It has become a Sunday tradition in my home to watch food network for the entire day. My mother comes home from church, cooks breakfast for myself, dad, and little brother. After we eat breakfast my sister comes by the house for her weekly visit with my 3 year old nephew and we sit around the t.v. and watch the food network. The popular show in my home is Down Home with the Neelys and Paula's Home cooking. The two shows main focus are southern dishes with a twist of course. Growing up in home where my mother cooked everyday was amazing. Most children during the 90's did not have this luxury (divorce rates were at an all time high during the 1990's and single parents were normally to busy to cook). Although even today with divorce rates a little lower it seems people are more engaged with watching other people cook than actually cooking themselves. Cooking is time consuming and exhausting, coming home from an 8 hour work day to make a 45min meal while taking care of little ones just doesn't seem particle. So why do we love to watch other people cook but not do it ourselves? Lets look at my sister for an example; she purchased designer pair of pots and pans that she noticed on her favorite cooking show (Down Home with the Neelys). However she hardly uses them at all, which is baffling to be because she loves to eat, loves to watch people cook, but she does not like to cook herself. The new pots are simple used as aesthetic visuals for her kitchens ambiance. One could only imagine what my mother; who should have her own slot on the Food Network thinks of my sisters 'kitchen'!
The food Network relaxes the mind (Unlike watching a movie, or a sitcom where you have to keep up with quick punch lines, or contemporary street savoy dialect) in addition a person can just enjoy the high caloric eats without the high caloric intake. The Food Network is great for multitasking, because the Network does not require ones undivided attention. I suppose these simple perks are why Americans love The Food Network.
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WOOOOOWWW im very impressed with the article my sister has wrote about our family she hit it right on the nose i was shocked when reading this article im sure everyone who reads it can relate to it in some way
WOOOOOOOWWW IS RIGHT! Your sister is gonna kill you but....As a mother of 3 I always thought comming home and cooking a meal for my children and eating together as a family was important to reconnect at the end of the day and share the love. Especially because as you put it....the divorce rate is so high....As Wendy Williams put it staying married after ___ years...its the exception not the norm. And now that my children are older...the cooking show relaxes me and allows me to try new dishes that I like to show off at a dinner party. Great insight! I look forward to reading more.
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