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I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.

— Nora Ephron

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Many of my friends are chefs, and I learnt to cook watching them.

— Mary Quant

I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.

— Jewel

Regrettably, people today don't watch many programs that actually teach people how to cook, so I agreed to do a competitive show that I think will provide inspiration.

— Ron Ben-Israel

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

— Anton du Beke

I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.

— Janeane Garofalo

I always hated watching cooking shows where the chef would use ingredients that I couldn't get my hands on, cooking implements that I couldn't afford, recipes that I could never have access to.

— Adam Richman

I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.

— Donnie Wahlberg

I watch the Food Network with my kids. We - yeah, I - I - I generally don't admit that, but I love cooking.

— Rick Santorum

Shows like 'Top Chef,' 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world on a whole, but you have to be cautious it doesn't get out of hand.

— Geoffrey Zakarian

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't.

— Joely Fisher