This is SUCH a great show. Before I had watched any of it, I assumed that these would all be fairly complicated and ridiculous recipes using ingredients that my kitchen has never seen, much less my local rural grocery store. But "I've been sooooo wrong for sooooo long!" She cooks the most useful recipes! She is assuming that you'll be cooking for your family to eat around the table, so she is practical and down to earth. Her recipes use normal ingredients and actually (the ones I've seen so far) have had very few steps. They're only about 30 minutes of prep (more cooking time) and she always gives easy serving suggestions for "sides."
I'm sure it'll get more complicated further into the season... particularly if she's dealing with seafood. But so far the recipes seem SO useful and versatile. She frequently says things like, "Today we're using chicken, but you can also do this with beef, or lamb, or veal. But today, we'll use chicken."
There's also something sweet and fairly comfortable in her manner.... she isn't pretentious at all and she makes everything seems so easy and doable - nonchalantly pouring random amounts of oil and throwing in handfuls of herbs or salt.
There's also something sweet and fairly comfortable in her manner.... she isn't pretentious at all and she makes everything seems so easy and doable - nonchalantly pouring random amounts of oil and throwing in handfuls of herbs or salt.
Also, because of the time that it was filmed, she's always talking about new cool things like, "wire whisks" and "electric washing machines." In the episode I am currently watching she just said, "I'm using one of those No Stick 'em pans. I like them very much."
The only complaint I have so far is that she seems to use a TON of dishes! I'm sure you could cut down on the amount used, but good heavens the woman seems unconcerned with the incredible number of pots and pans she will have to wash!
I am very much looking forward to the rest of the first season.
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