Alton Brown

Much larger book than I expected. Has ALL the details from the last 80 or so Good Eats episodes. A comprehensive companion to each episode, with all the explanations, recipes (which he calls "applications"--more scientific!), and pictures. Captures the spirit of the show pretty well. Small print in some sections, and so much information that it is impossible to read it in a short time. More suitable to select an episode or two at a time. Could be fun to watch the shows with this book handy.
Comes with a pattern for a sock puppet and accessorizing stickers for said puppet.… (mais)

I love Alton Brown, and I love baking - no idea why I had never read this. When I got it for my grandson who is trying to bake semi-professionally, I glanced through it and immediately ordered another for myself.
This is not a cookbook as we know it. This is the science of baking, written in a conversational tone, with real Alton Brown asides, just as though he were standing next to you in the kitchen. As he says, if you are looking for a book of recipes, this isn't it (although he does include the basics). But if you want to learn how to bake, and why attention to detail is so important, you couldn't do better than to start here.… (mais)

This book will make you want to go out on a road trip of your own. That is certainly the effect it had on me as I finished it. If you saw the show on the Food Network, then you already know what this book is about. Even if you did see the show, I recommend the book. The photos are very nice, and the prose is pretty engaging. The book also features appendices with a full list of all the locations visited (along with a few extras) and a small list of sources for the ingredients in the recipes featured in the book. If you did not see the show, this book might make you want to watch it when they run it again (or get it on DVD maybe?). Alton Brown reminds us that when it comes to travel, the good stuff is on the byways and side roads, not on the interstate. My dream now is to someday take some time to do the river run as well.

I borrowed it via Interlibrary Loan, but I would definitely think about buying it.… (mais)