Comments on: chikin… http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:51:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Stace http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-273 Stace Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:24:08 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-273 Ahem...Art don't speak for me!! I do too know how incredibly lucky I am. I just can't let you know it all the time or you'll get the big head! We can't have that! Now, RE the PBS chefs, I watched Julia, and John, and Justin every Saturday morning/afternoon mainly because that's what my mother wanted to watch, but that's ok. That Justin was a hoot! Ahem…Art don’t speak for me!! I do too know how incredibly lucky I am. I just can’t let you know it all the time or you’ll get the big head! We can’t have that!

Now, RE the PBS chefs, I watched Julia, and John, and Justin every Saturday morning/afternoon mainly because that’s what my mother wanted to watch, but that’s ok. That Justin was a hoot!

]]> By: Vicki http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-271 Vicki Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:29:57 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-271 I've gotta jump back in here, too. I watched the PBS cooking shows, too, including the Frugal Gormet and even Julia Child (she was a class act and had a marvelous sense of humor). Like John, I bought my first garlic press because of Jeff Smith. I agree, the PBS programming was so much better than Food Network. I’ve gotta jump back in here, too. I watched the PBS cooking shows, too, including the Frugal Gormet and even Julia Child (she was a class act and had a marvelous sense of humor). Like John, I bought my first garlic press because of Jeff Smith. I agree, the PBS programming was so much better than Food Network.

]]> By: Kim,s life http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-269 Kim,s life Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:40:35 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-269 Now Art I have a wine stain in the carpet. Any idea's how to remove it! LOL. Thanks for the recipe. I must get my hubby to read this. That way he will know Men can cook. Now Art I have a wine stain in the carpet. Any idea’s how to remove it! LOL. Thanks for the recipe. I must get my hubby to read this. That way he will know Men can cook.

]]> By: John Carney http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-268 John Carney Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:39:10 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-268 The Vincent Schiavelli thing was fun. Originally, there was a show called "Cucina Amore," with this charming, round-faced Italian chef -- I want to say his name was Nick something-or-the-other -- hosting by himself. He was fun, but then all of a sudden he disappeared without explanation and the show became "The Chefs [plural] of Cucina Amore." There were two or three rotating chefs, none of whom were TV personalities, so Schiavelli was brought in as the host of the show -- he would kibbutz with the chef, explain things to the viewer, compare the chef's dish to one that his mama made way back when, and so on. One of the chefs was female, and she and Schiavelli got along especially well, so they seemed to feature her more and more often. The Vincent Schiavelli thing was fun. Originally, there was a show called “Cucina Amore,” with this charming, round-faced Italian chef — I want to say his name was Nick something-or-the-other — hosting by himself. He was fun, but then all of a sudden he disappeared without explanation and the show became “The Chefs [plural] of Cucina Amore.” There were two or three rotating chefs, none of whom were TV personalities, so Schiavelli was brought in as the host of the show — he would kibbutz with the chef, explain things to the viewer, compare the chef’s dish to one that his mama made way back when, and so on. One of the chefs was female, and she and Schiavelli got along especially well, so they seemed to feature her more and more often.

]]> By: Art http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-266 Art Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:31:04 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-266 Hey John. I didn't know that Schiavelli hosted a cooking show! Justin Wilson and Jeff Smith have both passed on as well. I agree about the difference. As much as I like the FN, the PBS shows are more laid back... Hey John. I didn’t know that Schiavelli hosted a cooking show! Justin Wilson and Jeff Smith have both passed on as well.

I agree about the difference. As much as I like the FN, the PBS shows are more laid back…

