Nobody’s lips should shine like that.

And “ten dollars” is a joke. I’ll bet both ovaries that woman has never had to send something back from the checkout line because she went two bucks over budget.

The tuna/bread salad episode featured conspicuous product flashes, especially of the “special IMPORTED tuna” which “only costs a few cents more”! Sheesh. Even if she bought clear Boone’s Farm instead of white wine, that booze would set her back three bucks.

Maybe there are grocery stores where you can bribe a clerk with a handjob so he’ll look the other way while you stuff kalamata olives down your bra.

At “Snottsale” -yes we call it that…when we don’t live there!!! I grew up west valley & definately used the name but now that I live here, it’s not so snotty. Until you run into Robin Miller at your childs school. Seriously the woman doesn’t think her poop stinks!!

Food Network personalities are just that – Who is tbe best personality to stand in front of a TV camera for 22 minutes (8 minutes of commercials) and deliver an entertaining show. It is not just a matter of what they cook or prepare. Notice that many don’t “bake roasts or chickens in ovens” that takes hours to prepare. People today don’t want to work meals with ovens and the 1 – 3 hours of cooking time that an oven takes. They want to do skillet cooking which is really heating up food and browning it until it is eatable.

Melissa is a pretty woman and has personality. The camera is all about who “looks” good on TV. The Food Network is not so much concerned about FOOD as it is with profit in running an alternative TV network. Food just happens to be the solid theme of the network. Not movies or sit-coms or new shows or sports. It’s FOOD.

But, you have to have a pretty or good looking personality who can talk for 22 minutes before the camera. You can’t have someone who can only say: “Measure 1 cup of flour and add a pinch of salt.” You need people who can tell stories about themselves and their life’s experiences that people can listen to while they watch the food preparations.

Remember, it’s all about getting money from sponsors for the shows. Commercials. The Network sells commercial time for 8 minutes of every half-hour show. MONEY… who can “bring home the bacon!”

OK? Be well.

Larry from Illinois