I really enjoy the Food Network, or really just food shows in general. As many of you know food is a passion of mine, I love it. Right now one of my favorite food shows is Jamie at Home. It is hosted by Jamie Oliver, who is an English chef. He at one point hosted The Naked Chef on Food Network and has had other reality type food shows before his latest venture, Jamie at Home. The basic premise of the show is he cooks from his garden and makes rustic, great tasting food that is simple and delicious. Each episode focuses around a specific ingredient, like potatoes, onions, eggs, things like that. The recipes that he develops are out of this world.
How about Crispy and Sticky Chicken Thighs with Squashed New Potatoes and Tomatoes or Potato and Chorizo Omelet with a Kinda Parsley Salad or even Balsamic-Baked Onions and Potatoes with Roast Pork, just brilliant.
I highly recommend watching this show it is so good. You can see it on Food Network at 9:30am on Saturdays.
Whilst we’re on the topic of food television, I’d like to mention another show that me and Darcy have recently started watching, America’s Test Kitchen. This is totally different from Jamie at Home. First of all it is on PBS and takes a more scientific approach at cooking and improving classic recipes. Their motto is “We make recipes 100 times, so you only have to make them once.” The show provides techniques and tricks to preparing recipes as well as equipment reviews and tasting panels. I encourage you to check it out. This one is on daily at 5:30pm on PBS (KTCA).
Well enough about food for a while, I’m gonna go cook some. I’m gonna make some zucchini bread, with a recipe from Elise at Simply Recipes.