Tech-Gaming writes: "One my biggest grievances with Cooking Mama was the reluctance of the renowned kitchen matriarch to teach actual recipes. All the slicing, mixing, and frying was enjoyable, but it did little to advance my culinary proficiency. While Nintendo's Personal Trainer: Cooking walks players through each step of food preparation, its cookbook approach is too sterile for players yearning for a mild diversion."
GameZone writes: "As far as cooking games go, the Nintendo Wii has seen a number of genuinely fun titles. However, many of them are designed as weekend family diversions, with cartoonish visuals in trite "beat-the-clock" scenarios that only look like cooking. Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked is a powerful brand license has the potential to raise the bar on cooking games, weaving authentic techniques with realistic Wii-mote mechanics. The question is, just how well does it stand up to the heat?"
DEN writes: "I am not sure how many people are looking for Food Network to come into their homes to lecture them about their cooking habits. I do know that no one needs another half baked Wii game that plays for the so-called "casual" gamer. There is nothing worse for the videogame industry than most of these shovelware games. I assume people are still buying them, but ultimately the only way to stop these bad games from becoming the lackluster standard is to avoid these games altogether."
Military writes: "It's a dangerous thing, playing a cooking game alongside your wife. Strong play on your part guarantees increased expectations on your real-life kitchen aptitude.
My wife suggested as much after I scorched her in a cooking duel of eggs and bacon, as played out on the Wii."
