With the passing of Julia Child today, I thought I'd look up and share all my favorite cooks from my young and tender years glued in front of pbs all day.

Julia Child, a site on pbs, and her Kitchen in the Smithsonian. (a nice flash site with audio and lots of good visuals). And the requisite image search.

Justin Wilson, the Cajun Chef. The first of my beloved cooks to die. Here's a nice link from NPR on his passing. It starts with a snippet of the show and Wilson telling one of his jokes. His son now runs a site that sells sauce.

The Frugal Gourmet, my favorite cooking show of all time. Jeff Smith died in July. His character got pretty well assassinated when he was accused of molesting young cooks who worked for him in the 70's. (here's the news on that) I always loved the show, except for the later Elmo Pledge-Break laden years. Everything I really learned about cooking I got from here, including how to make a roux, my love of cast iron, and the "Hot pan, cold oil - food won't stick" tenet, probably his greatest legacy. JumpedtheShark, tvacres, and his quotes on my motherland's cuisine.

Galloping Gourmet, turned Graham Kerr. He's not dead, but I liked the show, even the boring informercial like second incarnation. (A show all about low-fat cooking...Jesus, what's the point?) JumptheShark a page from The Straight Dope and Kerr's current website.

Yan Can Cook. Also not dead, Martin Yan was always my favorite of the "YAN + Bad Pun" cooks. All he said was "If Yan Can cook, so can you!" His super fast chopping technique was straight out of a kung-fu movie.(I can't get the video to display, but the sound is still there) Some asian folk might find his smiling, poop eating grin pretty annoying, but the audiences "ate it up." (get it...food, and poop eating, all in one)

Yup. And that's the note I end this with.