After almost losing my breakfast catching the last of the Rick the [censored] show on PBS, I was delighted to see a new (to me) Latin cooking show, Daisy Cooks. Whatta hoot. Not only are the recipes intriguing (mostly Cuban, PR, etc), but Daisy Martinez is fresh breeze. She's funny, candid, and cute to boot. Some quotes:
On chopping: "I have to watch when I'm chopping. I can't not look like Jacques Pepin. I like my fingers. I'm very attached to them."
On handling habanero peppers: "The oil stays on your fingers so you have to be careful. You don't want to touch you eyes or nose or mouth ...heaven forbid you should have to go to the bathroom...."
After almost losing my breakfast catching the last of the Rick the [censored] show on PBS, I was delighted to see a new (to me) Latin cooking show, Daisy Cooks. Whatta hoot. Not only are the recipes intriguing (mostly Cuban, PR, etc), but Daisy Martinez is fresh breeze. She's funny, candid, and cute to boot.
I can't stand her. It's that foul accent. Maybe you don't think she has an accent, in which case I suppose you could enjoy the show. I can't. Her and Nick Stellino, though in the latter case it's because the accent is both annoying and fake. Daisy isn't fake, but she makes up for that by being even more annoying.
If I can find an infomercial for 18/10 stainless cookware on Shop At Home, I'd rather watch that than either of these people. As a last resort, I'll watch Daisy with the sound turned all the way down.
After almost losing my breakfast catching the last of the Rick the [censored] show on PBS, I was delighted to see a new (to me) Latin cooking show, Daisy Cooks. Whatta hoot. Not only are the recipes intriguing (mostly Cuban, PR, etc), but Daisy Martinez is fresh breeze. She's funny, candid, and cute to boot. Some quotes:
On chopping: "I have to watch when I'm chopping. I can't not look like Jacques Pepin. I like my fingers. I'm very attached to them."
On handling habanero peppers: "The oil stays on your fingers so you have to be careful. You don't want to touch you eyes or nose or mouth ...heaven forbid you should have to go to the bathroom...."
I think the show is a keeper.
I watched her show for the second time today and, as last time, found her to be quite likeable. She comes across as being quite at ease and to really enjoy what she's doing. Also seems to have a wicked sense of humor!
As a Hispanic, let me assure you that most of Daisy's recipes are prettified to the point of absurdity. In many cases, dishes contain extraneous or unwanted ingredients. Nonetheless, it's a step in the right direction.
