Some annoy me with their extravagant playing around with food and who make cooking into an art form that is removed from daily life or even for that special meal with friends.
Although these programmes are immensely popular I get the impression that few actually get people cooking well on a daily basis.
I'm sure there are exceptions; perhaps aspects of Jamie and Delia meet my concerns, but I do wonder whether watching is preferable to actually cooking for most.
Consequently I have to say that I have not been influenced greatly by the tv cooking "names" and would prefer to see normal food produced by normal people but made primarily with taste and nutrition in mind.
Some would say that many of my recipes are far from normal but I would dispute this on the grounds that I generally use easily obtainable ingredients only adding a different or special ingredient to enhance the basic underlying taste.
I do, however, have time to think a little more than most about recipes and accept the lack of time is probably the biggest deterant; again I would endeavour to make things that don't require hours of preparation except for perhaps artisan breads and curries or chilies that are best allowed to "steep" to improve flavour.
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