have they catch anne burrell licking throught the food she makes, i mean she will tase the spagetti sauce with the serving spoon and put it back in the sauce, giada double dip, she dip her pita chip in the dip twice.

My ex husband came from a large Italian family and his aunt made to die for spaghetti. She would alwways say that her secret ingredient was the fact she would chain smoke and the ashes would fall in the spaghetti sauce as she stirred. I guess even the good chefs don't have perfect manners.

Ana

that is true, thank you very much.

I always enjoyed Julia Child's wayward ways with food. Tasting was only one of her quirks. I especially loved the day she carefully scraped the crumbs on her working surface into a neat little pile AND then swept them onto the floor with her hand. I laughed and laughed. Awesome cooks. They give us 'The inner comfort of food'.

I have to admit to NOT liking the thought of my food having been adulterated - even though I love to eat out and know it goes on

Mad, I prefer my own cooking for those same reasons. If someone puts food on my plate that was on their plate or takes something off my plate, I won't eat anymore. I am very fussy. That is why if somerone else is cooking, I stay clear of the kitchen.

I'm with Ana in that I've gotten a little picky about things like that. I do a LOT of cooking for other people - sometimes in large quantities - and that's why I am meticulous about not tasting with the same spoon I'm stirring with and wash my hands a lot etc. I cook for others like I would like them to cook for me!

A lot of TV Chefs set very bad examples, in my opinion, by the poor hygene they display

Maybe that all saying is true. What you don't know won't hurt you!

"What you don't know won't hurt you! "

I think in a case of food poisoning because of dirty habits in the kitchen it just might !!

I'm with Mad and Ana...quite picky about cook's manners. If I need to taste something I will take the spoon I am using and pour a little into another spoon. the thought of eating someone's saliva gags me!!!

I agree with ,Ana, and Mad....

No dipping, and tasting with my food..

When I taught cooking in my high school, the girls in the kitchens were taught to 'taste' with a spoon which was then put immediately into a glass filled with soapy water, which sat prominently on the counter. Then if a second taste was needed, a clean spoon was used and deposited again, immediately into the soapy glass. Routine once followed prevented any 'double dipping'. Hands, which came in contact with food, were washed and dried on clean towels (not on aprons or just wiped off on a dirty dish towel). I'm wondering how many of my students still follow that routine today.

I still shudder to think what happens in the kitchens of my local restaurants where no one is really watching. My all time favorite 'shudder moment' is when I asked for my very sticky table at my favorite diner to be wiped off, and I watched in horror as the busboy took a soppy wet rag out of a bucket, wrung it out and then wiped my table, then deposited the rag back into the bucket, probably to be used again and again. WHAT was possibly on that rag from all the tables (and who knows what all else it touched) still haunts me.