I am a huge fan of Molly's blog and her book, but having watched first 3 episodes of the show I am quite disappointed. There's nothing in the show I haven't seen on the blog and the whole format of the show is cheesy. I have expected much more from someone who has been able to build such a great brand through her creativity.
37 Reviews
Yeh, I Guess
katharineshowalter3 October 2021
Molly Yeh's recipes are often quite good, flavorful and easy to make. I've used a few of them myself and loved them. But then too many of them are larded with fat or cheese or prepackaged supermarket garbage, making them as useless as a Pioneer Woman recipe. It's Molly's nasal, girly super-perkiness, though, that grates the most. Perhaps producers have goaded her (or indulged her?) because it has gotten worse over the seasons. You can hear her speak in a normal voice every now and then, and I wish the show were more of that person. Also, her husband and his family give off pretty creepy vibes, as if they were from a religious cult that kidnapped her years ago.
This show could be so much more ...
dhfdeforge110 July 2022
I like some of the recipes and ideas but her unusual behavior detracts from her useful content. What is likely intended to be a small-town girl persona comes off as immature and silly. Maybe get the food network writers to give her some scripted content and tone down the little girl voice a bit, so that her actual skills shine through.
I liked her best before
nlbknitter18 January 2021
I truly do like Molly Yeh. Her style of cooking is not that much to my taste, but I have used a few of her recipes with great success. I liked her better before her producers told her to get more "perky" etc. Now she's so "perky" that she comes off as just plain silly at times. But when I see her early work, it's clear that she's not "silly" at all. I wish those producers would leave her alone to be herself.
Brightens your day and great for those learning to cook!
krobillard23 July 2018
This show is so happy, cheery, and adorable! Additionally, it is approachable for a variety of viewers with various levels of cooking experience. Molly's show inspired me to start cooking more because she is great at explaining how to make things without unnecessary jargon or pomposity that is sometimes present in other cooking shows. Basically, she shows us all how cooking should be a fun experience! Love it!
Meh
sassyicecream15 September 2020
Sickly Sweet
skinnygaillard22 December 2021
The show offers nothing, really. From what I've seen, the recipes revolve around junk food, and there's not a single personality featured. The premise is fairly clichéd, too. Molly seems like an easily-pleased simpleton, and her unrelenting cheeriness is cloying. If she'd calm down and speak like an adult, the show would probably be tolerable.
What a breath of fresh air!!!
pushindazees12 August 2018
This show is a very much needed breath of fresh air to the Food Network. Molly makes cooking fun and approachable, plus with her huge, beautiful smile and boundless enthusiasm she makes you want to get in the kitchen and try out new twists to some of the classics, plus introduces us to some dishes that we may be unfamiliar with through her Chinese/Jewish heritage. I know that there's never been a jar of tahini in my refrigerator before Girl Meets Farm. Every recipe of hers that I've tried has turned out wonderfully, to my delight. I had never heard of Molly before the show, but now I've gone through her blog archives and bought her book, and I'm most definitely a big fan. She represents a new generation in the kitchen, and the future looks bright! Highly recommend and am hoping for many more seasons of Molly's life on the farm.
Take It Down A Notch
griflc1 March 2020
Molly is adorable, maybe to adorable. The baby talk and overly cheery energy detracts from what she does well. A little goes a long way. I want to like the show (I like her blog) but Girl Meets Farm Is truly difficult to watch start to finish.
Unbearable
ruthsteckel-4316128 March 2021
Can't wait to see each episode
gua3235127 August 2018
Molly has the perfect personality to do a cooking show like this. She is adorable and Nick and his parents are very lucky because they get to eat some fantastic meals. Molly is always smiling and both my wife and son share my opinion on watching all the episodes. We can't wait for the next season.
Love this show.
sidneyseavers13 April 2020
Her personality is refreshing she honestly seems angelic (compared to me at least haha!) she is calm cool and collected not only in the kitchen but in front of the camera too. Her recipes I find to be obtainable (not to be confused with boring, they are not) They don't call for saffron or exotic spices only found in Marrakech. Today she used black garlic which I've never cooked with but I've seen. Her recipes are clean and totally copyable. Meaning you can do it, you don't need to sousvide anything.
So awful
izabelgass9 December 2018
So much fun and I appreciate seeing midwest cooking.
rsmith-865218 December 2019
As a midwesterner, I enjoy seeing midwestern living and cooking. Also, as the parent of 2 vegetarian young adult children, the recipes show some creative strategies to modify old recipes or to see new recipes that my children would love to eat. I am glad that standard old recipes are featured in addition to new recipes which inspires me to also get more creative in my own cooking and still enjoy the standards.
Incredibly annoying.
steve-2412717 August 2021
My favorite cooking show
moivieFan11 November 2019
I would watch girl meets farm even if I did not like cooking or the food molly makes. The fact that I like cooking and the food molly makes is even better. Like one reviewer said the show is bright and cheery. If I had to choose only once cooking show to watch for the rest of my life Girl meets far would be the show.
When its on I am sure to be in front of the television watching.
Can Stand the Stupidity!
candymad6 March 2022
I definitely turn the channel when this show comes on.
Her recipes are un-realistic, her behavior is odd & she acts rather stupid as a "host". You should take her show off the air & put on something else!! It's painful having to watch!! Oh! That's why I don't watch it!!
Her recipes are un-realistic, her behavior is odd & she acts rather stupid as a "host". You should take her show off the air & put on something else!! It's painful having to watch!! Oh! That's why I don't watch it!!
