The "Frugal Gourmet" was one of the shows, that my preschool son, would sooner watch, than watching "Sesame Street". He would really watch it and ask if I could make "that" for dinner. I enjoyed his show because I lived in a very small community at the time, and could not get exotic ingredients. He would often comment that if you didn't have some of this, then just use some of that, or whatever. He was pretty basic with ingredients, and just gave me "fresh" ideas for cooking dinner. I suppose you could say he inspired me. I am now cooking for a living.
