Comments on: The Decline of Cooking and the Rise of Watching People Cook http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/ "For me, eating is a lifestyle that I take breaks from." Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TV Food Shows Becoming Increasingly Popular « Justin Loves Food http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-250 TV Food Shows Becoming Increasingly Popular « Justin Loves Food Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:53:34 +0000 http://justinlovesfood.com/?p=136#comment-250 [...] I wonder how this all plays with the theory that people are cooking for themselves less in favor of watching other people cook. [...] [...] I wonder how this all plays with the theory that people are cooking for themselves less in favor of watching other people cook. [...]

]]> By: John F Croston III http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-224 John F Croston III Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:01:49 +0000 http://justinlovesfood.com/?p=136#comment-224 With cooking for one I tend not to cook more than a few times a week, since I end up having leftovers which I eat over the next day or so. I do spend a good amount of my time watching cooking and travel shows, which has made more adventurous in trying new things.<br><br>If I had not watched Food Networks "Throw Down with Bobby Flay" I would have never heard about or gone to "Granville Moore's" for mussels and frites. Their blue cheese mussels are to died for as long as your not allergic to either blue cheese or mussels or you might really die.<br><br>Watching travel and food shows keeps me from watching a lot of the other crap on TV. My favorite food and travel show is "No Reservations" with Anthony Bourdain, because it has food, travel, and of course sarcasm.<br><br>We need to get to Granville Moore's and some wine shopping soon. With cooking for one I tend not to cook more than a few times a week, since I end up having leftovers which I eat over the next day or so. I do spend a good amount of my time watching cooking and travel shows, which has made more adventurous in trying new things.

If I had not watched Food Networks “Throw Down with Bobby Flay” I would have never heard about or gone to “Granville Moore's” for mussels and frites. Their blue cheese mussels are to died for as long as your not allergic to either blue cheese or mussels or you might really die.

Watching travel and food shows keeps me from watching a lot of the other crap on TV. My favorite food and travel show is “No Reservations” with Anthony Bourdain, because it has food, travel, and of course sarcasm.

We need to get to Granville Moore's and some wine shopping soon.

]]> By: John F Croston III http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-61 John F Croston III Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:01:49 +0000 http://justinlovesfood.com/?p=136#comment-61 With cooking for one I tend not to cook more than a few times a week, since I end up having leftovers which I eat over the next day or so. I do spend a good amount of my time watching cooking and travel shows, which has made more adventurous in trying new things.<br><br>If I had not watched Food Networks "Throw Down with Bobby Flay" I would have never heard about or gone to "Granville Moore's" for mussels and frites. Their blue cheese mussels are to died for as long as your not allergic to either blue cheese or mussels or you might really die.<br><br>Watching travel and food shows keeps me from watching a lot of the other crap on TV. My favorite food and travel show is "No Reservations" with Anthony Bourdain, because it has food, travel, and of course sarcasm.<br><br>We need to get to Granville Moore's and some wine shopping soon. With cooking for one I tend not to cook more than a few times a week, since I end up having leftovers which I eat over the next day or so. I do spend a good amount of my time watching cooking and travel shows, which has made more adventurous in trying new things.

If I had not watched Food Networks “Throw Down with Bobby Flay” I would have never heard about or gone to “Granville Moore's” for mussels and frites. Their blue cheese mussels are to died for as long as your not allergic to either blue cheese or mussels or you might really die.

Watching travel and food shows keeps me from watching a lot of the other crap on TV. My favorite food and travel show is “No Reservations” with Anthony Bourdain, because it has food, travel, and of course sarcasm.

We need to get to Granville Moore's and some wine shopping soon.

]]> By: happygomarni http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-58 happygomarni Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:56:59 +0000 http://justinlovesfood.com/?p=136#comment-58 First of all, I am so excited to see you now have a food blog, Justin! Congratulations! <br><br>Second of all, I am one of those people who will always make time to bake. And that's where I get stuck on Pollan's idea that people watch cooking on tv instead of actually cooking in the kitchen. I just don't think there's a correlation. I think they both offer value to a person but are completely different types of value. What I get from baking I could NEVER get from watching tv, and vice versa. So one does not replace the other. Vicarious consumption on tv does nothing to bring the aroma of baked goods wafting through the air, or exploit my interest in tactile activities. Plus, sometimes the only way I can relax myself is by going to the kitchen and baking something. Sitting and vegging on the couch just doesn't cut it. And to say that if you're busy spending time watching tv, you naturally have less time in the kitchen, ok, true, but you also naturally have less time to do ANYTHING else for those 30 minutes you're sitting there watching tv. TV cooking is taking away time from all sorts of activities you could be doing. So I guess I'm going to have to politely disagree with Pollan that tv cooking is replacing real cooking. They're just not connected, in my mind! And that was probably the least eloquent I've been in ages. Sorry...I'm tired. Just finished cooking in MY kitchen! :) First of all, I am so excited to see you now have a food blog, Justin! Congratulations!

Second of all, I am one of those people who will always make time to bake. And that's where I get stuck on Pollan's idea that people watch cooking on tv instead of actually cooking in the kitchen. I just don't think there's a correlation. I think they both offer value to a person but are completely different types of value. What I get from baking I could NEVER get from watching tv, and vice versa. So one does not replace the other. Vicarious consumption on tv does nothing to bring the aroma of baked goods wafting through the air, or exploit my interest in tactile activities. Plus, sometimes the only way I can relax myself is by going to the kitchen and baking something. Sitting and vegging on the couch just doesn't cut it. And to say that if you're busy spending time watching tv, you naturally have less time in the kitchen, ok, true, but you also naturally have less time to do ANYTHING else for those 30 minutes you're sitting there watching tv. TV cooking is taking away time from all sorts of activities you could be doing. So I guess I'm going to have to politely disagree with Pollan that tv cooking is replacing real cooking. They're just not connected, in my mind! And that was probably the least eloquent I've been in ages. Sorry…I'm tired. Just finished cooking in MY kitchen! :)

]]> By: marchdoe http://justinlovesfood.com/2009/08/03/the-decline-of-cooking-and-the-rise-of-watching-people-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-57 marchdoe Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:17:24 +0000 http://justinlovesfood.com/?p=136#comment-57 I will leave my thoughts of Rachael Ray to myself, but I am glad you enjoyed that article. I find the biggest issue now, people saying they "don't know how to cook". Cooking is nothing more than following directions. If you can do that, you can handle 80% of the recipes out there. Although perhaps the same people who can't cook are the ones that don't read the manual either. I will leave my thoughts of Rachael Ray to myself, but I am glad you enjoyed that article. I find the biggest issue now, people saying they “don't know how to cook”. Cooking is nothing more than following directions. If you can do that, you can handle 80% of the recipes out there. Although perhaps the same people who can't cook are the ones that don't read the manual either.

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