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AnotherMother4Peace

(4,701 posts)
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 11:56 AM Nov 2023

Foodies who love to cook but are tired of the "wars" on the Food Network, give RECIPE TV a try.

To me cooking is something to enjoy, teach family, encourage each other. AND I have found a GEM: Recipe TV. Their descriptor is: "Recipe TV Featuring the World's Greatest Chefs." Wonderful, delicious show that takes you all over the world w/world renown chefs. My favorite is The French Pub w/a very kind chef from Normandy, France featuring fresh seafood, vegetables, fresh everything. Love this channel. On Cox in SoCal it's channel 114. Baking at Ballyknocken is another one of my favs on Recipe TV.

I know a lot of people enjoy "Pati's Mexican Kitchen" on PBS. This is similar. My husband and sister (both totally different personalities) both love this show and make sure to record it.

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Foodies who love to cook but are tired of the "wars" on the Food Network, give RECIPE TV a try. (Original Post) AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 OP
I just checked my Xfinity guide and it's there. badhair77 Nov 2023 #1
It reminds me a bit of that stupid ass, sadistic "You're Fired" show that used to be on TV. AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 #6
I agree with you. Nothing but silly Polly Hennessey Nov 2023 #2
I think you'll enjoy it. Like cooking with a talented family member. nt AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 #7
It's a warlike, cutthroat mentality that has soaked into the pop food culture. It does not bode well. n/t Marcus IM Nov 2023 #3
I agree. Sometimes it's just darn depressing. First off, I'm ready to visit AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 #4
It's annoying as hell. calimary Nov 2023 #25
My Favorite Foodie Show Is Struggle Meals With Frankie Celenza..... global1 Nov 2023 #5
Ohhh haven't heard of it. I'll research it. Thanks. AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 #8
It's On A Channel Called Tastemade..... global1 Nov 2023 #12
I found Struggle Meals on On Demand on xfinity. badhair77 Nov 2023 #24
The Struggle is real, and so much fun. txwhitedove Nov 2023 #17
Thank you! I'll look into it. Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #9
Be ready to get the urge to try the recipes, visit the places, & meet the people. OR just AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 #10
THIS. MontanaMama Nov 2023 #15
I miss the Japanese Iron Chefs usonian Nov 2023 #11
Those were the best. Loved the awkward voiceover Japanese to English translations that couldn't convey Japanese idioms. Marcus IM Nov 2023 #19
I may be related to the translator/voice over. usonian Nov 2023 #20
Yes. It was really entertaining. Not too serious, but they did actually cook interesting food. Marcus IM Nov 2023 #21
I haven't had my TV on since June 2022 Warpy Nov 2023 #13
I SOOOOOOO want them to return to actually cooking FarPoint Nov 2023 #14
All the good stuff is on YouTube Warpy Nov 2023 #18
I just checked to see if Recipe TV is on Hulu MontanaMama Nov 2023 #16
Sounds interesting but Old Crank Nov 2023 #22
Pluto TV has a Julia Child channel. They show her from her earliest to her last shows and I samnsara Nov 2023 #23
In the early days of Netflix, I got the Julia Child... TreasonousBastard Nov 2023 #26
Trying as hard as I can, but I don't remember ever watching any cooking contest. eppur_se_muova Nov 2023 #27
Another post from this poster, good ideas. Paper Roses Nov 2023 #28
That was an oops duplicate. Someone helped me figure out how to delete, but it already had replies. AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2023 #29

badhair77

(4,590 posts)
1. I just checked my Xfinity guide and it's there.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:04 PM
Nov 2023

I didn’t know it existed. I watch very little Food Network because it’s full of competitions, celebrities pretending to be cooks and endless Guy Fieri. Thanks.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,701 posts)
4. I agree. Sometimes it's just darn depressing. First off, I'm ready to visit
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:28 PM
Nov 2023

Normandy (restaurant) and Ballyknocken (cooking school), meet the wonderful hosts, and sight see.

calimary

(84,186 posts)
25. It's annoying as hell.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:58 PM
Nov 2023

All these competition show just start getting tiresome after a very short time. Shit - does EVERYTHING have to be a competition? Can't we just learn more about cooking?

The song "Is That All There Is?" keeps wandering through my mind.


Peggy Lee -- "Is That All There Is?" 1969 - YouTube

LUVVED her, btw. A satin doll, for sure, with that satin voice.

global1

(25,901 posts)
5. My Favorite Foodie Show Is Struggle Meals With Frankie Celenza.....
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:31 PM
Nov 2023

I've learned so much from him and have become confident in putting together meals without stressing ingredients or recipes.

global1

(25,901 posts)
12. It's On A Channel Called Tastemade.....
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 01:10 PM
Nov 2023

I get it on Direct TV.

Besides Struggle Meals - there are a number of other great foodies shows on this channel.

