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.

Comments

[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!