Barefoot Contessa and her weird conception of Italian cousine.

Today I've seen an episode of Barefoot contessa on Food Network. She was cooking an "Italian stile dinner". But there was nothing really italian.
I actually have to say that as Italian  and as grandchild of a chef, I feel offended. Why americans always has to take recipes from other countries and cultures and turn them into something fatty and disgusting?
Example, the preparation of Polenta. I'm from Veneto, Polenta is something deeply radicated in the food culture of my area. We basically eat it with everything. The tipical polenta is usually made only with water, salt and corn flour. There are other versions, that involves different types of corn flours, and the add of butter and different type of cheeses (so called "Polenta concia" tipical of the Alps area).
It's definitely NOT made with chicken stock, especially because chicken stock it's not part of italian food culture at all.
I really have to admit that it provoke me the opposite effect, instead of going to the kitchen and start cooking , I was so disgusted, that I was no more hungry.
So my dear Barefoot Contessa,( a part from the fact i really don't know how you managed having a cooking program considering that most of the things you cook are just horrible) before cooking something REALLY italian, make sure you actually using the correct recipe, and not some shitty american one.

Si ho avuto l'orrida idea di guardare un programma di cucina.Barefoot Contessa. La sfiga a voluto che stessero cucinando la Polenta.
Allora io sono veneta, praticamente la polenta ce l'ho nel dna, e NON me la puoi cucinare con il BRODO DI POLLO al posto dell'acqua e formaggi a caso al posti di asiago, fontina e burro. E soprattutto se vuoi fare la polenta concia, non la accompagni a un pesce cotto con timo, olive, e limone. Non centra un cazzo.
Quella non è polenta, è una sbobba di farina di mais.
L'unica cosa di positivo, è che guardando quel probramma mi è passata la fame.
Almeno aiuta la dieta....