Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

If you are looking for Julia Child, this is not the show for you. Guy Fieri, the host of the show, visits diners, drive-ins and dives, just like the title says. These places feature down-home cooking, bar food, truck-stop standards, Cajun recipes, Southern dinner table traditions, NJ diner menu items, etc. In short, they feature comfort food. What is comfort food? According to Wikipedia, comfort food is "food which provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to the consumer and is often characterized by its high caloric nature, high carbohydrate level, and simple preparation." In short, the show features food that is comforting as well as delicious. Guy travels from the Atlantic to the Pacific and highlights restaurants that have a reputation for comfort food. He visits the kitchens and a few menu items are prepared in toto with us, the food-loving public, watching.

Guy has a style all his own, but the show's emphasis is on the food, which is usually mouthwatering. As HGTV is to home remodeling and buying, DD&D is to food preparation and consumption.

Watching the restaurant customers chow down on the food is both satisfying and tortuous, because you want to partake yourself. Watching the food preparation gives the viewer a vivid concept of the subtleties of the recipes, and some of them are not simple despite the definition of comfort food.

This is enjoyable viewing for anyone who appreciates finding those hidden treasures of delightful dining that are somewhere in every small town and big city.

Guy Fieri is entertaining as the hose of Diners, drive-ins and divers. Most of the food I see on the show looks delicious. And some of the portions are large.

Its interesting to see all the different types of food the restaurants make on the show. Watching the show makes me wish that food could be passed from inside the TV to me. A food transporter. It makes me wish I had smell o vision at the very least.

I have never tried to make any of the food on front the show. I never even thought of making any of the food front the show until I wrote that.

I am surprised that there are so many restaurants for Guy to travel to. If the whole world were like me there would be no restaurants. I have not been out to eat in awhile. But, I like seeing the restaurant food. That is for sure. Most of it looks delicious.

If you like food I am sure you will like Diners, drive ins and divers. Its fun to watch. The food is out of bounds as Guy would say.

Over in Britain we are brain washed into assuming Americans eat nothing but junk food, but triple d with Guy Fieri is excellent, and shows us all the unknown gems which are good wholesome carefully prepared American independent food. Everything is freshly prepared, and such care taken by the people who make the meals, and what meals,I have never seen a burger made from minced sirloin steak, and all there own secret recipes, fresh produce too.

I sit here in Britain writing this comment, realising just how much the public in the UK are ripped off,on DDD servings are generous and seem excellent value for money. Keep on making the series Guy, it makes my mouth water watching you try the different dishes, I am very envious of your job.I was thinking of a holiday in the USA, the usual sort of thing Disney etc, but I would love to travel and eat at some of the places you have visited Guy during your great series.

I love the concept of the show, but, good grief Food Network. A little variety doesn't hurt. The Guy Fieri overload has gotten out of control. Triple D, Triple G, specials, etc are getting OLD.

Touring America's restaurants the only way Guy Fiery knows how - by introducing you to the families who prepare it & the cultures that inspired them to do so. Making food fun is what Guy does best.