the food network and family

i have never watched so many food network shows in my life. it's the one thing that my mother and i can bond over. our love of food. not to mention one thing that we both agree on is: american food is disgusting.

i never realized how healthy korean food actually was for you. i just started typing this whole shpeal, speal (sp?) on americans, food, and racism, but i'm tipsy right now and i had to force myself to delete it all.

basically, this guy, the face of tgif, the guy who does the thing on food network where he goes to diners and stuff? he's disgusting! GOD. well, to be fair, maybe it's not him, maybe it's just the producers. but his "pleased" look is too convincing for me to think that he's not actually enjoying the bullshit that he puts in his mouth. he went to a place that actually had a pizza flipper to flip PANCAKES. so this diner had pancakes that were too big for a regular spatula. and the same restaurant served this ungodly dish that consisted of sliced bread, topped with a slice of ham the size of a really fat ass, CHEESE SAUCE (do NOT make me get into what this consists of), and crispy fries.

and this guy alton brown is really corny and annoying too. his show 'good eats' is doing a special on sushi and though it's informational, it doesn't denote the fact that the little acting there is on this show is annoyingly bad, as well as alton's technique for delivering information.

but all in all, being with the family is nice. the cake part of the family is always in the living room talking about cakey things together. and cuddling our cakey dog... and my dad is always upstairs watching korean tv on my computer...

i've also realized that if i just spend a few weeks at home, eating my mom's food, i would probably drop about 30 pounds immediately. koreans love pickled shit, but they also love low-fat, low-carb (excluding rice), and low-american-influenced-food. i kind of love it. maybe i should write a book about how you can go to asia and have it be a diet plan.