Good Eats (Alton Brown)

[ToddKent]

Anybody else a fan fo the show? I've gotten to the point where the only new recipes I try come from AB. I'm cooking his "Pork Wellington" tonight.

I also highly recommend the show's recipe for "Slow Cooker Pepper Pork Chops" (even though it takes about a day and a half to make).

 

[Christopher]

I'm not really into cooking, but I love the show for its humor, its cleverness, and its science and pop-culture geekery. However, I have learned some useful things that have enhanced what little cooking I do. I enjoy grilled-cheese sandwiches much more since I adopted elements of his recipe (such as using mustard and black pepper and grilling them with olive oil -- and it's even better if you add a slice of tomato and/or dip it in tomato soup).

 

[Cutter John]

I've lost count of how many 'Wow, I need to try that.' ideas I've gotten from that show. Sadly the only one I've implimented so far has been using salsa in my chili.
AB really is a god among men.

Of course that being said, I don't think I've watched in about a year. Since at the time I'd seen just about every episode 2-3 times.

 

[pookha]

he has made some new episodes.
really good eats was like comfort food through some difficult times.

 

[Trekker4747]

Anybody else a fan fo the show? I've gotten to the point where the only new recipes I try come from AB. I'm cooking his "Pork Wellington" tonight.

I also highly recommend the show's recipe for "Slow Cooker Pepper Pork Chops" (even though it takes about a day and a half to make).

Alton Brown's Good Eats is the best cooking show on TV bar-none. He doesn't just cook, tossing a recipe out there if need-be he teaches you how to cook. He goes further than that it teaches you the why behind it, almost encouraging you to learn and experiment.

Great show and a great guy, I've met him person, and I have three of his books -all signed.

 

[Kirby]

Alton is my cooking god. I've tried his ribs, yogurt, pan seared rib-eye, pot roast, and some others. Great stuff and good science creatively explained.

 

[Trekker4747]

Alton is my cooking god. I've tried his ribs, yogurt, pan seared rib-eye, pot roast, and some others. Great stuff and good science creatively explained.

I love the cheaply made "props" used to demonstrate food science.

 

[Cutter John]

Thanks for the inspiration guys. I decided to track down the last two seasons I missed via 'alternative methods'.

And yes, Alton is a cooking god and all. But am I wrong for wanting 'W' to be the mother of my children?

 

[Turbo]

It's a great show to watch, and I've picked up a few ideas from Alton Brown. However, I get more recipes from Down Home With the Neelys. They're pretty entertaining, too.

 

[bigdaddy]

^I HATE THE WIFE! grrrr....

and it's even better if you add a slice of tomato and/or dip it in tomato soup).

Have you ever had a childhood? Grill cheese and tomato soup are meant for each other.

I liked his french toast show, just because it takes like 3 days to make.

Also I love any episode where he goes "It's good eats, not healthy eats".

 

[Tom Hendricks]

I have made Alton's Pork Wellington, it is fantastic. I have to echo everyone here, he is the best cook on Food Network. I have been watching pretty much since he started and I know he has made me a better cook and pretty much fearless in the kitchen.

Anybody else a fan fo the show? I've gotten to the point where the only new recipes I try come from AB. I'm cooking his "Pork Wellington" tonight.

I also highly recommend the show's recipe for "Slow Cooker Pepper Pork Chops" (even though it takes about a day and a half to make).

 

[Christopher]

^I HATE THE WIFE! grrrr....

and it's even better if you add a slice of tomato and/or dip it in tomato soup).

Have you ever had a childhood? Grill cheese and tomato soup are meant for each other.

Well, of course, but in my childhood, I never had grilled cheese sandwiches made with mustard and black pepper and grilled in olive oil. The combination of those flavors, cheddar, and tomato is heavenly if you get it just right.

And my point was simply that, IIRC, Alton's grilled-cheese recipe didn't include tomato. So I was mentioning that as my own addition to his recipe, an addition which I made because, yes, as a matter of fact, I have always associated grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup.

 

[Trekker4747]

^I HATE THE WIFE! grrrr....

and it's even better if you add a slice of tomato and/or dip it in tomato soup).

Have you ever had a childhood? Grill cheese and tomato soup are meant for each other.

I liked his french toast show, just because it takes like 3 days to make.

Also I love any episode where he goes "It's good eats, not healthy eats".

"I said it was good eats, not fast eats."

 

[Ood Sigma]

We made his baby-back ribs last night and they were absolutely wonderful. Much better than anything you could get at a restaurant.

 

[J.T.B.]

I have made so many "Good Eats" recipes I can't remember them all. Some that I make regularly are yeast doughnuts, buffalo wings, "very basic" bread, southern biscuits... off the top of my head. And if you like beef jerky, you can set up AB's window-fan-and-air-filters dehydrator and look no further.

I almost always weigh my flour, now, and no uni-taskers in our kitchen!

The way Food Network is going, though, I won't be surprised if "Good Eats" is canceled and re-runs banished to 3 am.

--Justin

 

[JustKate]

Love, love, LOVE Alton - and if I told you how often I use things I've learned from him, I'd sound like an Alton groupie. The indoor rib recipe is fabulous (I used it - slighly modified - just last night), the basic bread recipe is fabulous, the stovetop mac and cheese is fabulous...

And he really teaches you about cooking, instead of just how to fix stuff. I love that.

And he's funny.

Honestly, Good Eats is not only my favorite Food Network show, it's my favorite current show on any network.

 

[JGordon]

I love Good Eats, and what really turned me on to him was all the "sciencey" aspect to his cooking, how he goes into the why of things instead of just telling you to do something. All the little methodological tips and cookware reccomendations are just as useful as his recipes.

But sometimes I just laugh at the lengths he goes to in order to make his "good eats." Last night I watched one on "Spaghetti with meat sauce." In my house, spaghetti with meat sauce is a nice 1 hour dish, utilizing 2 pots/pans and maybe 5 major ingredients (spaghetti, ground beef, onions, garlic, bell pepper, crushed and diced tomatoes). Alton's spaghetti and meat sauce used 3 different kinds of meat (ground beef, ground pork, bacon), probably a dozen other ingredients, maybe 4 pots/pans plus 4 prep bowls, and took him all day.

While I'm sure his spaghetti and meat sauce was tastier and "more authentic" than mine, I probably got 90% of the flavor in an eigth of the time. I'm all up for kitchen experimentation, but sometimes Alton just goes too far.

Edit -- just googled it: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/meat-sauce-and-spaghetti-recipe/index.html

27 ingredients and five hours of cook time.

 

[ancientone51]

We love his turkey for Thanksgiving...but we don't do the brine part...still very yummy.

 

[ITL]

I remember the show being mentioned in a food thread in MISC a couple of months ago - I think it was USS Triumphant who linked to the YooToob videos where Alton makes biscuits and gravy. Before I knew it I was engrossed and became a fan.

 

[Trekker4747]

We love his turkey for Thanksgiving...but we don't do the brine part...still very yummy.

I'm often, now, in charge of the T-Day Turkey and I *always* brine it. It's really easy and well-worth it. But, also, employing the tent over the breast during part of the cooking does a LOT to keep the turkey moist.