As far as who you are voting for, like I give a shit, and wearing it like a badge, as if that means something… Congratulations, now try acting the part. You can start by showing some understanding of someone whose opinion differs from yours, rather than making prejudiced comments about where you think they live, and what that means about them.

“How dare you think that everyone has the time and resources to make a trip to the fresh market 3 times a week.” I never said a word about this, in fact, I prepare flash frozen veggies and canned goods frequently, but the difference from Sandra Lee is that the philosophy behind my cooking isn’t one based on telling people that the other way is too hard for people like me.

Food is a great gift, and I think that reinforcing people’s fears about cooking with fresh ingredients, or deterring people from trying something that looks hard, is robbing them of a part of that gift. This is only promoting ignorance in the kitchen, and even harboring fear of the unknown.

People who employ this culture of fear for their own means are the Sarah Palins of the world and I have no qualms about calling them on that.

If you’d like an example of someone who teaches great cooking for families, and other busy people, while still focusing on quality ingredients, frequently fresh, but also canned, frozen, etc… and does so by reassuring the home cook that they CAN DO things, and promoting knowledge over fear, unapologetically, check out Alton Brown.

That is an interview I would have loved to see.

Freaks…..I love how you “appreciating” celebrity chefs and mastering foodie buzz words makes you an authority.

Food is an amazing gift to share no matter what it’s form, and you’ve done a great job of trivializing Sandra Lee’s efforts to make everyone feel special when they sit down at the table with their family.

Oh and I’m voting Obama…so you can get over that suspicion too

Sandra Lee has done and continues to do a significant disservice to homemakers by perpetuating the idea that preparing a meal from fresh, local ingredients is “too hard” for the average person, and something only chefs should do.

Any foodie/gourmand/person-with-taste-buds-and-a-half-a-brain-in-their-head should be insulted by this Sarah Palin of the kitchen, and I, for one, am docking Meal Ticket at least 2 points for lending her any credibility.