| I was reading the comments on the NY Post website and it clearly indicates the generation gap that exists in America. First off, let me say that I am 25 years old, but I much prefer cooking shows over competition shows and reality shows, and that goes for Food Network, MTV, VH1 and all other networks. Whereas older generations are content to learn and educate themselves through instructional segments, younger generations eschew education for entertainment, and their attitude is one of entitlement; as if it is their constitutional right to be entertained and engaged on a sensory level at all times. Also, the article fails to mention that crucial transitional period where Food Network attempted to bridge the gap between education and entertainment through shows such as "Emeril Live" and whatever Rachel Ray was available to do. It demonstrated that there was an audience that found both appealing, but in the end, was a product of a two-income household where the quality of the dishes was cast aside in favor of cutting corners just to get the kids fed and enough rest to back to their corporate slavery and work for companies that are now in danger, and thus the 401k accounts, and junior's college fund are in jeopardy. In short, food network encouraged the American public to half-ass everything in the kitchen, and made sure that the audience would not rebel by dumbing down the content quality and appealling to the most rudimentary emotional levels possible. | 
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