You might also want to check if you could 'stream it'. Good Luck!!!

badhair77

(4,590 posts)
24. I found Struggle Meals on On Demand on xfinity.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 09:19 AM
Nov 2023

There are past episodes there that look like they’re free if you are an xfinity customer. I am for now so I’ll check them out. Thanks.

txwhitedove

(4,005 posts)
17. The Struggle is real, and so much fun.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 04:13 PM
Nov 2023

My favorite also. Grandma got burned out after so much macaroni while raising grandkids. Frankie made cooking fun again.

Diamond_Dog

(34,536 posts)
9. Thank you! I'll look into it.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:49 PM
Nov 2023

I am done with Food Network because of the same things others mentioned above … too many silly contests, too many “celebrity chefs”, too much Guy Fieri.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,701 posts)
10. Be ready to get the urge to try the recipes, visit the places, & meet the people. OR just
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:57 PM
Nov 2023

get calm by watching the simple act of cooking.

MontanaMama

(24,004 posts)
15. THIS.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 01:47 PM
Nov 2023

Guy should have kept his love for TFG a secret. That and the endless stupid food competitions have taken Food Network off of my channel list.

usonian

(13,582 posts)
11. I miss the Japanese Iron Chefs
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 12:57 PM
Nov 2023

That series was a campy self-spoof, with fantasy rivalries, and some fantastic cooking.

Looking back, probably a cosplay cooking show, with great costumes.



I recall downloading every episode I could find, "If Memory Serves Me", via YT and software called yt-dl. It keeps getting swatted, whack-a-mole style and reappearing on github and the like.

The music was by Hans Zimmer, from the movie with the world's worst plot and the world's best music: "Backdraft"

 

Marcus IM

(3,001 posts)
19. Those were the best. Loved the awkward voiceover Japanese to English translations that couldn't convey Japanese idioms.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 09:19 PM
Nov 2023



usonian

(13,582 posts)
20. I may be related to the translator/voice over.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 09:41 PM
Nov 2023

I don't dare ask!

But the show was a riot. Especially the umbrage the "enemy" cooking academy showed.

Chen Kinichi would always win over the panel with comfort food.

I found the "Official Book" in a thrift store.



The "Backdraft" music was so appropriate. The cooks were always racing around like the kitchen (and entire studio) was on fire.

 

Marcus IM

(3,001 posts)
21. Yes. It was really entertaining. Not too serious, but they did actually cook interesting food.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 09:45 PM
Nov 2023

A pandemonium chef show, it was.



Warpy

(113,130 posts)
13. I haven't had my TV on since June 2022
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 01:17 PM
Nov 2023

However, I see some of their content is on YouTube, posted by someone who posts in English and Arabic.

I dislike most chef recipes, I prefer my stuff to be fresh and simple.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
18. All the good stuff is on YouTube
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 06:28 PM
Nov 2023

I love the Anti Chef, his early shows brought back memories of my own adventures with "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." It might have been written for a servantless woman, but gawd I could have used some help. Yes, I had flops, too, although mine were a little more edible. I had learned more of what not to do from a mother who hated to cook than he did.

We now have multi generational non cooks in the country who have kitchen bulletin boards festooned with takeout menus and think making it fancy means taking it out of the carton and putting it onto an actual plate. They need help, everything from choosing that one good knife to how to maintain it, how to hold it, and how to cut various things with it. All we get are chefs torturing food and pretentious self styled food critics complaining about minutiae. Phooey.

Even chefs doing various techniques, from knife skills to the dozen or so ways to bake a chicken would be more interesting.

And yes, this is one area where Julia jumped the shark, baking a chicken does NOT have to be that fussy, basting every 15 minutes, cooling down the oven and turning it into an unnecessarily labor intensive production. Just brine it, butter it up, and bake it with a quartered onion and a couple of ribs of celery up its butt.

MontanaMama

(24,004 posts)
16. I just checked to see if Recipe TV is on Hulu
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 01:50 PM
Nov 2023

and it doesn't appear that it is a channel that can be streamed. Dang it! If anyone has other info, I'd appreciate it. Hating on Food Network these days...

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/recipe-tv/1000172202/

samnsara

(18,281 posts)
23. Pluto TV has a Julia Child channel. They show her from her earliest to her last shows and I
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 09:00 AM
Nov 2023

..think of every show as a Master Class. Also shes such a hoot to watch!

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
26. In the early days of Netflix, I got the Julia Child...
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 12:10 AM
Nov 2023

CDs and did what I could to copy them. Julia made French cooking simple.

eppur_se_muova

(37,352 posts)
27. Trying as hard as I can, but I don't remember ever watching any cooking contest.
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 10:16 AM
Nov 2023

Food is for sharing and enjoying. Competition is the opposite of sharing.

After Chris Kimball left ATK, I noticed how much they tended to focus on meat dishes and thoroughly American comfort foods. With Milk Street, CK continues exploring cuisines of other cultures, and includes much more meat-free cooking than ATK or Cook's Country.

I love listening to Pati's charming accent, but except for her desserts, not enough there for meat shunners.

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