tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195036990155736213.post56617401207546952..comments2023-10-16T00:02:06.656+11:00Comments on Fare Dinkum : COOKING CLASSES 2010George Biron http://www.blogger.com/profile/03592491708632830206noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195036990155736213.post-25113406976596257542010-03-24T22:36:32.400+11:002010-03-24T22:36:32.400+11:00Hi George,
Thanks so much for the tomatillos! The...Hi George,<br /><br />Thanks so much for the tomatillos! They are amazing! Will have to visit you when I come around the area!Anhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712039473488252840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195036990155736213.post-7958815666789619272010-02-16T10:02:00.852+11:002010-02-16T10:02:00.852+11:00Hurray George! I don't get any of these cookin...Hurray George! I don't get any of these cooking shows or the fascination with food as competition. The meals we have enjoyed most lately involve friends getting together and each bringing along something to add to the table - everyone brings along a bit of love and we all have a good time.<br />You might be interested in reading 'Eating Out, social differentiation, consumption and pleasure' by a couple of English sociologists Warde and Martens). It looks as though it might be a bit heavy going but stimulating stuff none-the-less. (I got my copy through Clouston and Hall remainders in Canberra - you can view their catalogue on the web).Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005367478529607992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195036990155736213.post-2541072634862082932010-02-13T20:49:52.625+11:002010-02-13T20:49:52.625+11:00Hi George-I agree with so many points you raise in...Hi George-I agree with so many points you raise in this post. I too am very cynical about the product placement in these reality cooking shows-in fact I reckon they were originally hatched in order to shift products, hence those ads you mentioned. <br />Whilst these shows suggest they are 'educating' their audiences to the ways of supposed better cooking, in fact the opposite is happening because of the stress & anxiety people place on themselves in order to cook that 'restaurant quality' meal.<br />Many are obviously destined to fail to achieve this of course & the marketers know this & provide, as you say, a 'restaurant quality product-their message being: dont bother trying, you'll muck up & we can sell you an alternative that works very time.<br />You see George & Curtis flogging this message & I feel it undermines their currency as chefs, look at John Lethlean's scathing broadside on Curtis Stone a few months back.<br />However this is not new. Keith Floyd (Rip) spent years slogging away at bringing the great heritage of British Cookery into the minds of people to which chefs & writers like Simon Hopkinson & Fergus Henderson can tip their hats, only to start telling us; Why bother, Maggi does it better everytime.<br />Finally your point about home cooked meals. Recently a mate did a bit of overdue slashing in my paddocks & as payment I suggesetd he & his missus come to the cafe for a meal, he said he'd prefer to eat at my home for the reasons you stated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195036990155736213.post-13716429628698408432010-02-10T18:44:58.669+11:002010-02-10T18:44:58.669+11:00Might have to have you & Di over for a meal to...Might have to have you & Di over for a meal to catch up sans dish details.Thermomixerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897490190548074499noreply@blogger.com