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13 Jan 2010

Food porn addict



I didn't want to show a clip of one of the dozens of food porn shows I regularly watch, but the current incarnation of Masterchef, not the Loyd Grossman version parodied above, is one of the best. Top five would probably be:

- Masterchef
- Heston Blumenthal's In search of perfection
- Both Ramsay shows, but more kitchen nightmares
- Keith Floyd getting drunk somewhere
- Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations

Despite watching all this and owning half a dozen recipe books, I get the distinct impression from friends and family members that I'm not that good at it. Everyone always eats it, so it's probably not horrible, but most of the time they just marvel at my impromptu solutions to things like airdrying (a fan). Perhaps I'd have a better palate if I quit smoking, and I could finally find out if anything I've cooked is actually edible. If you don't know who Keith Floyd was, this pretty much encapsulates him:

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