Good Eats, Indeed!

[hiddenmuse]

Alton Brown rocks my girlie soul. I already have a serious thing for smart men - but a smart man that can cook, and tell me all kinds of information about the food he's preparing ... well, my heart's all a-flutter now!

If you have cable, and can get The Food Network, check out Good Eats sometime my lovelies. Sure, it's still re-runs from the past couple of years - but I love that it's giving me a chance to learn about food: How to cook it, where it comes from, what you should look for in the cooking utensils to prepare the food. Even the biology/botany/chemistry of various foods.

So yes, I *heart* Alton Brown and his somewhat geeky ways. I love that I can watch a show about food/cooking and come away feeling quite smart. That he presents everything intelligently - but never in a way that makes you feel utterly confused, or talked down to. He makes cooking and food fun, which it should be.

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[mycrust.livejournal.com]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I also really like Good Eats.

I'm also embarrassed to admit that my brain for some reason read:

I love that I can watch a show about food/cooking and come away feeling quite smart.

as

I love that I can watch a show about food/cooking and come.

I'm sure it's just the way that the page was formatted...

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it was the formatting. No Freudian slips about Alton yet! ;)

And don't be embarrassed by your mind occasionally slipping into the gutter. Happens to me a lot.

[azraelsdaisy.livejournal.com]

OOOoooohhh... Alton Brown is a dream boat! He's a scientist! He can cook! Scientists are sexy! Chefs are sexy! He's a double-threat!!!!

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - have you read either of his books yet? I'm Just Here For The Food and Gear - good eats and good reading!

I'm in Nerdvana from that alone...

[azraelsdaisy.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the books! Are they worth it?

I like Anthony Bourdain a great deal. His books are really good and very sarcastic.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

I'm Just Here For The Food was an excellent book, and Gear was mainly about the varieties of cooking apparatuses (apparati-?).

And I like Anthony Bourdain as well - Kitchen Confidential was an awesome book. I haven't read any other books of his yet ... but I should at some point!

[(Anonymous)]

yeah good eats is one of the few good shows on Good Eats...up there with Iron Chef :)
- shawn

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yes! Good Eats *and* Iron Chef both rock!

*steals a few quick smooches* One of the many reasons I love ya, babe.

[supermedicwitch.livejournal.com]

I ADORE Alton Brown!!!!

[hamymcboobyflsh.livejournal.com]

cooking meets mr. wizard; alton brown in this girls dream come true.

my husband bought the cylindricle measuring devices for me a while back - they're AWESOME. you can get them at his website, along with his kosher salt vessicle.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - I always thought Mr. Wizard was the coolest.

Kellie got me hooked on Alton Brown - and Good Eats - so I guess this her paying me back for getting her into Jimmy Fallon or something. ;)

[sigmaration.livejournal.com]

whaa?? a kosher salt testicle? ;)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you know ... what Steven Page is in possession of during the Jewish High Holidays (Passover especially). ;)

[sigmaration.livejournal.com]

I thought those were unleavened testicles.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, probably those too. ;)

Fuck if I know - I'm not Steve ... and I was taking a seriously wild guess on that one. *g*