Chef/cooking videos

[Lisa0825]

I am visiting my sister and her husband for the holiday, and it seems he has taken up cooking as a pretty serious hobby, and he is doing great! They do not have cable, and I thought he'd enjoy some DVDs of some of the chef/cooking shows he doesn't get to see. I was thinking Iron Chef America for one. Any other suggestions? His birthday is tomorrow, and I want to send him a belated surprise gift.

Muchas gracias:)

[babylonsister]

1. Lisa, I was visiting Dad recently, and his lady love

turned me on to Michael Chiarello. He has a show on Food Network that I enjoyed, though I don't know if he has any videos out. Here's the link to his show/bio.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/hosts_celebrity_chefs/article/0,1974,FOOD_9889_2294809,00.html

[bettyellen]

2. Alton Brown is a lot of fun to watch....

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=alton+brown+dvd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

browse here and then doublecheck on ebay for better prices.

[wryter2000]

3. Anything with Julia Child

http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.asp?quickSearchType=TTL&FRM=0&quickSearchText=julia+child&userid=ZYw1o5WkzQ&cds2Pid=9481

There is no one better than Julia.

Also, he will love this book! It's fantastic.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ZYw1o5WkzQ&isbn=0684800012&itm=1

[Tab]

4. If he just wants to watch a show

then sure, send him Iron Chef, but if he wants to learn anything, it won't be from those videos.

Culinary Institute of America has a set of videos for teaching cooking (I don't have them, but would like to, hint, hint), and you can find other series such as by Jaques Pepin (which I have seen are are interesting enough).

[Lisa0825]

5. Thanks y'all!

Thanks for the excellent suggestions! I'll be checking into all of them! :loveya: