges basically are letting them all go to the final round because they couldn't decide which was the worst to throw one off...they had major problems with all three and joked that they should have one do the introduction/narrating, one create the recipes, and one do the actual cooking.

How many shows do they promise as a prize? Sounds like the winner will get the minimum and be cancelled.

 

[LowlyPion]

How many shows do they promise as a prize? Sounds like the winner will get the minimum and be cancelled.

Maybe they will cancel the contest first and do us all a favor.

 

[Ouabache]

Whhhhyyyy?!

I also enjoyed "Dinner: Impossible" with Robert Irvine, who has just been fired for lying on his resume. Who cares? His show was fun and he was a great cook. Now they've got that new Iron Chef guy in his place and I can't imagine how that is going to be. I think the first episode will be tonight.

I liked his shows the best out of all of the shows on food network, before I had to cancel cable.)

He's back on.. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irvine" , last November, the food channel announced they have rehired him for six new episodes of Dinner: Impossible, which will began airing in March 2009.

 

[Evo]

He's back on.. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irvine" , last November, the food channel announced they have rehired him for six new episodes of Dinner: Impossible, which will began airing in March 2009.

Oh good, Michael Symon is too wimpy for the show.

 

[~christina~]

Oh good, Michael Symon is too wimpy for the show.

whoohoo! and I have to agree with you.