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Title: I'm Just Here for the Food: Kitchen User's Manual by Alton Brown ISBN: 1-58479-298-1 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Ring-bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It's a cookbook for geeks and tinkerers...
Comment: It doesn't have a lot of flashy pictures. It doesn't have a traditional layout to the recipies. It also spends a lot of time discussing stuff other than the actual recipies at hand.
On the other hand, it is a nice introduction to the whys and hows behind cooking, which is really what helps you be a good cook when it doesn't come in a box or is written down for you on a recipie card. Granted, it may not hold up to some of the seminal tomes on the science of cooking, but it is a heck of a lot easier to come by than some of them, a lot less intimidating than others, and significantly more affordable than yet still others.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nifty!
Comment: This is a fine cook book, a reasonable food science book, and a fun compilation of techniques and ideas. The layout makes following the recipes easy, and the art is fun. If you are a fan of the show, you will like this book. If you are a hard-core foodie, much of the science can be found elsewhere (Cookwise), but not usually in such entertaining style.
My only disappointment is that baking is not covered here, but AB seems to imply that is coming in a separate volume.
I would mention that this is one of about 150 cook books I own, and while I love it, it would not be the one-cookbook-I-take-to-the-desert-island. Some other reviews have slammed this book for what is *not* there, which is unfair. This is not written to be your only (or even main!) cookbook; it is an additional reference for yummy American foods, rigorously explained. If you need to know how to replace some missing buttermilk, that is what Joy of Cooking or Doubleday are for.
Rating: 4
Summary: Like his show, a great starting point
Comment: Alton Brown's Food Network TV show, Good Eats, is one of the most educational shows on cooking that I have seen. He likes to explain how and why things work. I love both the pedantry and the humor of his show (although I have heard others who dislike the child-like approach he takes; not childish! Child-like. There's a big difference.)
As my title says, his show is a good starting point. Alton Brown can help you understand how food and cooking work. He provides good solid information and he lays a foundation that gives you the confidence to invent your own food. ("Play with your food!"). But he cannot, in a half hour show that includes comedy sketches, teach you everything. His book, "I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking" is much the same. He presents good basic information on cooking methods and techniques in a book with catchy graphics and his typical humor. If you want to learn the WHYs of cooking, this book is a great start. From here, move on to Shirley Corriher's "Cookwise," which gives greater depth a slightly more serious science.
I *love* this book. But here are the negatives: 1) Not a cookbook. Don't look for a lot of recipies. 2) Not loose or spiral bound. All cooking books should be, and too few are. 3) Covers all major cooking methods (from boiling to microwaving), but no baking! Baking is my main hobby. Maybe a future book -- "Cookwise" has baking info.
Alton Brown singlehandedly changed me from a recipie slave to a creative cook. I've moved on to other food writers, and I've invented my own food, but Alton will always be my kitchen hero.
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Title: Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen by Alton Brown ISBN: 1584792965 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown ISBN: 1584790830 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: I'm Just Here for the Food Cook's Notes by Alton Brown ISBN: 158479299X Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Cookwise : The Secrets of Cooking Revealed by Shirley Corriher ISBN: 0688102298 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 03 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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