Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I agree Adam...I think the whole schitck is exactly that....a schtick. If thier food was any good maybe I'd be more inclined to eat there again.

http://eatingtheroad.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/heart-attack-grill-diet-center/

They're just trying to tap into the whole shock/controversy thing...and unfortunately that does work. Those news stations can't get enough of it. If you really want to dislike them watch the video on their homepage (How to Kill a Giant):
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/

Had any of you snarks looked at this magazine before you attacked? It has excellent recipes and decorating ideas. There is a middle ground between Julia Child and McDonald's. I cannot believe how many negative comments were entered. What a bunch of snobs.

And here's an idea! If you don't like her -- DON'T WATCH HER. No brainer. But then many of you seem to be no brainers.

I personally am subscribing.

Laurie Colwin - Home Coojing / More Home Cooking / Gourmet Articles
A. J. Liebling
Delight's & Predjudices - James Beard
My Life in France - Julia Child
The Tenth Muse - Judith Jones
Alice B/ Toklas Cookbook
Elizabeth David - MFK Fisher - JohnThorne - Steingarten
How fortunate we are that these writers, and many others, shared their thoughts with us

Anything by Bourdain including A Cook's Tour, No Reservations, Kitchen Confidential and The Nasty Bits

Steingarten's The Man Who Ate Everything

My Life in France by Julia Child, which spawned my appreciation of Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

and Fork It Over by Alan Richman

Also, Strega Nona

So, the Food Networkand publishers should only cater to self important Food snobs rather than teach people to overcome their fear of cooking in Baby steps? Granted this was the cooking I did as a latch key kid at 6 years old, but it was a first step to learning real skills.

Maybe this is just all jealousy as she will make tall dollars off her sponsors while the rest of you can only complain how she is dumbing down your 24/ 7 viewing of the Food Channel. Or even worse,maybe this is actually better tasting than some of the swill that passes for High cuisine on some of the other shows. The really sad thing is that so many are whining about specific content of the show, turn the friggin tube off and really do something constuctive, don't sit there and watch it.

@jason, the more you make meals like that, the easier it gets. I may go a little over the top with some of what I make, but the more I stick to single-ingredient items at the store, the happier I am.

A while back, I was at the grocery store and picked up a package of ground beef, and there was an ingredient list that included "flavor." I'm sorry, but I just wanted beef, ground. I don't want to pick up a package and see 3 or 4 things that aren't beef.

Beef from the local butcher shop, where they take a hunk of meat and they grind it, is a completely different color from what's sold at the grocery store. If I don't have the time to grind my own, that's where I buy. And it doesn't have an ingredient list.

Oh, I hope she puts the Kwanza cake on the cover!

(kwanza cake fail below at link)
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/12/kwanzaa-will-not-be-spared.html

MFK Fisher a hundred times over.

Also Laurie Colwin (what a loss), and almost all the others. Mr. Meatloaf is a big AJ Liebling fan. Slater is an excellent writer, and I liked reading Nigella long before I saw her photo or heard her voice. I've had the pleasure of Danny Meyer, Bud Trillin and Tony Bourdain in person, so I admit to some prejudice on them. Steingarten's character I can't comment on, but I do appreciate his work, especially his discussion on learning to eat things one dislikes, which I think some people can gain from.

And so many more. I think I learned to eat from books before I sat at an adventurous table.

Homemade pasta is a requirement in my household, with more homemade items being added daily.

She isn't talented, she can't cook and the ONLY reason she got a TV show in the first place was because her husband at the time was some rich businessman. I actually had a co-worker tell me how much she likes her (I thought my head was going to explode on the spot). Seriously, Sandy a magazine? Whats next your own line of tablescapes or cocktail mixes?

@bessfour - Yeah, I really didn't enjoy her book. It was more about how fabulous she was, and less about food/food-writing.

"Toast" by Nigel Slater is a wonderful picture of childhood and growing up in 1960s England told through food memories. I don't know if he's known in the US but he's a very popular food writer in UK.