Just a little news tidbit I thought blog readers might find interesting.
'Cooking Without Looking' show caters to visually impaired chefs
Associated Press - April 5, 2008 8:14 AM ET
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lesson Number 1 on a South Florida television cooking show? Use what you have, find substitutes for what you don't.
Except host Celia Chacon's isn't just talking ingredients. She's teaching viewers to use touch, smell and sound instead of sight. That's because, like Chacon, most of her audience is blind or visually impaired.
Creator and executive producer Ren'ee Rentmeester came up with the idea for the show while perusing Web communities run by the visually impaired. She noticed that the most popular discussion threads were about cooking and thought it would be a cook idea for a TV show.
But after two seasons on public television, "Cooking Without Looking" faces an uncertain future after budget cuts at Florida's Division of Blind Services have left the program scrambling for new sponsors. But Rentmeester remains upbeat. She believes the show's merits will bring new backers.
'Cooking Without Looking' show caters to visually impaired chefs
Associated Press - April 5, 2008 8:14 AM ET
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lesson Number 1 on a South Florida television cooking show? Use what you have, find substitutes for what you don't.
Except host Celia Chacon's isn't just talking ingredients. She's teaching viewers to use touch, smell and sound instead of sight. That's because, like Chacon, most of her audience is blind or visually impaired.
Creator and executive producer Ren'ee Rentmeester came up with the idea for the show while perusing Web communities run by the visually impaired. She noticed that the most popular discussion threads were about cooking and thought it would be a cook idea for a TV show.
But after two seasons on public television, "Cooking Without Looking" faces an uncertain future after budget cuts at Florida's Division of Blind Services have left the program scrambling for new sponsors. But Rentmeester remains upbeat. She believes the show's merits will bring new backers.
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