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Dear Food Network (Canada)

I was surfing on the net the other day, and ended up stumbling on the Emeril Lagasse channel on YouTube.  I took some time and watched a few videos, one of which was an old episode of Emeril Live.

It really took me back to a day when there was quality programming for foodies on Food Network.  Emeril Live and Good Eats were two flagship shows – Tyler’s Ultimate too, there were so many good and entertaining shows.  I learned so much from those shows, both in technique and foods.  And they entertained while they taught, I enjoyed watching the shows, and took away lessons that I could use in my own kitchen.

However, you have given yourself over to the worst of the (barely) food themed… garbage… and are filling the timeslots with it.  I enjoy the ‘food on the road’ shows, You Got to Eat Here, Triple D and the like well enough, but please, enough already with the game shows, Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen (sorry Alton) and please, what possible excuse could there be for Chef in My Ear?!?

As a food lover, and someone looking to learn about food in all it’s regional forms, your losing me as a viewer.  You still have some good programming, The Pioneer Woman, Southern at Heart are two, but they seldom seem to run in primetime, the focus just keeps seeming to shift to what is basically culinary Pablum.

Can we get back to cooking and food please, and get away from gameshow nonsense that people watch while eating crappy order in pizza – Please??

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