Good Eats: The Early Years
by Alton Brown
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Author: Alton BrownEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-01
ISBN: 1584797959
Number of pages: 396
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Book Reviews of Good Eats: The Early Years
Book Review: Alton Brown's epic trilogy begins with GOOD EATS: THE EARLY YEARS
Summary: 5 Stars
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the hit Food Network show, "Good Eats," Alton Brown, the series' creator, star, producer, writer and director has released the first book in a planned three volume epic tome on all things culinary, entitled GOOD EATS: THE EARLY YEARS. Covering the first eighty episodes of the show's run, GOOD EATS: THE EARLY YEARS features each episode broken down into its constituent parts, beginning with the "Knowledge Concentrate" section that gives all of the pertinent scientific background on the food featured in the episode and ending with the "Application," Brown's tech-jargon moniker for the recipes from the show. Done in true Alton Brown style, each section also features behind the scenes trivia interspersed with some cooking tidbits and tips along with plenty of diagrams of some of the "hardware" that one will need to carry out certain recipes. The massive book is jammed with 140 recipes, over 1,000 photos and weighs in at over three pounds, though Alton claims that this is due to the depleted uranium that they added to the ink. For good measure, the dust jacket also folds out into a full size poster of Alton.
The book is exactly what you would expect from the phenomenally talented Alton Brown. It is exceptionally researched and written in an easily accessible and incredibly entertaining manner. The recipes are simply not just rehashed versions of those learned while Brown was a student at the New England Culinary Institute, but rather are approached always from an inquisitive and innovative perspective. Brown never does something simply because that is how it has always been done. He instead breaks each recipe down to ascertain exactly why things are done a certain way and what exactly each ingredient is bringing to the finished product. Brown even states that some of the recipes differ slightly from when he first presented them on his show, because over time he found better ways to improve the flavor.
There is something for everyone in this book, including basics like preparing various meats and seafood, livening up comfort food standards such as macaroni and cheese and baking a variety of desserts. The book even moves into the more exotic when Alton gives instructions on how to make a "Moo-Less Chocolate Pie" that has a secret ingredient that will most likely shock most readers. Brown has also gone through and converted any of the volume measurements originally used in some of the baking recipes on the show into the more widely accepted, and more precise, weight measurements and includes a conversion chart between metric and imperial in the index.
Just as Brown describes the show "Good Eats" as being a cross between Julia Child, Mr. Wizard and Monty Python, GOOD EATS: THE EARLY YEARS follows suit, with Brown's trademark humor used to not only make cooking more fun, but also to teach something along the way. If there is one cookbook that you buy this year, it should definitely be GOOD EATS: THE EARLY YEARS. With its extensive encyclopedic information, great recipes, and humorous tone, GOOD EATS: THE EARLY YEARS is a book that you will be coming back to again and again.
Summary of Good Eats: The Early Years
Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and—underneath it all—a science geek who?s as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating. (Well, almost.) Here, finally, are the books that Brown?s legion of fans have been salivating for—two volumes that together will provide an unexpurgated record of his long-running, award-winning Food Network TV series, Good Eats.
From “Pork Fiction? (on baby back ribs), to “Citizen Cane? (on caramel sauce), to “Oat Cuisine? (on oatmeal), every hilarious episode is represented. Each book—the second will be published in fall 2010—is illustrated with behind-the-scenes photos taken on the Good Eats set. Each contains more than 140 recipes and more than 1,000 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.
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