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Good Eats 2: The Middle Years Kindle Edition

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Good Eats 2: The Middle Years picks up where the bestselling Good Eats: The Early Years left off. Showcasing everything Alton Brown fans (and they are legion!) have ever wanted to know about his award-winning television show, The Middle Years is chock-full of behind-the-scenes photographs and trivia, science-of-food information, cooking tips, and—of course—recipes.

Brown’s particular genius lies in teaching the chemistry of cooking with levity and exuberance. In episodes such as “Fit to Be Tied” (meat roulades), “Crustacean Nation” (crab), and “Ill-Gotten Grains” (wheat products), Brown explains everything from how to make the perfect omelet to how to stuff your own sausages. With hundreds of entertaining photographs, along with Brown’s inimitable line drawings and signature witty writing, this comprehensive companion book conveys the same wildly creative spirit as the show itself.
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Alton Brown was directing TV commercials when he got the crazy idea to go to culinary school and reinvent the food show. The result: Good Eats, which has kept Brown gainfully employed for more than 20 years and earned him a Peabody Award. Along the way he also hosted Iron Chef America, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Feasting on Asphalt. Brown’s live culinary variety shows have played to sold-out theaters across the United States. He lives in Marietta, Georgia.

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My name is Alton Brown and I wrote this book. It’s my first in a few years because I’ve been busy with television projects like Good Eats, Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen. When I haven’t been hosting or producing, I’ve been developing digital media projects and touring my live stage shows and collecting awards. My publisher made me say that last part. But then I started thinking that I wanted to do something personal. And that’s what EveryDayCook is. This is the food I cook and eat on a day-to-day basis, from morning to late at night and everywhere in-between. There’s still plenty of science and hopefully some humor here (my agent says that’s my “wheelhouse”) but unlike my other books, a lot of attention went into the photos, which were actually taken with my iPhone (take that, Instagram) and are suitable for framing. As for the recipes, which are arranged by time of day, they’re mighty tasty.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and educational!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2021
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This book is great! I love how Alton uses science to explain the cooking process because it helps me to be a better cook. I can understand why you have to do things in a certain order, which I feel not many books are able to do. The information is presented in an entertaining manner as well, which helps me retain it better. All in all, this is a great book for anyone just starting to cook and trying to learn to cook!
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Frank L Tybush V
5.0 out of 5 stars AB knows...
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2023
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My memory for anything important is shot (filled up with useless pop culture trivia). When I watch a cooking show, I don't want to have to take notes. Alton Brown cares. He collected all of his recipes from all of his episodes of Good Eats into a few tomes of culinary knowledge. Full of pictures, tidbits of knowledge, and more. This book definitely helps you make good eats. (Sorry couldn't resist.)
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Constance L. Timmons
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Recipes & trivia
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2011
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I received Good Eats 1 and 2 for Christmas and am thoroughly enjoying both. As a long-time fan of the show, it's fun to read the trivia about how the shows were developed and made. There is a lot of interesting information (more trivia, but no less interesting) about the food itself. Lots of recipes from the shows, and I like the fact that he has reviewed and updated them. He has also added a few recipes that he said he couldn't fit into the show. It doesn't make a good traditional cookbook, per se, because there are so many different topics and the recipes are organized by show, but the index allows you to search for the recipes. Right now I'm just reading through the books from cover to cover and marking the recipes I meant to use back when I saw them on the show. I highly recommend both books just because they're fun.
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Jason W.
5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the first.....
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2010
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There are three places I turn to offline for culinary knowledge. I have tried and enjoyed dozens of AB recipes and I love the show Good Eats. In this book (as well as Volume 1, Good Eats: The Early Years) you will find recipes as well as instructions for preparation (and blueprints if you will of AB's most famous or notorious multi-tasking gadgets) sorted by episode. There's a good ol' fashioned index do-hickey included if you don't have the episode names and order memorized. Kids, you might have to get help from your parents to use it but don't worry, it won't hurt your eyes or anything. It's the perfect source for recipes and procedures I'm too lazy to write down and I can use it when the darn carpal tunnel is acting up.

All the best recipes plus a few extras are included. Some of the recipes and procedures have been tweaked from their on air format. Often this has to do with feedback from the shows. Recipes are made easier, procedures are made more convenient, and sometimes they are even made tastier if AB has changed his way of thinking in the years since the original air date.

