I'm not sure why the production is rendered in extra-vivid color, oversharpened. It has a look that reminds me of early astronomical photos from the Hubble telescope that were processed with unsharp masking. The result is unrealistic.
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tnewcomb99-605-68605730 July 2022
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ror-8182022 August 2022Really enjoyed The Great American Recipe. Home cooks represented many diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and prepared unique and interesting recipes. And they all got along; no cut-throat maneuvers in any episodes. Great show to watch if you are into cooking shows.
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hendersonmaranda28 December 2022Who are these hosts and judges? No offense, but they make or break the show. Who are they? Could they afford some create chefs? And the host...its like they said let's make sure we get diversity over quality. Kind of annoying to watch. I just like watching pple cook. This concept doesn't get old to me. It is better than many of these corny netflix series though where everything looks cooky and upside down like a pee wee Herman show. I know if I stop watching, it wasn't the cooks. It was the judges and host. They were overkill, and who are they anyway? What qualifies them? That's my biggest annoyance right now. Otherwise, you tried Create. Thank you!
In the end, it was a robbery. Definitely disagree with the winner but then again, the judges weren't much to qualify anyone. -
kelani1 August 2023It's a competition cooking show, so that pretty much sums it up. But one thing that kept me watching for the second season was they got rid of the stupid weekly eliminations. Reality TV producers don't seem to understand that introducing us to an interesting person who vanishes in a few episodes (for no other reason than creating tired drama) really does a disservice to the show, and the viewer. I like that this show is overwhelmingly positive, without all the manufactured drama.
Here, we get to follow all of the cooks, hear more stories, and see a lot more interesting recipes then we would have otherwise.
That said, it would be nice if there was some kind of objective scoring system, with blind judging by a tasting panel, for example, just to give an appearance of fairness. As it stands, it feels like whoever has the most heartwarming story for a given recipe usually wins.
As ethnically diverse as the show is, I would like to see more diversity, specifically in the age range of participants. A couple younger and older participants would make a more interesting mix. -
The contestants are all full of Heart and great personalities, as for the judgeing team, all top notch except for Leah Cohen who rude to contestants, cuts them off, talks down to them, and is extremely rude to some contestants about there family recipies.
Its is a dissapointement for PBS to allow this, If this show gets more seasons, would suggest you keep the judges who care about food and people. Not a stuck up Judge Leah Cohen, is really just an awful A**hole.
The editing style is very well done, the background stories and cooking blend cleanly and not full of jump cuts.
In the end I did really enjoy this Show. But again axe Leah Cohen from any future shows. She is the worst. -
sarasotaanderson21 August 2022The cooks were delightful and the judges kind while being helpful. I can't wIth for the next season!! I hope that they publish the recipes. Every episode was wonderfully entertaining and fun.
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gedehs8 July 2023Where the Great British Bake Off gets people from all around the isles to to bake and add their spin to classic or invent new British bakes.
The Great American Recipe encourages Americans from all walks of life to share their own recipes and takes on how they interpret American food. The show attempts to show regional and cultural variations of different foods.
Some highlights are a Korean Americans gochujang tacos. A Vietnamese Americans spaghetti and meatballs with sriracha, and that's only in the first 2 episodes. Personally I believe the show does a good job of showing the complexity of American food and how good in America changes over time through the influence of immigration. -
willowitch-3331222 August 2022It's not the recipes that are judged, it's the cooks who get sent home. It would make more sense if all the contestants stayed for the entire show, and each time a cook created something, the RECIPE would receive a numerical score. At the end, the top scoring recipe would get the award, as would the cook who brought it.
Each week, the cooks pretty much get to cook whatever they want. It's usually something they've cooked a million times before. Where's the challenge? Only on the week that they had to swap recipes did they have to do something unfamiliar. The challenges needed to be much more clearly defined, and they needed to be a genuine challenge so the cooks had to get out of their comfort zone. -
tiffanie_says_stay_in_your_lane10 August 2022I am getting so tired of seeing reality shows where a group of people cook for three judges so they can taste/critique their meals. I used to love MasterChef. Unfortunately, that became cutthroat so I stopped watching. I would often tune in to the Great British Baking Show. I thought it was cute. But after seeing this, I feel like the whole cooking competition thing has gotten redundant. It's sad how television writers can't think of anything new.