]]> By: John Carney http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-265 John Carney Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:25:41 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-265 I used to watch Justin, and the Frugal Gourmet, and some of those other guys on Saturdays on public TV, long before I had access to the Food Network. I learned a lot about cooking from them. (I bought my first garlic press because of the Frugal Gourmet!) I tried at one time to get an interview with Jeff Smith (who is, or was, a Methodist minister) for The Wittenburg Door. I never got through his PR people. That was before the accusations which seemed to have ended his career. A lot of the public TV cooking shows still have a relaxed quality to them that the Food Network shows lack. But their drawback is that they seldom have all their recipes online -- in part, because they depend on cookbook sales as part of their business model. Food Network, by comparison, makes it easy to go to their web site and see all the recipes for whatever show is on at the time. When the great character actor Vincent Schiavelli died a year or two ago, I thought not only of his various movie and TV roles but also of the year he hosted that Italian cooking show on public TV. I used to watch Justin, and the Frugal Gourmet, and some of those other guys on Saturdays on public TV, long before I had access to the Food Network. I learned a lot about cooking from them. (I bought my first garlic press because of the Frugal Gourmet!) I tried at one time to get an interview with Jeff Smith (who is, or was, a Methodist minister) for The Wittenburg Door. I never got through his PR people. That was before the accusations which seemed to have ended his career.

A lot of the public TV cooking shows still have a relaxed quality to them that the Food Network shows lack. But their drawback is that they seldom have all their recipes online — in part, because they depend on cookbook sales as part of their business model. Food Network, by comparison, makes it easy to go to their web site and see all the recipes for whatever show is on at the time.

When the great character actor Vincent Schiavelli died a year or two ago, I thought not only of his various movie and TV roles but also of the year he hosted that Italian cooking show on public TV.

]]> By: Art http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-264 Art Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:35:56 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-264 Oh, I'm old enough, Vicki. I watched him all the time. He was hillarious but a very good cook/teacher. I probably learned a lot about how to cook from that show. I haven't thought about him in a while. I miss some of the old cooking shows like that one and The Frugal Gourmet that were on Public Television... Oh, I’m old enough, Vicki. I watched him all the time. He was hillarious but a very good cook/teacher. I probably learned a lot about how to cook from that show. I haven’t thought about him in a while. I miss some of the old cooking shows like that one and The Frugal Gourmet that were on Public Television…

]]> By: Vicki http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-262 Vicki Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:23:21 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-262 Gotcha. I appreciate that. I have been known to think of my ex-boss when taking the meat mallet in hand. Usually what's under the mallet is pretty unrecognizable after that. Regarding the wine: I don't know if you're - ahem - old enough to remember the late Cajun-cook Justin Wilson or not, but wine was one of his absolute favorite things to cook with. He always insisted that the wine you cook with be a wine you would drink, and then he would say "measure a cup," but he'd pour about a cup and a half, and then he would take a big swig. Doc still goes around quoting Wilson: "Ah garr-uhn-TEE" you'll like it! Gotcha. I appreciate that. I have been known to think of my ex-boss when taking the meat mallet in hand. Usually what’s under the mallet is pretty unrecognizable after that.

Regarding the wine: I don’t know if you’re – ahem – old enough to remember the late Cajun-cook Justin Wilson or not, but wine was one of his absolute favorite things to cook with. He always insisted that the wine you cook with be a wine you would drink, and then he would say “measure a cup,” but he’d pour about a cup and a half, and then he would take a big swig. Doc still goes around quoting Wilson: “Ah garr-uhn-TEE” you’ll like it!

]]> By: Art http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-261 Art Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:58:22 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-261 OK, Vicki and Mona: some of that was meant to be funny. You don't have to be vicious and of course drinking the wine is optional. But, Mona, no way could your recipe be too spicy for me! Kate, thanks for the visit! Dave, Margie, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Shionge. She doesn't always think so :) OK, Vicki and Mona: some of that was meant to be funny. You don’t have to be vicious and of course drinking the wine is optional. But, Mona, no way could your recipe be too spicy for me!

Kate, thanks for the visit!

Dave, Margie, I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks, Shionge. She doesn’t always think so :)

]]> By: Margie http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-260 Margie Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:34:48 +0000 http://artruch.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/chikin/#comment-260 I will most defintely try it recipe...sounds sooo good! Thanks for sharing it Art! Sure wish my hubby liked to cook. The only thing he likes to cook is omeletes, but he does make some good ones! Take care! Margie I will most defintely try it recipe…sounds sooo good!
Thanks for sharing it Art!
Sure wish my hubby liked to cook.
The only thing he likes to cook is omeletes, but he does make some good ones!
Take care!

Margie

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