I love Cookery shows. There. I've said it. It's out there.
Of course you all knew this but I like to shout about it every once in a while.
It all started back in the eighties when I caught an episode of "Food and Drink". The show wasn't very cool and the fact that I watched it was probably even less cool but who cares. Soon after I came across a show called "Floyd on France". Now this was cool. Here was a guy who travelled around and got stuck in. He cooked what he wanted to cook and drank copious amounts of wine whilst he was at it. Now this was a bit more cool. Ingredients weren't measured out as they are now but you knew the final dish would have been yummy if you could have reached inside the tv and scooped a fork full. It's a shame he has left us. RIP Floyd.
There were a few more different shows through the nineties then there was an explosion when Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey paved the way for the new runs of travel/cookery shows in the Noughties.
Currently I am watching Rick Stein travel through Spain in the search of true Spanish Peasant food on BBC HD on Thursday evenings. Another couple of great shows are "Ken Hom Travels With a Hot Wok" on Good Food HD and "Luke Nguyen's Vietnam" on the same channel. We all know who Ken Hom is, but who is Luke Nguyen? He was born in Singapore to Vietnamese parents and is currently a Chef/Restauranteur in Sydney, Australia. His show is a feast not only for your belly but also for your eyes. The viewer is taken down alleys and watreways to find local food from street vendors and river boats. The photography is vibrant and the final dishes make my mouth water.
http://uktv.co.uk/food/chef/aid/645627
One of the best and most entertaining shows is "Anthony Bourdains' No Reservations". This can be found on Good Food Channel as well as a couple of those other satellite channels that we have heard of but never watched. Anthony Bourdain is a New Yorker who has spent nearly thirty years in the kitchens of various New York establishments. He has suffered from drug addiction for a lot of those years but is now back on top form and travelling around the world exploring the culinary delights that different cultures have. He has written a cookery book for his old establishment "Les Hailles" as well as travel/food books, memoirs and a great behind the scenes book from his series that is mainly a collection of photographs from filming his shows. Look him up on your Computer and series link his show on your TV. You won't be disappointed!
www.anthonybourdain.net/
Cooking shows have come a long way since the early days now incorporating "travel" and "good causes" but at the heart of them there is always great food.
Read, watch, cook and enjoy yourselves.
A few recommendations for you.
Anthony Bourdain Omnibus, Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh Fearlessly Eats it All
Keith Floyd, Stirred But Not Shaken
Stephane Reynaud, Ripailles
Jamie Oliver, Jamies' America
Look these up on Amazon if you get the chance.
www.amazon.co.uk
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