[geeks] food geekery question

[Jonathan Groll]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:40:52AM +0200, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> There are several, such as the Electrolux Assistent, the Blendtech, and Bosch
> Universal, but one stands out, the Kenwood. 
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZEcvmJQLk
>
> Compared to the Kenwood, the Kitchen Aid is a cheap knock-off of a wonderful
> (but underpowered) mixer sold until around 1993 then sold off to another
> company.

Is the Kenwood Chef not a US thing (Geoff's mail seems to imply that
the 120V model was fairly recent)? I also come from a family that
swears by Kenwood, although must add the caveat that build quality of
the newer models is not as good as it was in the past - newer models
have more plastic components and so don't have sufficient heft to
knead large batches of dough, etc.

> There are a few TV chefs who are worth watching, Ramsay (but most of his
> shows are about teamwork and managment, not cooking), Rick Stein (food heros),
> Kylie Kwong (from Oz), Justin Wilson (the "I guar-un-tee" Cajun guy),
> Emiril from his "how to boil water" days, and if you can find his old shows
> the Frugal Gourmet (but he was a little too preachy and not really very  
> frugal). 
>
> Read Paul Purdomes (sp?) books, "Fork in the Road" first.

No Nigella on your list :-( Got a thing against so-called "food porn"?
(and no, not the Mickey Rourke kind either)

Cheers,
Jonathan.