false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255609035m/2686639.jpg 101248 2 "I think cooking is a lot of fun and I hate to see people not having fun doing it just because they don't have the right tools--which is not to say they need the prettiest, best, most expensive tools. They just need the tools that are right for them." Such is the organizing principle of <I>Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen</I> by the selfsame Alton Brown, star of Food Network's <I>Good Eats</I> as well as award-winning author of <I>I'm Just Here for the Food</I>. It's an interesting, effective principle. It comes from a guy who serves pie with a four-dollar mortar trowel he picked up at the hardware store.<p> Brown's opening challenge is a 60-day, four phase process of ridding your kitchen of all things unused and insignificant--easy on the surface, but tough in the doing. That leaves room for essential gear. And to help make those choices, Brown looks at pots and pans, sharp things (not just knives, but graters, mandolins, and cheese slicers, too), small things with plugs (as in small appliances--from food processors to coffee makers to deep fat fryers), kitchen tools unplugged (those items that fill drawers), storage and containment, and safety and sanitation.<p> If this were just an encyclopedia, what an unwholesome bore it would be. But Brown turns this relevant information into a romp. He's talking about the tools he uses, after all, and has no fear of naming likes and dislikes--based on his own experience. He also includes unending side chatter about cutting corners, saving money, and actually putting good tools to work. You'll find recipes throughout, and techniques, too. Like, how to bake a chicken in a flower pot. If you wonder why you would even want to attempt it in the first place, Brown clues you in. <I>Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen</I> is about as guilt free as pleasure will ever get. <I>--Schuyler Ingle</I> 2711962 1 10 2003 Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen total:329|5:127|4:104|3:82|2:15|1:1| 329 1328 473 40 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 4 2 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 26 11:47:28 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 13:16:19 -0700 2008 I realized that my knowledge was so rudimenta...more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 3 0 false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 05:28:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:09:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 1 false Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 10:14:05 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 23:07:23 -0700 2008 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 0 false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:51:41 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:57:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 0 false Sun Oct 28 19:07:24 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 20:26:09 -0700 2007
Gear is *chock* full of knowledge of cooking equipment based on actual testing and experience all with a practical bias. Now a days with most chefs from food network telling you that the equipment you need is from the line of stuff that...more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 09 20:37:03 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 20:38:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Apr 03 19:23:28 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 19:25:34 -0700 2009
As for when I'm curious about a particular kitchen implement, this is the book. Anything else, he's probably covered in a Good Eats episode.

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I don't know if this will appeal to people who aren't Alton Brown fans, but I found it to be a nice, fun guide to gear for your kitchen. It's western-cooking oriented, but he does discuss Asian-cook...more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 0 false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 20:21:51 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 08:20:25 -0700 2008
I loved this book. It provides practical, detailed analysis of materials and design for all the basic kitchenware such as pots, pans, and knives...more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 13 23:49:05 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 23:53:13 -0700 2007
This is not one of the plethora of pretentiou...more...]]> 101248 1584792965 9781584792963 326 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171477287m/101248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101248.Alton_Brown_s_Gear_for_Your_Kitchen 4 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 02 09:28:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:28:06 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2686639