Pauline Baird Jones

  • Why the Great British Baking Show (and Top Chef)?

    I have a strange fascination with competition “reality” television. It’s not exactly the same thing as stopping to gawk at a train wreck, but it as close as you can get without leaving your house. There’s a lot of other “reality” TV out there, but they don’t have the same fascination for me was watching…

  • Top Chef Crew gets award

    Like My Reality TV

    What is the appeal of reality television? I’ve been trying to figure that out and all the reasons I come up with…well, I can find an exception in my own viewing. I think my viewing falls into two camps, but that might change by the end of this post. The shows I hunt down to…