Speaking of Good Eats

gnukfu · 11-08-2008, 08:21 AM

Yep, being an engineer the food science aspect is very interesting.

Mark C · 11-08-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gnukfu

Yep, being an engineer the food science aspect is very interesting.

Then you need to go here: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/

LasciviousXXX · 11-08-2008, 04:35 PM

Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" is my favorite food based show. I love his stinging wit, knowledge and respect of other cultures and his introspective writing style. Just a great show, I TiVo most of the episodes. The one on Japan is my absolute favorite.

Chef Mario Batali is my absoulte favorite celebrity chef though. His cooking style is the kind I'd most want to eat in my everyday life. From the simple to the extravagant he makes the type of food that excites me. I've always wanted to go to one of his restaurants in New York, especially his restaurant Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca. The menu is just mouth-watering and full of dishes I want to sample. His fennel dusted Sweetbreads just look TO DIE FOR!

LasciviousXXX · 11-08-2008, 04:36 PM

Hehe, here's one of my fave quotes from Bourdain on Vegetarians

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Originally Posted by Anthony Bourdain

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, foie gras, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food

SSatVT · 11-08-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by shaggy

i love him on his own shows but dont really care for him on iron chef. btw...he did a show on 'pop up biscuits'...anyone got a link to it or anything...i wanna try them

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Originally Posted by Mark C

Then you need to go here: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/

Thanks, now I won't get any of my work done.

11-08-2008, 11:43 PM

I am a HUGE Good Eats fan. I watch it almost everyday and have seen the majority of the episodes more than once. I love to see the science aspects behind things. I have used a few of his recipes as a starting point for my own and they work well. AB also has someone neat techniques or equipment that I love to learn about.

For the most part, he is one of the only Food Network chefs that know the history of the food he is cooking, therefore he doesn't butcher the original idea.

lightning9191 · 11-09-2008, 02:37 PM

Alton Brown and my love of homebrewing is what led me to choose food science as my major. I haven't regretted it. It combines all the science (which I love.....I don't care call me out on it....I'm a nerd!) and food and drinks. What is there not to love? I still enjoy Good Eats whenever I get a chance to watch it.

SUOrangeGuy · 11-09-2008, 03:01 PM

I watch the show and have his cookbooks. Great read but they are basically textbooks. If you just want instructions read elsewhere.

Mark C · 11-09-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by lightning9191

Alton Brown and my love of homebrewing is what led me to choose food science as my major. I haven't regretted it. It combines all the science (which I love.....I don't care call me out on it....I'm a nerd!) and food and drinks. What is there not to love? I still enjoy Good Eats whenever I get a chance to watch it.

I remember reading somewhere that they offer a homebrew course down at VT now, you taking that? I managed to get into the wine tasting class my senior year, but homebrew wasn't a class yet. That didn't stop me from trying to make hard cider in my apartment... but sometimes I wish it did, that stuff was brutal!

macpappy · 11-09-2008, 05:36 PM

Don't like him on Iron Chef but have enjoyed all his other shows and even DVR'd quite a few to watch when nothing else is on.

The only episodes of one of his shows which I didn't like was the last Feasting on Asphalt series he did where he started out at the mouth of the Mississippi River and worked his way north. He blew it when he stopped at some of the places he did in the New Orleans area and some of the other locations as he went north out of Louisiana.

The restaurant he couldn't get into in New Orleans is a tourist trap. Sure the food is decent but the locals for the most part go there for lunch. There are too many other places that are not as well known but filled with locals that he should have gone to.

All that being said, I still watch him.

lightning9191 · 11-09-2008, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark C

I remember reading somewhere that they offer a homebrew course down at VT now, you taking that? I managed to get into the wine tasting class my senior year, but homebrew wasn't a class yet. That didn't stop me from trying to make hard cider in my apartment... but sometimes I wish it did, that stuff was brutal!

I'm helping teach it!

GhostRyder · 11-12-2008, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark C

I remember reading somewhere that they offer a homebrew course down at VT now, you taking that? I managed to get into the wine tasting class my senior year, but homebrew wasn't a class yet. That didn't stop me from trying to make hard cider in my apartment... but sometimes I wish it did, that stuff was brutal!

I'm tryin to get in the Homebrew class next year. Hopefully it will be informative (and delicious). How was the wine tasting class?

Also, someone mentioned Popovers earlier in this thread. If you haven't had them before try em. I had some up in Acadia National Park at the Jordan Pond House--unbelievably delicious.

11-08-2008, 08:21 AM	#1
gnukfu I like cigars Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: George Location: Massholia Posts: 1,466 Trading: (27)	Re: Speaking of Good Eats Yep, being an engineer the food science aspect is very interesting. __________________ Curious George

11-08-2008, 04:35 PM	#3
LasciviousXXX Team of 11...Always Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Týr Location: New Orleans Posts: 4,579 Trading: (8)	Re: Speaking of Good Eats Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" is my favorite food based show. I love his stinging wit, knowledge and respect of other cultures and his introspective writing style. Just a great show, I TiVo most of the episodes. The one on Japan is my absolute favorite. Chef Mario Batali is my absoulte favorite celebrity chef though. His cooking style is the kind I'd most want to eat in my everyday life. From the simple to the extravagant he makes the type of food that excites me. I've always wanted to go to one of his restaurants in New York, especially his restaurant Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca. The menu is just mouth-watering and full of dishes I want to sample. His fennel dusted Sweetbreads just look TO DIE FOR!

11-08-2008, 11:43 PM	#6
e22byrnes Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Speaking of Good Eats I am a HUGE Good Eats fan. I watch it almost everyday and have seen the majority of the episodes more than once. I love to see the science aspects behind things. I have used a few of his recipes as a starting point for my own and they work well. AB also has someone neat techniques or equipment that I love to learn about. For the most part, he is one of the only Food Network chefs that know the history of the food he is cooking, therefore he doesn't butcher the original idea.

11-09-2008, 02:37 PM	#7
lightning9191 I think I'm normal... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kevin Posts: 1,007 Trading: (8)	Re: Speaking of Good Eats Alton Brown and my love of homebrewing is what led me to choose food science as my major. I haven't regretted it. It combines all the science (which I love.....I don't care call me out on it....I'm a nerd!) and food and drinks. What is there not to love? I still enjoy Good Eats whenever I get a chance to watch it. __________________ I eat gummy bears by tearing them limb from limb and eating their heads last.

11-09-2008, 03:01 PM	#8
SUOrangeGuy Escaped using raincoats Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York State Posts: 220 Trading: (24)	Re: Speaking of Good Eats I watch the show and have his cookbooks. Great read but they are basically textbooks. If you just want instructions read elsewhere.

11-09-2008, 05:36 PM	#10
macpappy Rider on the storm. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 851 Trading: (0)	Re: Speaking of Good Eats Don't like him on Iron Chef but have enjoyed all his other shows and even DVR'd quite a few to watch when nothing else is on. The only episodes of one of his shows which I didn't like was the last Feasting on Asphalt series he did where he started out at the mouth of the Mississippi River and worked his way north. He blew it when he stopped at some of the places he did in the New Orleans area and some of the other locations as he went north out of Louisiana. The restaurant he couldn't get into in New Orleans is a tourist trap. Sure the food is decent but the locals for the most part go there for lunch. There are too many other places that are not as well known but filled with locals that he should have gone to. All that being said, I still watch him. __________________ WARNING: I am a Southern White Male. I have a brain and I know how to use it.