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Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen

by Alton Brown

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ISBN13: 9781584792963
ISBN10: 1584792965
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

Dedicated viewers of Alton Brown's acclaimed Food Network show Good Eats know of his penchant for using unusual equipment. He has smoked a salmon in a cardboard box, roasted prime rib in a flowerpot, and used a C-clamp as a nutcracker. Brown isn't interested in novelty, he's just devoted to using the best-and simplest-tool for the job. Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen offers honest, practical advice on what's needed and what isn't, what works and what doesn't. His advice: You only need three knives, but they are a lifetime investment. And don't bother with that famous countertop grill-it doesn't get hot enough to properly sear. In his signature science-guy style, Brown begins with advice on kitchen layout and organization, then gets to the lowdown on these cooking elements: Big Things with Plugs; Pots and Pans; Sharp Things; The Tool Box; Small Things with Plugs; Storage and Containment; and Safety and Sanitation. Along the way he delves deep into kitchen science and appliance history and legend. Included are 25 brand-new recipes that employ featured gear. Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen is essential for all of his fans-and anyone who wants a good guide to great kitchen gear.

Review:

"Alton Brown is a teacher extraordinaire. He's an incredibly knowledgeable fellow and has that rare talent to be able to make even complex science fascinating and fun." Shirley O. Corriher, author of Cookwise

Review:

"Brown has all the colander knowledge, marketing savvy and geeky male appeal to whip up a big hit from this unwieldy but very fun macropedia of gadgetry." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

Looks at kitchen gadgets and equipment, explaining how to select the best and simplest tool for the job, and offers advice on cooking and twenty-five recipes using the featured tools.

Synopsis:

This essential book for any fan of Brown--and anyone who wants a good guide to great kitchen gear--reveals everything from the invention of the "blendor" (that's the way its inventor spelled it) to the true facts behind kitchen urban legends.

About the Author

Alton Brown is the host of the Food Network's Good Eats. He began his TV career as a cameraman and commercial director, but when e wasn't shooting he was cooking and watching cooking shows, which he thought were dull and uninformative. Tired of the griping, Brown's wife, DeAnna, suggested they do something about it. They moved to Vermont, where Brown attended the New England Culinary Institute. During the years that followed, he concocted a new kind of food show, one that blends wit with wisdom, history with pop culture, and science with common cooking sense. Alton and DeAnna live in the southern United States with their daughter, Zoey, "one worthless hound dog," and an iguana named Spike.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781584792963
Author:
Brown, Alton
Publisher:
Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Cooking
Subject:
Kitchen utensils
Subject:
Methods - Special Appliances
Series Volume:
2003-1
Publication Date:
October 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
255
Dimensions:
7 1/4 x 9

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