An end to culinary tv pedagogy, or Alton Brown's Good Eats goes bye bye...

[foghorn67]

Damn.

 

[midnight growler]

Not being a big Food TV watcher, I only saw a few episodes, one of which was about making punch. In his introduction, he was presumably at a party of some sort. Eventually a little old lady comes over to the bowl of punch, takes out a flask and starts pouring some sort of alcohol into it

edit: here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZPV6ZGTrCw

 

[preslove]

I think he did, he used a turkey fryer burner to get the wok temperature necessary for good wok cooking

Link? I've been looking and can't find anything on this

 

[Zeze]

The show should've been immortalized to run forever as one of Food Network's classic.

There are SO MUCH food you can cover. It's a shame.

Seriously, the cable network has so much time slots and not enough shows, all they run is MvF, No Reservations, & Bizarre Foods over and over and over again.

 

[PottedMeat]

I think he did, he used a turkey fryer burner to get the wok temperature necessary for good wok cooking

hmm the only time i remember him doing wok cooking was for a stir fry:

http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/Season5/EA1E13.htm

http://www.foodnetwork.com/good-eats/squid-pro-quo/index.html

you should be able to find the episode on youtube

 

[microAmp]

That sucks, I really enjoyed watching his show and only for a year now.

 

[Codewiz]

Lol, "Come here vegan, these nachos will change you."

Ok these guys are awesome.....

 

[Howard]

I think he did, he used a turkey fryer burner to get the wok temperature necessary for good wok cooking

that was for pad thai

EDIT: and for squid, yes

 

[Kirby]

his show had a lot of good info, but i just hated the way he talked and the general presentation of the show

 

[Homerboy]

his show had a lot of good info, but i just hated the way he talked and the general presentation of the show

Totally agreed.
Give me America's Test Kitchen or give me death!

 

[gophins72]

i'll probably buy his shows on dvd or something to use as a reference.

 

[rivan]

Even better

Lol, "Come here vegan, these nachos will change you."

Hilarious - it made me literally laugh. Out loud.

 

[sactoking]

doubt it. never even did fried rice

That's because fried rice really didn't need its own show. His best shows were the ones where the focus wasn't on an ingredient it was on a technique. In that light you can watch the technique shows, pick up any random fried rice "recipe", and use the techniques to make pretty damn good fried rice.

Hell, if anything he stretched the show too far. So many of his later shows were "Here's some ingredient, a bit of history, and now 3 dishes". That was not what made his show good at all. If I wanted to see a themed recipe show I'd just turn on reruns of Ewok Legasse.

 

[randay]

he needs to release them on bluray or dvd or something. unless he already has. in which case why havent i been informed?

 

[MetalMat]

I like the show but the way he made gumbo was pretty disappointing. Come on, tomatoes in gumbo? And who in the hell puts boudin in gumbo (I know he did not do it in the episode but he mentioned that people put it in there)? give me a break

 

[zinfamous]

As long as you realize those evil comaniies made him rich. But do keep up the "corporations are evil" crap.

You think Food Network is still valid?

Alton Brown is great, I love his show and everything, but he is the last remaining bastion of TV cooking programs. the rest is complete dogshit. ...And Alton isn't even a chef, they dispatched the real chefs a long time ago in favor of BS like Sandra Lee.

They made Alton well known, yes, and in the early days, touted guys like Batali, but the corporate broadcasting whore that much prefers content like Jersey fucking Shore (Rachel Ray, Sandra Lee--just as idiotic), are completely culpable in the demise of worthwhile content.

You're such a whore for your comcast tit it isn't even funny anymore, spidey.

 

[waggy]

he needs to release them on bluray or dvd or something. unless he already has. in which case why havent i been informed?

i can only find up to season 4 in dvd and none in bluray. i am sad

 

[zinfamous]

he needs to release them on bluray or dvd or something. unless he already has. in which case why havent i been informed?

lol. they've been on DVD forever.

at least, in packets--Meat, Seafood episodes, etc. I have a couple of sets.

I'm not sure if they are released by season and episode.

 

[waggy]

lol. they've been on DVD forever.

at least, in packets--Meat, Seafood episodes, etc. I have a couple of sets.

I'm not sure if they are released by season and episode.

ohh that maybe why i can't find past season 4.

 

[dfuze]

Great show, loved the way he presented the background info in a really fun way!

 

[zinfamous]

ohh that maybe why i can't find past season 4.

Perhaps. I honestly don't knwo the details, I just know that I have one DVD that is titled "Meat" (or maybe steak/beef) and contains 2 or 3 episodes from separate seasons.

 

[sactoking]

They used to have the DVD's by season, and even did a boxed set of like the entire first 8 seasons, but they were wayyyy expensive, like $80+ per season and $500+ for the boxed set, IIRC. You had to buy them direct from Food Network as they were not available anywhere else (legitimately).

 

[Howard]

And Alton isn't even a chef

I think this argument was had before... anyway, he did go to school for cooking.

 

[zinfamous]

I think this argument was had before... anyway, he did go to school for cooking.

I know. I don't mean to disparage Alton at all, I think he's awesome.

Just pointing out the difference between the tradition of successful or highly-regarded chefs with their own restaurants doing these programs as opposed to cooks.

Alton's is my second-favorite contemporary cooking show to Batali's.

 

[ElFenix]

You think Food Network is still valid?

Alton Brown is great, I love his show and everything, but he is the last remaining bastion of TV cooking programs. the rest is complete dogshit. ...And Alton isn't even a chef, they dispatched the real chefs a long time ago in favor of BS like Sandra Lee.

who trained at le cordon bleu :sneaky:

They made Alton well known, yes, and in the early days, touted guys like Batali, but the corporate broadcasting whore that much prefers content like Jersey fucking Shore (Rachel Ray, Sandra Lee--just as idiotic), are completely culpable in the demise of worthwhile content.

You're such a whore for your comcast tit it isn't even funny anymore, spidey.

they do have far too many shows where the concept is watching some fat guy stuff his face