food youtube channels that are not terrible

Oh wait he has his own channel!!! YAY

omg his shirts. where does he get his clothes

my parents and i watch country life vlog religiously, in which an azerbaijani woman (turkic likely?) who lives on a farm makes traditional dishes using early 20th century techniques. often her husband helps her, her mom usually watches from the side and sometimes her children visit from the city. she always leaves a plate or two out for the ppl behind the camera. the dishes are similar enough to the persian / turkish / georgian food i grew up with to be recognizable but also different enough to provoke curiosity and conversation. there is no narration or dialogue, unless you count the times when grandma is facetiming relatives or begins to reminisce and ramble on about who knows what

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCIix6MklfJ

guess that link is busted, maybe this one works better?

youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw

i love that kind of channel, and this is like my favorite kind of food, thanks for that one

I'm on hour 3 of watching this channel, very pleasant rainy Sunday viewing

I like matty. Has that kind of off-putting energy that an addict in recovery can have,but seems genuine and good-hearted.

I first got into his videos when he did a butter chicken for vice (i think) that looked hells of delicious. But I found a little of him went a verrrrrry long way and that his most recent videos (one is seemingly him having a breakdown after his sponsors quit the show after he made lots of jokes about diarrhea while making a meal) have strong "bad Chris Farley character" vibe.

George Motz kind of aggravated me till he started doing his episodes during lockdown and it was clear he is just bad dad joeks and his daughter was RHDE through every episode she had to shoot. Then I found him endearing.

There's a comedian who keeps appearing in the First We Feast shows who's always showing off his garage full of vintage VWs, and he seems immensely unfunny.

The Mythical Kitchen shows are pretty great. I don't think I'd ever cook anything they cook, but it's very entertaining to watch them, the man guy - looks like a nerd on roids - is funny, and he also clearly has unimpeachable cooking chops.

Sohla has been great of late. That any bean, any green, any pasta dish of hers has quickly become a mainstay here, and I'm glad she's on Babish's channel. I interviewed Babish for a story on his show and the BA vida a year or two ago, and he was very sweet and genuine. I slightly wonder if the grisly demise of the classic BA Kitchen period has besmirched the stars of their shows - loved Claire and Brad et al, but don't really wanna watch 'em in the light of what went down.

Sue Hulk - sometimes with Count Dankula (who has his own channel) is very very Scottish but they're so... real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC0dEenZnbL

Oh, and you can't link to a channel like that. Nice.

oh, and there's snoring pug in the background sometimes too

Oh cool recommendation for the Nazi pug guy, I’ll make sure to check that out if I can get past that and literally everything else about him.

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I honestly just found this funny scottish lady cooking stuff and didn't know anything about whatever you're saying? (even so, his historical heroes series looks interesting) - what am I missing?

oh god - ok, I'm googling... :(

forgot if i posted this elsewhere but i have been watching this lady since i started canning tomatoes (she uses a method that should not be used if you hate botulism but the process was fun to watch anyway.) here is a calamari salad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAirutWHbFA

Alison Roman has a new channel, very much along the lines of her NYT stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z84j41b5Z7s

Another miniseries from Sohla

finally im gonna learn how to make pizza on a shield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkskAAJ1rE

my parents and i watch country life vlog religiously,

Both my cats are completely transfixed by this channel now. It’s so good.

it's amazing, that one time when the guy made blue tea from purple basil and squeezed a lemon into it i screamed, 10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_J4e58eoyY

haha Middle Eats came into my feed recently as well

He’s great!

I also like Nadia Gilbert for Middle Eastern stuff and Refika Birgül for Turkish.

I love Matty Matheson for ultimate no frills comfort food and his videos are fun
i dunno if he’s for everyone but i love him

i am def making these chicken wings holy shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AMQbxBZohY

I've moved on to Tiktok chefs instead, specifically Cult Flav, who I am loyal to but they've clearly become influencers who probably have a book deal and possibly a tv show in their future, and the much more lo-fi @2peoplecooking, a lovely gentle couple who live in Asbury Park and have cooked together professionally and make nice Friday night dinners in their apartment and invite you in.

I'm a fan of Sohla and Ham El-Waylly, both together and separately. Sohla was a Bon Appetit test kitchen guru, both are now with NYT and have many things on the youtubes including the awesome challenge show where they are given a bag of something odd (like green jello or hot pockets) and have to make a 3 course meal in 45 minutes.