[Sca-cooks] The passing of a cook

[johnna holloway]

Wilson was the first person I ever saw do
deep fried turkey on television. (This was a decade
before Martha took it up and introduced it to an
ever grateful nation.) Even people
who hated cooking shows would listen to his
just to hear the stories.
Johnna Holloway

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>>> Based on my description, I suppose it's an easy thing to think. Except
> Wilson didn't really do anything but Amurrican food, certainly not Asian
> or even very European stuff, whereas Lagasse does these things, using
> his Cajun background (somewhat more tenuous than Wilson's) as an
> influence on these cuisines. You didn't catch Wilson doing Cajun bulgogi.
>> As has been said, his humor was the real thing, based on years of
> knowing (and perhaps even being) disreputable, but fun, people. He was
> probably in his late 50's or so when he started doing television. (I'm
> just guessing on that, though.)
>> If you were to remove the food content from Wilson's broadcasts, and
> from Emeril's, Wilson's would still have some entertainment value.
> Adamantius