I’ve been sick in bed with a nasty head cold all day but when I saw this post on BBC News it totally cheered me up. It appears Jamie Oliver is shopping around a whimsical cartoon that portrays himself as a curious 10-year-old wannabe chef who is thwarted in his kitchen endeavors by the evil Eggs Benedict. Joining Jamie in his colorful culinary adventures will also be Nonna (a kitchen Obi-Wan Kenobi type) and a depressed ham. No word yet on what the ham will be known by, but might I suggest they refrain from “Hamlet.” Seriously though, sign me up! I have to see this. And now I have yet another reason to be jealous of the BBC.

Lately I’ve become horribly jealous of those of you who live in England and therefore get to watch The BBC on a daily basis (and no, not just because you get to see Doctor Who episodes first hand). Sometimes even I get a little tired of the Food Network and there are dozens of wonderful cooking shows and food personalities on the BBC that we never have the chance to view in America. Sure BBC America sometimes tosses in a few old episodes of Jamie Oliver and his mates banging around pots and pans, and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares is always great for an uncomfortable laugh, but I would love to be able to watch Anjum Anand’s six-part series “Indian Food Made Easy.”

Anjum’s new program is geared toward educating people how quick and easy authentic, home-style Indian food can be. I love Indian food and it feels like I’ve been searching for the perfect cookbook to add to my collection forever. Each time I thumb through another book I somehow end up feeling disappointed. I wonder if Anjum’s companion book, Indian Food Made Easy, is the answer to all of my spicy culinary desires? At any rate I did find a tiny little segment of the show on YouTube which only served to make me want to view the whole series that much more.