Don't worry, these are improvements. It's nothing like the whole George Lucas, Star Wars Special Edition debacle.

The other sources you ask? Well, there's the previously mentioned Good Eats Volume 1 and another AB book, Gear for Your Kitchen which I always consult before shopping.
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Ken U
5.0 out of 5 stars A condensed version of Alton Brown's Good Eats TV episodes from the last 6 episodes of ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2014
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A condensed version of Alton Brown's Good Eats TV episodes from the last 6 episodes of season 6 to season 10. Summarizes each show from the intro, a knowledge concentrate of the topic,and applications (recipes) from each show. The applications have been reviewed and updated. Notes and sidebar comments with plenty of pictures. Bonus DVD of 15 short subjects:
Fairy Floss Formula
A Plum of Pudding
Cowboy Chow
Feelin Groggy
Knoweth Thy Nog
Sucrostein
Deconstructing Turkey
Looking for Mr. Good fish
Put a Little France in Your Toast
Feelin Edgy
Brittel Me This
Macaroon Delight
Nice Rice in a Rush
in a Pickle
Diner Speak

If you've never seen Alton Brown's Good Eats TV show or his You Tube videos, you're missing out on fun, informative and highly entertaining fare. He's helped me be a better cook and for that I'm thankful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Volume 2 - following the same good template from volume 1
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2010
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This is the second book in the Good Eats "series" of book that Alton is putting out covering what he teaches us during the his TV show. It is a very valuable resource for people to learn a lot about a cooking in a fresh, innovative way as opposed to just reading another cookbook. It is a refreshing and entertaining way to discover they why's of cooking rather than just regurgitating recipes. For that I think this book is an excellent resource for people and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about cooking.

My only complaints are the same as they were for the previous edition. The main complaint is that the index doesn't really cover all of the books. This is a very minor problem and one that only real fans of the show will find difficult since, in my case I already have seen all of his shows and might know that I want to do a version of one of the recipes he covered in one of his shows but I have to remember which book contains that episode in order for me to find the recipe. True, the individual indices have all the values we need to go look things up but at the same time, they only index what is in that volume of the series, so if you are looking for something and don't find it in the index then you have to go look it up in the other index to see if the recipe is there instead. I think I'm just spoiled by how easy Alton makes it to understand everything on his show and am wishing that the same ease of use translated to looking things up in these books. I'm hoping/wishing that after a few volumes of the book are out that they include an overall index to make things easier to look up. (I also wrote in my review of the first book that not all of the recipes from the show were included in the book. I don't know if that is still the situation with this book since I have yet to find anything that is not included in the book.)

Overall I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book...especially for people that are new to cooking or shy about cooking since it does contain a treasure trove of information that can be unbelievably helpful to people whether they watch the show or not.

Buy it if you have any interest at all in cooking and why things happen the way they do.
Don't buy it if you don't cook or don't like thinking beyond just following a recipe step by step.
Definitely buy it if you are a fan of Alton Brown and his show.
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The Olive Blogger
5.0 out of 5 stars Genuis as USUAL!
Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2016
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I bought this book for my hubby who is a HUGE Alton Brown fan. He LOVES the book and has made many of the meals inside. It is a great book because it provides so much more than the recipe. It gives you the information as to "why" certain ingredients work well together and tips and tricks to make it perfect every time. Great book for the advanced chef as well as those just starting out!
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J. Soderholm
5.0 out of 5 stars I love Good Eats
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2011
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I just made the "Love the rocks" Beef Tenderloin and it was delicious!

The book is a must have for everyone.
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Zachary
5.0 out of 5 stars A great companion to the show
Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2015
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If you love good eats then you'll love the book too. I got the first one before seeing Alton Brown Live and I got that one signed. The second book I got just for me. I like that some of the recipes have been updated since they aired and are actually newer than what is on the food network website.
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Christopher Gaul
5.0 out of 5 stars These books are as great as the show
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2018
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What can you say? Alton Brown is the man. These books are as great as the show, maybe even better. Very high production quality, lots of additional details, stories, info, and tips. The perfect gift for the Good Eats fan in your life.
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Kyle Toebosch
5.0 out of 5 stars A great recap of the show.
Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2020
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Great recipes, techniques, and science behind cooking.

A great recap of the show.
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