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Good Eats: The Early Years
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Alton Brown
Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and1,000 photographs and illustrations, along with explanations of techniques, lots of food-science information (of course!), and more food puns, food jokes, and food trivia than you can shake a wooden spoon at.
Hardcover, 396 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Stewart, Tabori & Chang
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WARNING: This book contains recipes (applications) with dry goods measured only by weight. He does not use standard measuring cups for flour, sugar, etc. In his previous cookbooks, although he gave weights as he preferred it, he always included standard measurements as well since all home cooks have measuring cups and spoons but most of us don't have a food scale. This upset me that he only used weights not standard measurements for any recipe calling for flour, sugar, etc. as if the book wasn't...more
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I love Alton Brown. I love the man. I think his show is brilliant, I have tested his recipes (you know, not ALL of them, but many) and they are as good as they look. I think his way of teaching the basic facts about what food does is so awesome. I was thrilled when I found out this trilogy was coming out because they are exactly what I wanted - an episode by episode recipe collection with as many details from every show that he could cram in there, with his touch (or sledgehammer, if you wil...more
If you are a fan of the show "Good Eats" then you will love this cookbook! If you are not a fan of the show then you will be annoyed that this cookbook goes by episode, not by any usable format, like bread, salads, pies and pastries.
I am a HUGE fan of Alton Brown, he is what every Home Ec. teacher should be! A great teacher. I am a better cook because of the techniques he teaches and how I learn to use them in all my cooking not just that one "application" (recipe...more
I am a HUGE fan of Alton Brown, he is what every Home Ec. teacher should be! A great teacher. I am a better cook because of the techniques he teaches and how I learn to use them in all my cooking not just that one "application" (recipe...more
Ok, I will never actually be "done" reading this book, since it is a cookbook and all, but it is also so much more than that! As a self proclaimed "Good Eats" addict I absolutely love this book! I love learning about why foods act the way they do, why there are certain applications that work well with certain foods and not others. Alton tackles all this and more with every episode, and every episode is in this book! Questions like "why use baking powder and baking so...more
First off, just let me say that I absolutely love Alton Brown, and Good Eats is my favorite show on the Food Network! So, when I heard this was coming out, I lost it, basically. My boyfriend bought me it for Christmas that year, and I loved it. It's basically like the show in text form. Besides helpful cooking tips, it has hilarious side notes, both funny and meaningful quotes, and loads of history and facts. Basically, if you love food, science, and humor, you should buy this book. It's the bes...more
The ultimate professor of the kitchen, Alton Brown takes us through every single recipe from the early years of his hit Food Network Show, Good Eats. Nearly every Alton Brown recipe is a hit, although some do require a heavy dose of patience, which you will quickly learn as you wait hours for your bread to rise for the third time. But, as Alton says, your patience will always be rewarded. My personal favorite: The coconut shrimp with peanut sauce on pgs 336-337.
--Lindsay A.--
--Lindsay A.--
I've always loved Brown's "Good Eats" show on the Food Network, and this book has the same kind of personality as the series. Many behind the scenes stories, tips and trivia.
I think my favorite tidbit was Brown talking about making a "snow angel" in a pile of sugar, only to realize later that it would get inside all of his clothes. And in the heat, it would crystallize and stick to everything on him so that every time he moved, he would pull hair somewhere. Ouch.
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I think my favorite tidbit was Brown talking about making a "snow angel" in a pile of sugar, only to realize later that it would get inside all of his clothes. And in the heat, it would crystallize and stick to everything on him so that every time he moved, he would pull hair somewhere. Ouch.
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Great information, especially since I've never seen this show. It provides great tips that anyone interested in cooking should hear. Questions, even those you might not realize you had, are answered. Alton is also quite humorist. I wish there were pictures of the completed dishes though.
Alton Brown, ever creative, created a cookbook-that-is-more with food knowledge presented on his 30-minute shorts, bits from the shows, and photos in addition to the "applications" (recipes). The main weakness of the book is that the material is organized chronologically as episodes were aired, rather than in topical clusters. Fun and useful...
