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How Alton Brown Works
Posted on 7/21/16 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 7/21/16 at 12:22 pm
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Posted on 7/21/16 at 12:25 pm to Stadium Rat
He reminds me of a real life version of this guy
Posted on 7/21/16 at 2:10 pm to Stadium Rat
I love Alton for one simple reason. He tells me something I didn't already know. Like 'corn didn't originally have husks. They were developed by people to protect corn from insects and disease.'
Jeff Smith was the same way but he got fired when he was arrested for sex with young boys. It's a shame because he was great at American food history going back to colonial days.
Jeff Smith was the same way but he got fired when he was arrested for sex with young boys. It's a shame because he was great at American food history going back to colonial days.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 2:11 pm to Stadium Rat
He's my favorite. I could listen to him until I died.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 2:14 pm to Stadium Rat
I agree that he teaches me things I didn't know, but I find his personality to be a bit annoying. It's a give and take, or a love/hate if you will.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 2:14 pm to Zach
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Jeff Smith was the same way
Damn Frugal Gourmet ruined my Saturday cook show routine.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 3:06 pm to tlsu15
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I agree that he teaches me things I didn't know, but I find his personality to be a bit annoying. It's a give and take, or a love/hate if you will.
I know he's supposed to be for the show but he's kind of an arse on Cutthroat Kitchen.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 3:34 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
He comes across as completely OCD.
I bet if I went into his home office and moved his stapler from one side of the desk to the other he would go into complete meltdown mode when he discovered it.
I bet if I went into his home office and moved his stapler from one side of the desk to the other he would go into complete meltdown mode when he discovered it.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 4:21 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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I know he's supposed to be for the show but he's kind of an arse on Cutthroat Kitchen.
I don't watch it. Cooking is not a race. It's boring.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 4:59 pm to Zach
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I don't watch it. Cooking is not a race. It's boring.
this is how I feel. My fiance's sister keeps asking me to go on chopped. I keep telling her that none of those shows seem like fun. Cutthroat Kitchen isn't even cooking.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 5:19 pm to horsesandbulls
Is that the show where they give them a can of sardines, 3 star crunches and tell them they have to make a meal out of it using only a concrete mixer?
Posted on 7/21/16 at 6:51 pm to horsesandbulls
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Cutthroat Kitchen isn't even cooking.
I agree.
But as much as it is hypocritical, I really like dinner impossible though. Robert Irvine is the man even if he is a dick in the kitchen. I think though it forces him to be innovative and resourceful where cutthroat kitchen just takes it waaaaay too far.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 7:03 pm to horsesandbulls
there is no bigger Alton brown fan on the planet than me
that said...
1) he "new" personality creeps me out along with the drastic weight loss
2) nothing he's done since good eats appeals to me in the slightest and I really feel like he's sold his soul to reality TV bullshite
that said...
1) he "new" personality creeps me out along with the drastic weight loss
2) nothing he's done since good eats appeals to me in the slightest and I really feel like he's sold his soul to reality TV bullshite
Posted on 7/21/16 at 7:20 pm to upgrayedd
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Is that the show where they give them a can of sardines, 3 star crunches and tell them they have to make a meal out of it using only a concrete mixer?
They give 4 people 25k and have auctions to buy handicaps to give to the other contestants and the winner after 3 rounds keeps whatever they have left. The handicaps get pretty ridiculous from cooking the entire time with oven mitts to completely taking away a vital ingredient.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 7:44 pm to Stadium Rat
If you like Alton Brown, I recommend checking out Andrew Zimmern's interview of him a few years ago (they interviewed the other on each's podcast). Brown's interview was deep and soulful and actually saddened me.
There are some quotes (and podcast links) in this link: LINK
These three stood out:
On why Good Eats ended: "I used to have a rule, that each day ... we had to do shots we'd never done before and I became obsessed with that to the point of madness. It was like Apocalypse Now in a way, I went up the river and I went insane ... It came very close to pushing me over the edge. Towards the end I became suicidal."
On his personal issues while doing Good Eats: "Around the 200th episode of Good Eats, food simply became... It wasn't what it was about anymore. It was about making the show and making things people had never seen before. And that drove wedges between me and every human relationship I had until I was alone."
On why he enjoys doing more hands-off projects like Cutthroat Kitchen: "There have been times, and I'll be honest I'm in one now, where I feel I've kind of lost my way in life. But I can show up to work everyday and do the job 110 percent and I never phone it in. And there are times that's all I've got."
There are some quotes (and podcast links) in this link: LINK
These three stood out:
On why Good Eats ended: "I used to have a rule, that each day ... we had to do shots we'd never done before and I became obsessed with that to the point of madness. It was like Apocalypse Now in a way, I went up the river and I went insane ... It came very close to pushing me over the edge. Towards the end I became suicidal."
On his personal issues while doing Good Eats: "Around the 200th episode of Good Eats, food simply became... It wasn't what it was about anymore. It was about making the show and making things people had never seen before. And that drove wedges between me and every human relationship I had until I was alone."
On why he enjoys doing more hands-off projects like Cutthroat Kitchen: "There have been times, and I'll be honest I'm in one now, where I feel I've kind of lost my way in life. But I can show up to work everyday and do the job 110 percent and I never phone it in. And there are times that's all I've got."
Posted on 7/21/16 at 8:04 pm to Stadium Rat
He tries too hard to be funny and he is really annoying. If he never shows up on tv again it will be too soon.
This post was edited on 7/21/16 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 7/21/16 at 9:07 pm to Parrish
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On why he enjoys doing more hands-off projects like Cutthroat Kitchen: "There have been times, and I'll be honest I'm in one now, where I feel I've kind of lost my way in life. But I can show up to work everyday and do the job 110 percent and I never phone it in. And there are times that's all I've got."
I can see that with him on there.
I'm a big Alton Brown fan (Make America Grate Again
) but it's a shame that Guy Fieri has the corner on traveling across the US to diners and dives. He was great in Feasting on Asphalt. 
Posted on 7/21/16 at 10:25 pm to Zach
I listened to Chris Young (Fat Duck test kitchen, Modernist Cuisine, Chef Steps) on the Tim Ferriss podcast the other day. Alton Brown looks sloppy by comparison to Young's wacko OCD scientific shite. Wow. Guy is fascinating but nutty.
This post was edited on 7/21/16 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 7/21/16 at 10:32 pm to cgrand
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there is no bigger Alton brown fan on the planet than me
that said
I have every ep8side of good eats, feasting on wavea, and feasting on asphalt..
Also:
every alton Brown recipe ever
He's kind of a douche with fans.
Also: Cooking with Archer: feat. alton brown
This post was edited on 7/21/16 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:04 am to X123F45
quote:Thanks for the link.
every alton Brown recipe ever
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