( The Cooking Channel )

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The Cooking Channel: Although there were a few programs we'll miss from this network's former life as the Fine Living Channel (goodbye, "Radical Sabbatical"), we're hooked on the stay-at-home usefulness behind its new incarnation, which looks to ride the foodie wave to basic cable gold. It's off to a tasteful start — we've learned about a shockingly delicious beer cocktail on "Drink Up" and rekindled our love for Julia Child on reruns of "The French Chef."

Pictured: 'Drink Up' host Darryl Robinson