links for 2006-10-08

Feeding frenzy: convenient cuisine [1]

"The food industry really goes in for presenting these ready meals, convenience foods as meal solutions, suggesting that you've got a problem which they have a solution to."

(tags: bbc [2] uk [3] foodbusiness [4] conveniencefood [5] frozenfood [6] supermarkets [7] foodtv [8])
In Defense of Food Network at Dethroner [9]

From the comments: "...catering to the “everywoman and everyman” on the Food Network makes far more sense than putting up a bunch of snooty “I’m a master chef and you are a retard with a spatula” types of shows." Yep.

(tags: foodtv [8] foodnetwork [10])

Links:
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5407472.stm
[2] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/bbc
[3] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/uk
[4] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodbusiness
[5] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/conveniencefood
[6] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/frozenfood
[7] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/supermarkets
[8] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodtv
[9] http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/04/in-defense-of-food-network/
[10] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodnetwork