What was Giada thinking???

As I was getting my mani and pedi today, I asked if they could put Oprah show on at 4pm. I love Oprah! She's so positive and always doing great things for people!

It was a a show about regular people being extraordinary decorators or something?! It was OK. Nothing spectacular this particular day. Except at the end, they had Giada from the FN. I watched to see what delicious, Italian delight she would cook up on air with the Big O. To my utter disappointment, I was mortified! She started off by "making" an appetizer with store bought ravioli. UGH! Then she dipped the pre-made raviolis in buttermilk,then bread crumbs and finally, fried them. Ohhhh....ahhhhhh. The oil wasn't even hot. Her sad little ravioli sank to the bottom of the pan and absorbed oil. They laughed and then Oprah & Nate, (the official decorator for the show) ate the tv ready raviolis. To no surprise, it looked nothing like what she was making at all. They all raved about what a great "recipe" that was and then she proceeded to her next dish. A basil, chocolate, cheese sandwich grilled in sour dough bread. Doesn't that sound delicious? Oprah who usually LOVES everything describes her dish as "interesting" and "very different." The audience got their samples and their faces said it all. After commercial break, she came back to thank Giada for something she'd never tried before and now said her dish graduated to, delicious. Really? Is that a joke or did a producer, agent or manager tell Oprah to do a quick save ?

I understand the pressures of television. My husband is on-air every single day. I occasionally do on-air spots with my personal recipes. You have tight time crunches, but that's your job. She's a chef with her own show on the food network and a slue of best selling cookbooks. Today she proved to be the stereotypical pretty, girly, tv chef. I thought she was more than that because supposedly she can actually cook. In 3 minutes, explain how to make ravioli dough or a homemade filling. Who can't fry pre-made ravioli? It just frustrates me. It shouldn't but it does. People can do more and they want to do more. It's the holidays for pete's sake. Every person on the planet should have some sort of signature dish they can proudly bring to a holiday or family gathering.

I hope to be pleasantly surprised by pretty chefs in the upcoming new year. You can be pretty and cook. It's not one or the other. Geez,do I need to start my own network or what ? (mental note that)