Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Kitchen Notes: The History of the Cooking Show

For Il Barista, my cooking buddy: see the history of the cooking show.

We begin, of course, with the late, great kitchen goddess herself, Julia Child. We end with . . . I don't even want to go there. Celebrity chefs, cooking reality shows, Rachael Ray? YUCK.

Let me also take this chance to give a shout-out to another cooking-TV pioneer, the awesome Martin Yan! If Yan can cook, so can you! The day I met him was one of the coolest days of my life. (He was so very charming in person, and his recipes are delicious.)

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