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Mother's Day - are you dining out or cooking for your mom?

As a mom, I have told my kids what my mom said to me about mother's day: 'If you want to show me that you love me, do it any other day of the year but mother's day'. It's a contrived celebration that enables card companies, florists and restaurants to make money. My kids have bought me those things on other days, just because 'we love you' and I have done the same with my mom. Personally, I'd rather not eat a lousy mother's day brunch made up of crap the restaurant is trying to get rid of. Give me a lunch or dinner any other time, which my kids have done, and it's fabulous.

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'The Chopping Block': Do We Really Need Another Cooking Competition Show?

Extremely well shot from a technical (TV) point of view. Nicely done title sequences and well edited, too.
It may have been just so-so in terms of food reality tv shows but I liked watching MPW do his thing. (and he's allowed to be more attractive than GR, more charismatic and personal). I kept flashing back to the conversation Bourdain had with him on his show and felt that he was still the same person. Nice clothes, too. Someone should do some major repair work on his hair though.
If there is a problem with the show, it's that MPW is the most interesting person on it. Next would be the critics and lastly the contestants.

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Mother's Day - are you dining out or cooking for your mom?

As a mom, I have told my kids what my mom said to me about mother's day: 'If you want to show me that you love me, do it any other day of the year but mother's day'. It's a contrived celebration that enables card companies, florists and restaurants to make money. My kids have bought me those things on other days, just because 'we love you' and I have done the same with my mom. Personally, I'd rather not eat a lousy mother's day brunch made up of crap the restaurant is trying to get rid of. Give me a lunch or dinner any other time, which my kids have done, and it's fabulous.

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'The Chopping Block': Do We Really Need Another Cooking Competition Show?

Extremely well shot from a technical (TV) point of view. Nicely done title sequences and well edited, too.
It may have been just so-so in terms of food reality tv shows but I liked watching MPW do his thing. (and he's allowed to be more attractive than GR, more charismatic and personal). I kept flashing back to the conversation Bourdain had with him on his show and felt that he was still the same person. Nice clothes, too. Someone should do some major repair work on his hair though.
If there is a problem with the show, it's that MPW is the most interesting person on it. Next would be the critics and lastly the contestants.

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