I am a big fan of the Good Eats show, even though my only access to it is via YouTube, and I have Alton Brown’s three previous books from the series. There are 80 episodes covered in this first installment of three books (not two, as the Product Description claims), each with a short discussion of the themes of the show, a couple of recipes (called applications in the book), and some quotes and trivia. The recipes have all been reworked, some substantially; a few that I have checked have been exactly as given in the shows. Recipes have been adjusted to use weights (hurray!) rather than cup measures, where it is appropriate.<\/p>\n
If you are looking for a basic cookbook, then this isn’t it; but then, it doesn’t claim to be. If you want to dig out some recipe that you half remember from an episode, or just would like a souvenir of the shows, you’ll be very happy. I have made a number of the recipes; most work out very well, but some have quirks that give inedible results (for me) – I’ll refer you to p156 and the “Duck!” recipe – which has become known in my household as “rubber duck” for an example. But I should emphasise that most recipes work well, especially the baking recipes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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