Best Show in the Food Network Franchise
jjusticebrown22 June 2019
I have to admit I'm a public TV cooking show junky. I used to love Food Network, but the shows have become formulaic and aren't following current cooking trends. I don't want to watch former celebrities cook from boxed mixes. Cupcake and cake decorating shows are necrophilic. Cooking doesn't need to be a competition. Meat-centered meals (fried no less!) are not sustainable, healthy eating. Even if we love fried meats and piles of carbs, we've seen them cooked 1,000 different ways. That's been done. Much like Julia Child, who brought French cooking into housewives' kitchens and made the idea of eating in a Parisian 5-star restaurant more than a never-me pipe dream, Molly Yeh brings something new, different, and in-touch with contemporary home cooks that we may never otherwise access on commercial TV. Yes, she cooks meat and has high-fat dishes, but she is working to bring global dishes to us in natural ways--today was Jewish, Turkish, Greek, and German--all from her little home in the middle of the Midwest U.S. Her recipes avoid processed ingredients (why cook from a can or box if the natural/local option is available?) and introduce a bit of Asian, European, and Jewish influence we may not normally see. She is friendly, intelligent, and really engaging to watch. I wish she would move to public TV, where a network won't try to push her into mainstream trends. On Food Network, she is a pioneer, bridging the old-fashioned, outdated cooking shows with the world we live in today: globalized, networked, and full of endlessly curious viewers who want to learn more. My biggest hope is that she continues to build her empire on authenticity: don't sell out to FN's "Always smile!"/fabricated encounter ("Oh, look who just happened to stop by my pre-recorded cooking show!") formula. Molly, grasp your ability and intelligence and follow your own path. Keep wowing us with contemporary recipes and ideas and we will surely follow.
Makes you say yay!
mkup04-254-9359006 July 2019
Girlish Act Is Irresponsible Role-Modeling and Makes Me Lose My Appetite
thoughtful882 May 2021
Ms. Yeh is a great chef but her sickly sweet, manic smiley-cheery-I'm-just-as-cute-as-pie faux personality is nauseating and perpetuates old, destructive stereotypes of women as perpetual pleasers. To her producers: It's 2021, not 1951-please join us in the 21st century. It's fine to smile but she is over 30, not under 5, so her candy-voiced, Shirley Temple shtick is not only creepy but, I believe, destructive. By having this adult women continually acting like a toddler seeking approval from her parents-to the point of crouching down and posing next to her dishes, desperately straining to smile as big as she possibly can-the Food Network is doing a disservice to girls and women everywhere. Her forced smiles and girly delivery is negative role-modeling actually makes me feel sorry for her. Clearly, she is being coached to perpetually please viewers with her personality more than her culinary skills, but despite her cooking prowess and obvious intelligence, she still often seems like a child beauty pageant contestant who is desperately trying to convince us that she's cute. Does the Food Network coach male chefs to put on this sugary show? Nope. Sure they have to be congenial but Yeh's fake girlishness is creepy and just teaches young women/girls who watch the show that this is how to be liked/popular/successful. I've seen Yeh in interviews and she has a lovely natural, relaxed smile as well as a-shocker-typical, lower pitch voice of a 30-year old. In the #metoo era, the Food Network needs to consider the implications of pushing this outdated, destructive image of the perfect woman. Yuck.
She's wonderful!
benebeth19 April 2019
Looks less tempting and lesz interesting
silverdeangel24 August 2020
This host is so annoying, and the food is 95% unhealthy trash
jshane79 May 2021
Molly's over-the-top, sugar coated personality is unbearable. The faces and sounds she makes when she's eating her food, her disingenuous middle-school pep, her forced toothy smile,....it all makes me want to vomit.
Her food often looks visually pleasing, if you are a 12 year old with a sugar fixation. But, if you are an adult that appreciates healthy eating, her recipes are generally useless. If the recipe isn't some sugar filled garbage, it's filled with some other garbage carb, or massive amounts of unhealthy fats. There is no way that tiny Molly and her skin-and-bones husband even eat this unhealthy trash that she cooks. Her food creations are 100% for television visuals,...not for people that care about their health.
Her food often looks visually pleasing, if you are a 12 year old with a sugar fixation. But, if you are an adult that appreciates healthy eating, her recipes are generally useless. If the recipe isn't some sugar filled garbage, it's filled with some other garbage carb, or massive amounts of unhealthy fats. There is no way that tiny Molly and her skin-and-bones husband even eat this unhealthy trash that she cooks. Her food creations are 100% for television visuals,...not for people that care about their health.
I just Love her!!
sherruss-192192 May 2021
Oh my gosh she's absolutely cute and fun and so refreshing to watch! Life can be just too stressful sometimes, so I enjoy her lightheartedness and joy. She loves to cook! Her recipes all look so dang good. I just want to be her friend and go to her brunch clubs and cook with her lol. Truly delightful show, I recommend it.
Too fake and flaky!
westbunch-4429910 April 2022
Molly is so annoying to listen to. Nobody likes to be talked to as if they're a 1st grader. Her recipes aren't too good as well. And PLEASE can't we all live without all the freaking sprinkles?!! It's hard to believe she's a grown woman that's allowed to have children. But, I guess children are her are her target audience. Seems so.
She's ridiculous with her antics and her show slot needs to be given to someone who deserves a show period.
Sorry but not sorry. Just far too annoying.
She's ridiculous with her antics and her show slot needs to be given to someone who deserves a show period.
Sorry but not sorry. Just far too annoying.
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