| Although some cookbooks are helpful and the | | | | excited about our "cooking lessons" that we were |
| pictures make us drool, watching a real live person | | | | getting from our television cooks. They loved it when |
| cooking a meal is much more exciting! Since it isn't | | | | he started calling them to come over to check out |
| very likely that one of the food channels will send a | | | | his latest food experiment. |
| chef to my house, the best I can do is turn on my | | | | Especially popular have been the summer evenings |
| television. How awesome to watch these | | | | when my son was out on his deck cooking on his |
| professional chefs preparing and cooking my favorite | | | | barbecue grill. We both learned a lot about grilling both |
| foods. | | | | meat and vegetables from watching television chefs. |
| Wouldn't it be great if there were "smell-a-vision"? | | | | Ribs and chicken were cooked all the way through |
| Every day when I am asking myself what I should | | | | because our television teachers taught us to boil |
| prepare for a family meal, I turn on the television and | | | | them before putting them on the grill. |
| look through the channels for one that is showing a | | | | Although I use a gas grill now, my son has always |
| chef preparing something to eat. | | | | preferred a charcoal grill for his fancy grilling. Maybe |
| Very seldom do I even look in the tons of | | | | that is why his grilled food has always tasted better |
| cookbooks that are getting dusty on the shelf in my | | | | than mine. Whether grilling burgers and hot dogs or |
| kitchen. From the way the TV chefs describe the | | | | steak and ribs, there really is something special about |
| food they are fixing, I almost feel like I can smell it! | | | | the smell and taste of food cooked on a charcoal grill. |
| When they take bites of their completed specialties, | | | | Even grilled peppers, onions, and zucchini are more |
| I imagine how delicious the food is! | | | | tasty when cooked on a charcoal grill. Before I began |
| My oldest son showed an interest in cooking as a | | | | watching television chefs, I didn't know you could grill |
| teenager. Although he never had the opportunity to | | | | vegetables without burning them! Wouldn't it have |
| attend a culinary school, he learned a lot by watching | | | | been great if our grandparents could have watched |
| television cooking programs. Although he wouldn't | | | | these wonderful television cooks? Those Sunday |
| admit it, he became a more accomplished cook than I | | | | chicken dinners would have been a lot more |
| have ever been. | | | | appealing. |
| His knowledge of cooking methods and spices that | | | | What an awesome opportunity it is to learn how to |
| complement the flavors of different foods improved | | | | cook different ethnic foods from a chef on television! |
| tremendously as he watched chefs on television. | | | | One Chinese chef has taught me how to prepare |
| While he watched a chef prepare a meal on | | | | many foods that I used to order from a Chinese |
| television, he would make the meal at the same time. | | | | restaurant. |
| Once he was an adult with his own family, I talked to | | | | Several different Italian chefs have taught me |
| him on the phone as he did this, and I would follow | | | | different little techniques that have improved my |
| along and make the same meal. Occasionally, he | | | | preparation of pasta dishes. All of these wonderful |
| would come over to my house, and we would both | | | | chefs have shown me that I really can make delicious |
| cook while following the directions of the television | | | | meals in a short amount of time. Every day is a new |
| chef. | | | | adventure with the diversity of television chefs! |
| It didn't take long before friends and family got | | | | |