Wonderful program.
8.5 I don't know why i didn't see this one when it came out in the 90s. Maybe PBS didn't have it or I was more into the brooding Dalgliesh type shows than the jolly chef.
I loved the look back at the 90s. It made me nostalgic somehow.
Everyone who pooh poohs identifying as feminist should watch the harassment the waitresses went through. And it was up to them to come up with a legal threat to solve it. That's what society would still look like if it weren't for the pesky women libbers.
I didn't mind the rotating kitchen help or coppers on the show. I think I preferred some over others but they were all okay in the end.
This reminded me of Lovejoy somehow with middle-aged main characters. Although Lovejoy would be horrified to be considered so. Henry and Margaret were superb and the 20 and 30 somethings were correctly shown as more inexperienced in life and work (as opposed to the supposed overachievers they are depicted as in some programs. )
I liked how food was a theme for many of the episodes in the crimes Henry was investigating.
Freddy Fisher was a good villain. And it was a nice contrast to Henry's weary performance on the job.
8.5 I don't know why i didn't see this one when it came out in the 90s. Maybe PBS didn't have it or I was more into the brooding Dalgliesh type shows than the jolly chef.
I loved the look back at the 90s. It made me nostalgic somehow.
Everyone who pooh poohs identifying as feminist should watch the harassment the waitresses went through. And it was up to them to come up with a legal threat to solve it. That's what society would still look like if it weren't for the pesky women libbers.
I didn't mind the rotating kitchen help or coppers on the show. I think I preferred some over others but they were all okay in the end.
This reminded me of Lovejoy somehow with middle-aged main characters. Although Lovejoy would be horrified to be considered so. Henry and Margaret were superb and the 20 and 30 somethings were correctly shown as more inexperienced in life and work (as opposed to the supposed overachievers they are depicted as in some programs. )
I liked how food was a theme for many of the episodes in the crimes Henry was investigating.
Freddy Fisher was a good villain. And it was a nice contrast to Henry's weary performance on the job.