This is a pretty nice feel-good show. You get to watch a family living in gorgeous country, with an idyllic life, and making amazing foods. If you've ever wanted to live on a ranch, this is pretty much the ranch anyone would want to own.
That said, I know a lot of farmers and ranchers, and all would say they just don't have time for such silly things as doing a TV show. (Her herb garden alone would take a small army to maintain). Elizabeth is frequently shown doing routine ranch jobs in between meals, but she is so prim and urbane, you really get the sense that that's not what she does on a daily basis. Can she handle a chainsaw? Absolutely! But it's pretty obvious her husband and the ranch staff clearly handle this stuff, so it feels like these are contrived scenarios to fill air time. It just doesn't ring true.
I also don't like that the recipes are apparently designed by the show's 3 chef consultants, or are copycats of other popular recipes already out there. The show wants you to believe that she's making something her great-great-grandmother taught her, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
So, it's a nice watch, but would be so much better if it didn't have that reality-esque smell of being constructed.
That said, I know a lot of farmers and ranchers, and all would say they just don't have time for such silly things as doing a TV show. (Her herb garden alone would take a small army to maintain). Elizabeth is frequently shown doing routine ranch jobs in between meals, but she is so prim and urbane, you really get the sense that that's not what she does on a daily basis. Can she handle a chainsaw? Absolutely! But it's pretty obvious her husband and the ranch staff clearly handle this stuff, so it feels like these are contrived scenarios to fill air time. It just doesn't ring true.
I also don't like that the recipes are apparently designed by the show's 3 chef consultants, or are copycats of other popular recipes already out there. The show wants you to believe that she's making something her great-great-grandmother taught her, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
So, it's a nice watch, but would be so much better if it didn't have that reality-esque smell of being constructed.
