You'd have thought, because I love cookbooks, I'd love cookery programmes. Alas, I just don't. I used to, somewhere I even have nigella bites on DVD, which replaced the VHS version I picked up cheap (you don't want to know what happened to the VHS version) but even my love for Princess Cupcake leaves me cold when I watched it.
I'm not 100% sure what it is, I really love food, and I love cooking, but I find watching people on tv cook so uninspiring. There's some chefs I'm sure are lovely, with cookbooks full of amazing recipes, that I won't go near too because they've annoyed me so much on screen (my top 3 most hated tv chefs are as follows : 1) Bill Granger 2) Rachel Allen 3) Rick Stine - I was fine with rick until I saw a documentary that was so smug I though it was a parody until I realised it wasn't )
I'm sure it boils down to this, if i eat something out and about, I can try and work out how it's made, what's in it, how it's been cooked, if it's worth working out how to make it at home etc. If I read a recipe, or flick through a cookbook, I either have something to use up, something in mind, or i'm in the mood for pretty pictures and uncomplicated text, whatever it's spurring off ideas in my head.
But watching someone on television catch, cook, prepare and make something just leave me disappointed and reaching for a takeaway menu...
I'm not 100% sure what it is, I really love food, and I love cooking, but I find watching people on tv cook so uninspiring. There's some chefs I'm sure are lovely, with cookbooks full of amazing recipes, that I won't go near too because they've annoyed me so much on screen (my top 3 most hated tv chefs are as follows : 1) Bill Granger 2) Rachel Allen 3) Rick Stine - I was fine with rick until I saw a documentary that was so smug I though it was a parody until I realised it wasn't )
I'm sure it boils down to this, if i eat something out and about, I can try and work out how it's made, what's in it, how it's been cooked, if it's worth working out how to make it at home etc. If I read a recipe, or flick through a cookbook, I either have something to use up, something in mind, or i'm in the mood for pretty pictures and uncomplicated text, whatever it's spurring off ideas in my head.
But watching someone on television catch, cook, prepare and make something just leave me disappointed and reaching for a takeaway menu...