I’m a big Food Network fan. I can sit there for hours watching Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives or The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Cooking competitions? Sure, bring it on! Food is glorious and watching people treat food as though it were art, which I think it really is, is so fascinating. Even though I salivate as I watch others eat, I can’t get enough of it. So why, oh why, do I have such a disdain for shows about dessert? Cupcakes, pies, cookies, brownies, I love them all but they’re just not as interesting to watch on screen.
I was so excited when Top Chef: Just Desserts was announced, but I quickly realized all the contestants were whiny little brats. Maybe that was just bad casting, but even the challenges weren’t that special. I think I watched to the end of the series, I can’t even remember. But I can easily spout off every winner of Top Chef. The only show that vaguely interests me is Amazing Wedding Cakes on Lifetime. Mainly because I can’t believe people can afford to drop thousands of dollars on a cake recreating an entire scene from Alice in Wonderland.
Maybe it’s because most baking involves a lot of stirring batter and not much else. Even cake decorating, which I admire greatly, is just extremely tedious work. I’d rather watch someone light a pan on fire and use liquid nitrogen in soup. I love you dessert, more than you’ll ever know, but I just can’t watch you on television.