I find most "cooking" shows to ridiculous - they tend to use either ingredients that are unavailable to most; too expensive for most - or the "hosts" are obnoxious and ill-informed (exception - "Good Eats - he is obnoxious and well-informed. his writers should be shot though)

Restauraunt review shows seem to think EVERYONE is on expense accounts - even the "beduget" ones tend to feature places where the average meal cost approximately my discretionary income for a week.

Like the lobster omelet someone mentioned yesterday - Why 10 oz of caviar in an omelet? 10 oz. of caviar is more then most people would serve for an entire Buffet/reception!