August 12, 2006
We Are Addicted
Something crazy has happened in our household. We’ve become addicted to the Food Network. Sometimes, we watch it all day and all night on the weekends. And after work, we make dinner while watching the various evening shows like 30-Minute Meals with Rachel Ray, Paula’s Home Cooking, Everyday Italian and Emeril Live. Emeril is my favorite. What can I say? I adore a man who can cook who’s handsome and has a sexy “Loo-see-anna” meets “New Yauka” accent. Doug is always enthralled by Good Eats and Unwrapped. We’ve probably watched every single episode and sometimes we sit through the repeats. It’s a crazy thing. Even little Dawson is addicted. He won’t move from the couch when Alton Brown comes on. Doug is ecstatic that his son will receive “a cooking education, mixed with science, that his Momma didn’t get”. Yes, I threw my shoe at his funny ass.
I also love Rachel Ray. She’s kind of silly-dorky-quirky. Uh huh. Just like yours truly. I can’t help it. I was born “dork-a-licious”, you know? I’ve been learning a lot of new recipes. And I’ve found millions of different ways to dress up the cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers in my garden so the Food Network rocks. Don’t get me started on how many times of day I’m on the website looking for recipes I missed!
Because of my obsession, my Aunt Kathy gave me a Rachel Ray: 365 No Repeats cookbook for my birthday. She knew I was obsessed before I did. I finally realized our family has a substance abuse problem when we were demanding to know if Alton’s Feasting on Asphalt was going to be on last night.
“Doug, is Alton’s new show on tonight?” I asked.
“It better be!” he said.
“What if it’s not? What if we have the wrong day?”
“Then I’m blaming YOU for now looking in the TV Guide.”
Another funny thing happened when we were making dinner last night. I had Emeril Live on the TV and Dawson was wandering around the living room with a plastic spork. He looked at the television and then yelled, “Em-a-ell! Bam! Bam! Bam!” as he pointed his spork at my favorite (handsome) chef. I wish I would have remembered to take a picture!
I’ve never laughed so hard in my life. My child wants to be a chef so he can kick things up a notch. Maybe he’ll go to French Culinary School and create his own Essence! Can you imagine! Perhaps I should start teaching him to cook now, at 2 years old, and I’ll never have to cook again!
On second thought, this may be a terrible idea. Toddlers using stoves and ovens is sure to get the Child Protective Services on my ass, don’t you think?
Alright, I must be going now because The Barefoot Contessa will be on soon.
Happy Cooking Everyone!
Posted by Dana @ 8:13 AM • Cooking Mama,Food & Recipes
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August 12th, 2006 at 12:50 PM, Heather Says:
Hey! Another Food Network addict! LOL.. I absolutely love, love, love Barefoot Contessa. I saw her on Oprah a couple years ago, and that was it, I was hooked. She is my favorite along with Emeril. My 8 year old is addicted to him! I also like $40 a day with Rachel Ray. She is so cute you cant help but watch her!
August 12th, 2006 at 3:32 PM, Amy Says:
My whole family loves Food TV, and especially Emeril! We’ve kind of backed off watching it constantly, but for a while there we were watching nothing but that. My 7-year-old loves it, and Hubby REALLY loves it. You know what Emeril is? Good entertainment. I hate cooking, yet I like his show. Go figure.
August 14th, 2006 at 1:27 AM, clair Says:
Mmm, I lurv cooking shows except we don’t have these ones you mentioned here. But then again I don’t subscribe to all the satellite TV channels so they could be on those ones, I wouldn’t know. But at noontime every week day, I drop everything and glue myself to Jamie Oliver, the Naked Chef. He makes cooking up a storm look so easy it’s almost an illusion.