Well, she would have more credibility with me on her $10 meals if she didn't spend the entire show talking about how she lived in Paris and ate at the little cafes. So much for the "Mom cooking for her kids" angle. She wasn't as annoying as the Neelys, I agree, but I get the feeling she's never had to worry about how much her grocery bill is. I just didn't really care for her (which means nothing, I didn't like any of the contestants very much). I'll have to watch her a couple of times to see if it's first impression or if she's going to be tolerable long term. Her potato torte sounded pretty good, although I'm not sure how she could possibly make that meal for under $10. Do they not count anything you should already have, like potatoes or olive oil for the salad dressing? The frozen apple sauce stuff just didn't sound good at all to me either, but I'll bet the Monkey Princess and Bruvver would eat it. Plus she's talking about "if you're on a budget, buy Grade B maple syrup". Huh? Even the cheap maple syrup is $7 or $8 for a small bottle, and that's here in Michigan where we tap the trees and make the syrup! Annie

Sol, I agree, Jeffrey Steingarten ought to be skewered with....something. He's obnoxious AND rude. I did laugh about the Deen boys and Paula, she's become almost a caricature, I get the feeling she's channeling Dolly Parton! And I've always wondered why Ina only lunches with good looking gay guys. I like her low key personality and most of her recipes but you'll never convince me that anyone is going to take all those palm trees and flowers out onto a beach where the wind is blowing about 30 MPH and set them up for a lovely lunch. (grin) Or that there isn't any sand in those burgers.... I love Nigella, though, she's not afraid to go on camera in her pajamas eating a bite of cold pork chop right from the fridge. Kind of like my house, although my boobs aren't insured. LOL Annie

"I just can't get into cake and cupcake decorating that much." LOL Sushipup. I hear you!! I miss the Food Networks of old. I liked watching cooking techniques and how-to's. None of the competitions interest me. The only one that did, we used to watch on Sundays at 3 was Mission Impossible with Robert Irving. That was the only competition type show. I like Ina, she's my favourite, and also like Tyler Florence, but don't see him anymore. They re-run a Canadian Chef....Michael at Home over and over, several times a day. Canadian Food Network is so cheap, they won't spend any money and get decent/current chef shows IMO.

Eh, she's o.k. I guess. I've seen short pieces of her show here and there. I'm talking 5 min. or less. I prob wouldn't like watching the whole show all the time. Now Oprah on the other hand, I can not STAND that woman. All she did was talk over people and look at the camera to make sure it was on her. I will never in a million years understand how she got so popular and ridiculously rich. Everyone always says what a class act she is, not in my opinion. Her shows were trash in the beginning, like Jerry Springer, Maury etc. trash, now that she's filthy rich everyone thinks she classy. Nope, she can just buy expensive stuff, lol.