Good Eats: The Early Years

great buy

This book is a great investment! If you love his show it contains the same humor and wit, and wonderful information with things he wasnt able to fit into the time slot of the show. Also if you are cook that is looking for tips on diff ways of cooking or substituting ingredients.. this book is great! he explains how each ingredient your using works ..so of course it makes it easier to sub ingredients for what you may have instead. its the greatest reference book I own.

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

I love Alton Brown!

I bought this book sight-unseen because 1. I'm a huge fan of Alton Brown's series 'Good Eats', 2. I always learn something new no matter the subject he covers, and 3. I'm always wishing I had an exact memory for the finer details of shows I've already deleted. If you've never heard of Alton, I highly recommend checking out this book. If you're already a fan, you won't be disappointed... He delivers what you'd expect and more!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

He's so clever...........

Alton Brown is one of the most entertaining AND intelligent personalities on TV. I really appreciate his TEACHING about food. This book was bought because of that and it does not disappoint. It is full of information about everything a cook wants/needs to know.....and lots of stuff you don't NEED, but truly appreciate finding out about.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

this book cover caught my eye because I recently started watching Alton Brown every night and wanted to have his recipes in a book instead of hurrying to try to write them down.

I love this book and the recipes are to die for. I also loved this book because it is educational with regard to learning about food, how ingredients work together and the history of food. VERY interesting

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Essential Alton Brown

WoW! This book is just like the show, innovative, creative, informative. As a great fan of Alton Brown this is like the bible of Good Eats. The dust jacket is a Poster! I love this book!!!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Excellent

Outstanding book wonderfully written and a fun read. Some of the wonderful recipees from the TV show that I have been looking for. Dont miss out on this one. Excellent for men

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

If you love the show you will Love this book!

This is a very well written comprehensive cookbook. It has a format that follows the first episodes of the show and has an interesting variety of recipes and techniques. It is also humorous and has neat little insider anecdotes. The only downfall is the clunky size of the book, but I have a stand to hold my cookbooks.

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Alton at his best

Alton presents the science behind the cooking. In this book he gives more detailed information about each recipe and its ingredients. There is also behind the scenes little known facts as to how the episodes were made. A really good read if you like the show and want more of it.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Extremely informative book!!

This book is a great book full of yummy recipes!! It is really informative on how to use knowledgeble technique in order for your recipes to turn out successful. There are lots of kitchen secrets revealed in this wonderful book. You won't be dissapointed!!

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Buy this cookbook.

Deceptively educational. Great either for a beginning cook or a seasoned cook who thinks they know everything. The humor keeps everyone humble!

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A great guide when kitchen shopping

I'm a big fan of Alton Brown's "Good Eats" show and really like the sections in the show when he goes shopping for various kitchen appliances, tools and the like. I particularly like when he goes into details of what to look for and what his preferences are. This book is a great collection of those recommendations and I find it very helpful when I'm shopping for a new piece of kitchen equipment or just wondering what particular thing does.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great book, MUST READ!

This is a great book if your a chef or cook into all of the background information on food and recipes. I Love how this book is arranged, by episodes. This is a MUST READ!

A guide to the early episodes

I love having the recipes, techniques and history that Alton Brown puts into every show in a written format. While not as funny as the show itself, it is just as informative.

Not your average cookbook

I actually sit down and read GE's like a novel. It only took a little while to get through the first half. It's a learning experience. It'll give you things to say AH about! And the recipes are good too...

AT last - I love fruitcake

I found it very entertaining to learn about some of the foods and the utensils-in fact, I discovered that a "whatcamacallit" that I bought years ago at an auction is something people used to bake their fruitcakes in...and the fruitcake recipe is absolutely yummy - I've made 2 batches so far. Alton Brown is fun to read and you can learn while you cook.

Must Own for any Good Eats Fan

This book was fantastic. Great for recapping the first 6 seasons of the show with little behind the scenes tidbits thrown in. Doesn't include ALL the recipes shown in each episode but does have most of them, AND includes ones Alton would have liked to add if there was time. Very funny. I bought this for myself but it would also make a great gift for any food geek.

Truly a funny book

You can not put this book down, the recipes are entertaining and use full. A beautiful, knowledge driven book that Alton must be proud of for us to use. Funny bits of knowledge we can all read and put to work. A very good workhorse of cooking.

Alton Brown's Good Eats The Early Years

I gave this book as a Birthday present for a friend and we both have enjoyed it. Yes, so many of the recipes are the ones we have seen on the TV but just like Alton the book is also a HOOT!! His wonderful recipes accompanied by some background on the episode shoot is certainly entertaining. Especially the tomato garden one. I would recommend this book to all fans of Alton Brown.

My Mom

My mom loved this book

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