Each of the Food Network hosts attracts a certain type of fan. There are the housewives who think Tyler Florence is hot, the couples who find Emeril’s “Bam!”s and “Another Notch!”es zany and enthusiastic rather than phoned-in and phony. And there are those who can manage to get past Rachel Ray’s saccharine and excessive use of the term “E.V.O.O.” to enjoy her quick-and-easy recipes.
“Good Eats” host Alton Brown doesn’t attract fans. He attracts disciples.
You know the type: they tape his episodes and have the remote control at the ready as they prepare their turkey on Thanksgiving, ready to pause as Alton guides them on temperature, amount of time and amount of thyme. They ONLY use kosher salt when cooking, and proudly display theirs in an Alton-inspired vessel. When their kid is suffering from a fever, their digital meat probe’s probably more at the ready than a normal thermometer.
Those disciples
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19Jan
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I would like to say that I didn’t lose my balance – the shelf collapsed and took my balance with it. You have the sequence backwards.
Alton Rules.
That guy is one of my fave Food TV gurus. He explains the history and science of what he does, and also explains why he does it like he does. I’m more into eating than cooking, but I like the way Alton does stuff that a book genius can follow, and a kitchen moron can still do.
Nice one Missy!