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post #151 of 159
10/14/09 at 1:17pm
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If I ever meet the guy who hosts Man vs Food I'm slugging him in the face. I've made that statement so many times I can't back down if I actually get the chance.
If there's enough food on the screen, I'm able to block out whatever the douche is saying about it. I'm a fatass with tunnel vision.

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I'll watch anything Alton Brown does. Instructional, informative, very literate, and although occasionally corny, he's still watchable.
I thought that as well until I accidentally watched the first 5 minutes of his live 10th anniversary show. Yeesh.
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post #152 of 159
10/14/09 at 1:26pm
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I think I prefer the real life slightly less corny version of Alton, although Good Eats is the best show on Food Network (which isn't saying much I know, but it goes beyond just being watchable, it might be the best cooking/foodie show of all time).
America's Test Kitchen on PBS is way up there, too. Doesn't have the flashiness of Brown's show (which is also great, but much harder to find thanks to the inexplicable turn toward fancy-but-seemingly-inedible cakes, Flay throwdowns, and Fieri that Food Network has taken over the last year and a half), but it's equally informative.
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post #153 of 159
10/14/09 at 1:37pm
America's Test Kitchen is excellent. They've even roped me into subscribing to Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, which are both super-informative.
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post #154 of 159
10/14/09 at 1:40pm
Does anyone here get Recipe TV? It's like someone took the food network, threw on a chef with zero TV skills (or personality) and have them cook awkwardly. Food looks great though. It's like the no-plot porn of the food TV world.
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post #155 of 159
10/14/09 at 4:41pm
Good call on America's Test Kitchen. All fans of cooking shows should check that out.
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post #156 of 159
10/14/09 at 5:00pm
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I thought that as well until I accidentally watched the first 5 minutes of his live 10th anniversary show. Yeesh.
You're right. That sucked. Hard.

Anyone here own any of Alton Brown's books? I've been meaning to pick one up for awhile now. I like the approach he has with showing the hows and whys of cooking, rather than just giving a list of recipes to follow.
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post #157 of 159
10/14/09 at 5:03pm
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You're right. That sucked. Hard.

Anyone here own any of Alton Brown's books? I've been meaning to pick one up for awhile now. I like the approach he has with showing the hows and whys of cooking, rather than just giving a list of recipes to follow.
I have his first 3 books. Really informative, as you'd expect.

I'm just here for the food, ...more food, and the kitchen gear one.

Kinda must have, really. You can extrapolate some of his recipe's concepts to other ones after.
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post #158 of 159
10/15/09 at 2:09pm
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I thought that as well until I accidentally watched the first 5 minutes of his live 10th anniversary show. Yeesh.
Yeah I saw some of that, pretty painful stuff. Like his usual annoying unfunny style turned up to 11.
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post #159 of 159
10/29/10 at 3:43pm
Such an awesome show. Making his recipes for guests never fails to impress.

Last weekend, I bought a fry thermometer and took on his new tempura recipe. It was fan-freaking-tastic, and well worth the tip of my pinky finger (which I lost because I ignored the "use a guard when you use a mandoline slicer" advice to my peril).

And his "chewy" chocolate chip cookies always draw high praise.
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