Synopses & Reviews
Good Eats 2: The Middle Years picks up where the bestselling Good Eats: The Early Years left off. Showcasing everything Alton Brown fans (and they are legion!) have ever wanted to know about his award-winning television show, The Middle Years is chock-full of behind-the-scenes photographs and trivia, science-of-food information, cooking tips, andand#8212;of courseand#8212;recipes.
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Brownand#8217;s particular genius lies in teaching the chemistry of cooking with levity and exuberance. In episodes such as and#8220;Fit to Be Tiedand#8221; (meat roulades), and#8220;Crustacean Nationand#8221; (crab), and and#8220;Ill-Gotten Grainsand#8221; (wheat products), Brown explains everything from how to make the perfect omelet to how to stuff your own sausages. With hundreds of entertaining photographs, along with Brownand#8217;s inimitable line drawings and signature witty writing, this comprehensive companion book conveys the same wildly creative spirit as the show itself.
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Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, andand#151;underneath it alland#151;a science geek whoand#8217;s as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating. (Well, almost.) Here, finally, are the books that Brownand#8217;s legion of fans have been salivating forand#151;two volumes that together will provide an unexpurgated record of his long-running, award-winning Food Network TV series,
Good Eats.and#160;and#160;From and#147;Pork Fictionand#8221; (on baby back ribs), to and#147;Citizen Caneand#8221; (on caramel sauce), to and#147;Oat Cuisineand#8221; (on oatmeal), every hilarious episode is represented. Each bookand#151;the second will be published in fall 2010and#151;is illustrated with behind-the-scenes photos taken on the
Good Eats set. Each contains more than 140 recipes andand#160;more thanand#160;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.
Synopsis
Because two books are better than one . . . Good Eats: The Early Years and Good Eats 2: The Middle Years are now packaged together! These New York Times bestselling volumes contain the first 164 episodes of the hit Food Network TV show. The boxed set is packed with 400 hundred recipes, thousands of photos and illustrations, and a bonus DVD and poster.
About the Author
Alton Brown is the writer, director, and host of the Food Network show Good Eats, which won a 2007 Peabody Award, and is the expert commentator on Iron Chef America and host of The Next Iron Chef America. In 2004 his STC book Iand#8217;m Just Here for the Food won the James Beard Award in the reference category. Brown lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and daughter.