PBS American Masters

[rotuts]

PBS has a series American Masters

 

http://www.pbs.org/show/american-masters/

 

you might be able to watch them here :

 

Jacques Pepin

 

Alice Waters 

 

Julia Child

 

James Beard

 

there might be country restrictions

 

give them a try

 

Ive seen  the JP and AW  and they were very very good

[ElsieD]

Thanks for this.  We will tape the Jacques Pepin one tomorrow morning. Haven't found the others yet, we get PBS Watertown.  We can call shows up on our phones and tablets and then watch them on our TV but in this case, we are told we can't due to country restrictions.  So this may be the only one we can watch unless we can find the others.  WPBS does not have a search function.

[rotuts]

if you get PBS ' Over the Boarder '

 

Ill try to look into repeats of this show.

 

Im sure there will be some , perhaps in the SD version.

 

I had the feeling that the shows were only available for USA Consumption

 

which is too bad.

[Thanks for the Crepes]

There are some PBS videos of "American Masters" chefs available for free streaming here. I have no way to test if they will work across the border in Canada, but it couldn't hurt to try if you're interested. 

[ElsieD]

@Thanks for the Crepes thank you.  I tried it but the same restrictions apply, so I can't get it.  We did manage to find Jacques Pepin and James Beard and will continue to try for the others.

[ElsieD]

We watched James Beard last night and will likely watch Jacques Pepin tonight.  We are on the lookout for the other two.

[rotuts]

@ElsieD 

 

the shows are quite something.

 

hope you eventually see Julia Child , James Beard , and Alice Waters.

[ElsieD]

We watched the one on Jacques Pepin last night.  That was really, really interesting.  @rotuts, thanks for bringing these shows to our attention.  We just need to find the shows on Alice Waters and Julia Child.

[pastrygirl]

Thanks for posting about these.  I've always enjoyed Jacques Pepin, he seems so calm and makes everything look so simple, has such a pleasant voice.  Though I'm confused, I could have sworn I watched JP on PBS in high school in the 80's but he didn't have his own shows until the 90's. 

 

I also enjoyed the Julia Child episode and the James Beard.  JB sounds a bit sketchy in some ways but he knew how to party.  I'll probably skip the Alice Waters one, I can't take too much of her.

[rotuts]

Indeed , Im not a big fan of AW.

 

Berkeley  was not far from where I grew up . on the lower Peninsula around the Palo Alto area but 10 " West.

 

no matter .  the Chez did change things

 

and created a second if not third generation of completely American Cooks 

 

AKA  Jeremiah Tower

 

and others.  back then American was thought to to be OK

 

 

but not French

 

so if the AW ep shows up in your area , take a peak.

 

I can recommend some MR if you consider yourself a Reluctant Viewer.

Edited May 31, 2017 by rotuts (log)