Alton Brown re-signs with Food Network

[Vapre]

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

No, really??!!  Immersion circulators - who'da thunk it?!

 

I'm looking forward to that episode.

[rotuts]

initially he had interesting and not commonly known stuff.

 

this series , at least the first season was very clearly mostly from the re-cycle bin

 

and yes the histrionics became tedious :  one time for the " CIA" folks w the walkie-talkies was fine

 

no more

 

I did think the " Scrap Iron Chef "  was fantastic.

 

at the time , and several views later.

 

he was , and possibly still be , very cleaver.

 

Ill try to ' obtain '  a show or two from S2 and decide from The Facts this Year.

[weinoo]

6 hours ago, Vapre said:

 

I'm looking forward to that episode.

Has he told everyone how the instant pot works yet?

[cdh]

50 minutes ago, weinoo said:

Has he told everyone how the instant pot works yet?

We get it.  You can't stand him.  You don't need to keep telling us. 

[chromedome]

There's a role for "explainers." It's how I make my living, albeit on a much smaller scale than his.

 

[ElsieD]

He and America's Test Kitchen both got my husband interested in cooking.   And that's not a bad thing.

[weinoo]

39 minutes ago, cdh said:

We get it.  You can't stand him.  You don't need to keep telling us. 

I may, when he quits telling us everything we're doing wrong.

[rotuts]

the Good Eats Crew used to Tour

 

and do shows outside to a crowd , free

 

I saw one by chance.    in a high end Maul in the Bay Area

 

he was the ' star '  and very good at entraining the crowd.  signed books etc

 

made beef jerky .  used the ' furnace filters ' and a box fan.   very clever .

 

my sister went to one , in TX  , by chance again.  bought a booki

 

the first volume , that used to give me Migraines do to the ' off-set ' printo9ng

 

signed by AB himself to Me  !

 

still , continues to give me head aches.

 

I wish him well .  he lost weight .  hope things for him are on the Up and Up.

 

 

Edited August 21, 2019 by rotuts (log)

[lemniscate]

Admittedly I'm a Cord Cutter from way back, so I have no Cooking/Food network, but has there been a recent TV Chef show that even acknowledges sous vide devices?   I used Chef Steps and youtube (and egullet) to learn about sous vide, not TV.   So Alton basing a show on it may be relatively ground breaking for non-cooking oriented but cooking-curious viewer.   

 

I still have to explain is the simplest terms possible to friends and casual acquaintances that sous vide is not "boiling steak" and the laws of thermodynamics.   Maybe he found a way to explain it better.

[rotuts]

Some time ago , Simply Ming , a fine show on PBS w chef Ming Tsai 

 

mentioned it and did salmon etc.  He has 16 seasons under his belt.

 

even ATK got around to it a season or two ago.

 

as much as its Sooooo much fun to criticize them

 

esp for their churn business model

 

they did a decent job.

 

and they have a very very wide  show-following.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, lemniscate said:

Admittedly I'm a Cord Cutter from way back, so I have no Cooking/Food network, but has there been a recent TV Chef show that even acknowledges sous vide devices?   I used Chef Steps and youtube (and egullet) to learn about sous vide, not TV.   So Alton basing a show on it may be relatively ground breaking for non-cooking oriented but cooking-curious viewer.   

 

I still have to explain is the simplest terms possible to friends and casual acquaintances that sous vide is not "boiling steak" and the laws of thermodynamics.   Maybe he found a way to explain it better.

Also cableless.    Am somehow also living (well) without Food network.   😛

23 minutes ago, rotuts said:

Some time ago , Simply Ming , a fine show on PBS w chef Ming Tsai 

 

mentioned it and did salmon etc.  He has 16 seasons under his belt.

 

even ATK got around to it a season or two ago.

 

as much as its Sooooo much fun to criticize them

 

esp for their churn business model

 

they did a decent job.

 

and they have a very very wide  show-following.

i love MIng.    i enjoy the show's format of having two chefs with completely different approaches create from the same ingredients, yet in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition.    Also that the recipes are immediately available online if you have interest after a show.

Edited August 21, 2019 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[rotuts]

Ming Tsai  is a neighbor of  mine.

 

Ive met him waling his Dog several times

 

he grew up in the same environment as I did ,

 

on The Penisula  in a University setting.

 

he was very friendly , and so was his dog , eventually.

 

he is very innovative , and esp at The Blue  Ginger , an initial restaurant of his

 

wining walking distance of sort to where i live.

 

his appetizer , w two levels  , using an inverted martini glass

 

I though was brilliant.  I never did go to the BG

 

the appetizer :   put part B on the plate.   cover that w an inverted standard 

 

martini glass so that is part is covered , but visible.

 

add the first part of the appetizer to the bottom of the MG

 

which when inverted is now the Top !

[Bhukhhad]

On 8/20/2019 at 6:24 PM, Vapre said:

TV Guide listings:

8/25 10PM EST : Chicken Parm

10:30: Ancient grains (Amaranth, Chia, Quinoa)

 

9/1 10 PM EST: Sauces (sequel to 'Hittin' the Sauce')

10:30:  Immersion Circulators

 

Edit: Food Network

 

Thanks for those listings. His shows were informative and I learned a lot from them. 

Bhukhhad.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Bhukhhad (log)

[ElsieD]

They aren't being shown on food network Canada.😕

[Okanagancook]

Ok, I was looking last night getting frustrated.  I checked the Cooking Channel and not there either.  I guess we'll either have to watch on-line or wait.  Sheesh.

[lemniscate]

@ElsieD @Okanagancook  Canada viewing info.

[Okanagancook]

Merci @lemniscate I will check it out.

[ElsieD]

Thank you.  We have it set to record.

[Toliver]

I found this on YouTube this morning posted by Food Network.

If you look at the "read more" info they mention he will have 2 new episodes every week. The full recipe for his Chicken Parmesan (that this episode is about) is also posted.

[rotuts]

@Toliver

 

thank  you 

 

I enjoyed this

 

pls keep them coming  

 

now

 

on the hunt for a few decent cans of St marzanon's

 

thanks again

[lemniscate]

@Toliver  Thanks for the link!  I quite enjoyed that.  I don't think he's missed a step obtaining the Good Eats-ness from the last episode of the first Good Eats.  The Household watched it with me and asked "Can you make that recipe please?" (chicken parm).   That's a first for any cooking show we've watched together in recent memory.

[ElsieD]

@Toliver  Thanks for the link, I just finished watching it.  Or rather, I skimmed through it as I will watch it with my husband once we have it taped.  One question that comes to mind - he used potato chips for extra crunch and leaving aside the fact they are salt and vinegar chips, why not use panko instead of the chips and bread crumbs?

[Alex]

On 8/22/2019 at 1:57 PM, Toliver said:

I found this on YouTube this morning posted by Food Network.

 

Thanks! I love the "chicken à la Magritte."

[donk79]

2 hours ago, ElsieD said:

@Toliver  Thanks for the link, I just finished watching it.  Or rather, I skimmed through it as I will watch it with my husband once we have it taped.  One question that comes to mind - he used potato chips for extra crunch and leaving aside the fact they are salt and vinegar chips, why not use panko instead of the chips and bread crumbs?

My thought was easily accessible vinegar powder.

[blue_dolphin]

14 minutes ago, donk79 said:

My thought was easily accessible vinegar powder.

That's what I thought, too. Acid without liquid.