re: Do you like Alton Brown?

I liked all of his standalone shows. Some of the other stuff, like commentary on Iron Chef, and judging on Next Food Network Star, is ok at times and annoying at others. Maybe it is the fact he's actually lived in the South and cooks similarly to how I do, but I've always appreciated his shows. I learn things, I laugh at times. And I have incorporated some of the little mundane tips he gives in everyday cooking. I know it is pretty basic, but one time he showed a quick way to dice an onion only using a few cuts, and I still dice them that way every time I do it. My wife will start chopping and cutting, and it turns into a huge mess. I take the other half of the onion and in a fraction of the time have uniform sized pieces of onion without the mess.


I'm also a big fan of his thinking that any tool/utensil should have more than one use. Like I said, the little things I have picked up on and use more than just recipes.