Food Channel...no more how to , its all competition now

[spence]

They changed their programming several years ago to go after the home maker audience.

Most of the shows suck now, although you can learn a lot on Iron Chef if you pay attention.
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[mosholu]

There is a second cooking channel on my cable (Time Warner) called the Cooking Channel that is mostly cooking instructional shows which now has Good Eats in reruns. They have some other shows on food trucks (which seems to be the new thing) and some documentaries about the history of food.

[JackK]

I don't mind some of the competition ones, although I don't watch any TV regularly. Often times I see someone using an unusual combination of ingredients, a different technique or a unique presentation and I can incorporate that into my own cooking.

As a how-to, it's pretty much worthless, and I definitely miss the days of Good Eats. The best how-to I've seen that's on TV now is Chasing the Yum with Jet Tila. But the competition shows can still be useful and informative if you look past the "reality TV BS" aspect of it and just focus on the food they make and how you can apply it to your own meals.

I agree with CC tho- the baking ones are the worst!!