I love cooking, and have been cooking a lot for 20 years or more. I can easily say that I've learned more in the past 2 weeks reading this book about not only how to cook, but why the different techniques work and some of the science behind cooking. Fantastic recipes, invaluable tips, and the quirky Alton Brown humor in one huge book. I absolutely loved it.
Fun book - some "inside" information and a each has recipies from the show (sometimes updated) along with recepies that were cut do to time constraints.
Only complaint is that they relied on a lot of the monologues from the show verbatim. Struck me as filler.
Only complaint is that they relied on a lot of the monologues from the show verbatim. Struck me as filler.
Lots of great information, but more than I wanted when deciding what to feed a hungry family in 30 minutes or less, usually less. When I want to know why adding egg whites dries cookies this is where I'll turn but otherwise more than I was looking for.
If you missed any of the early episodes of Good Eats, or just want to see what Alton said or did in his tv show, this is the book for you. With a chapter for each episode, and bonus information about what was going on when the show was taped, or how it was put together.
The books is fun, informative and has lots of good recipes and tips. This is the first in what he says will be a multi-volume set
The books is fun, informative and has lots of good recipes and tips. This is the first in what he says will be a multi-volume set
Haven't quite finished this yet, but I love it. If you're an Alton fan or a Good Eats fan, the behind-the-scenes trivia is priceless. And hilarious. The footnotes are a little annoying--not the content, just finding them at the end of each chapter.
Even though I don't get the Food Network I love Alton Brown and am familiar with his work through youTube, DVDs and his cookbooks. He's great for explaining the science behind the recipes (and his recipes are typically pretty fantastic).
love good eats, and love this book! it's big and fun, and i can't wait for the mentioned other two books that finish off the trilogy! my only beef is that some of the recipes are repeats from brown's "i'm just here for the food" book....
As a HUGE Good Eats fan I LOVE this book. It has great tidbits about the filming of each show with interesting footnotes and AWESOME recipes!!! I highly recommend this book. It's good reading in addition to good eats!
This is just what I'd like this book to be. Clear, concise, and well thought out. Easy to use, and full of excellent ideas. Don't think of this as a conventional cookbook- this is about techniques and how to use them.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Do you LIKE Alton Brown? Seriously, how can you not?
This is a great book for cooks or scientists who like to eat.
Pick up a copy today! Great information and fabulous recipes.
Really a joy, just like Alton!
This is a great book for cooks or scientists who like to eat.
Pick up a copy today! Great information and fabulous recipes.
Really a joy, just like Alton!
I love the sheer wealth of knowledge to be gained! Instead of trying to remember what he said in an episode 5 years ago, I can look it up! There are great recipes in here to, and it's super easy to read. Love it!
May need to own this in my Alton Brown library... Very dense. Although I thought there were a few recipes that might have some more revisions to them, I love that it is basically a paper version of the show with pop-up video type behind the scenes commentary. Only annoying formatting thing is that subtexts were sometimes pages beyond the superscript.
An people point out, this is a great book if you are a fan of the Show, "Good Eats" and Alton Brown's, as I am. The book is pricey but I love the book and have used several recipes with great success.
If you like the show you will love the book. All of you're favourite dishes on the how in paper so you can make them yourself. That is if you don't already have them all on DVD............. guilty!
I'm a big Alton Brown fan so when I saw this book I knew I had to read it. It really is just like his show but I enjoy the science and historical facts of each recipe.
I love this book! Besides the recipes, it's filled with all kinds of behind the scenes info. Defiantly recommend it for any Alton Brown fan. :D
Fun to read, a few good recipes, a few good TV memories, but a good book to check out from the library rather than buy for my own.
This book is a good companion to the show Good Eats. The organization is kind of messy, but the recipes are simple and the food is good.
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Yes, I did read this cook book cover to cover. I enjoyed his format, history of recipes and episodes, and actual recipes.
This is now my go-to cookbook. I love Good Eats and I love how Alton Brown explains things. This book has never failed me.
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Alton Brown is an American food personality, cinematographer, author, and actor. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats, the miniseries Feasting on Asphalt and the main commentator on Iron Chef America.
Brown received a degree in drama from the University of Georgia. He first worked in cinematography and film production, and was the director of photography on...more
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