I've enjoyed: The old
Great Chefs series with the narrator with the amazing voice. I never saw her, but I was in love with her when I was, like seven. Some little old French woman named Madleline who made French stuff. Don't remember much, but she made an impact on my tastes. David Rosengarten's
Taste Anything with Christopher Kimball Anything with Jacques Pepin
Two Fat Ladies taught me how to cook British Both of Bourdain's shows for hearing it from a dude who knows and gives props where due. Down a tier, Alton, IC-Japan, Batali's show, Ina, Ramsay's BBC Kitchen Nightmares, and doubtless a bunch of others. I think Martin Yan probably got me cooking -- If Yan can cook.... Nigella's great for how she talks about food. You know she has passion. You feel what she's talking about -- food porn right there. ~ H
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SField 
He's excellent for food science and some technical issues, that's why you watch his show, not really the recipes. You watch it to gain knowledge, and to learn more about food in general.
Exactly, like Kwilk said, sometimes he's good, sometimes he's wrong, he's always amusing. Though a little tired at times.
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matadorpoeta whether his statements were true or not is beside the point. during the tasting portion of the show, when someone would compliment him on a dish, he would say, "thank you. that's a recipe from my grandmother. she used to..." so according to the rules he was not being original. no points for originality.
So he swaps out one ingredient of his Grammy's for the ingredient of the day. Guess what, originality! Of course that's original, if it wasn't nothing would be, because everything's derivative.
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matadorpoeta because i care about justice, because i was insulted, and because i'm avoiding doing laundry.
Epic.
