Good Eats Marathon Today

everman

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I always learn something new with this show, it's like cooking + chemistry + puppets?

*sets his pvr*
 

Dunbar

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Plus bad high school acting. I like Good Eats, I wish he'd do less of the cheesy delivery though.
 

badmouse

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Originally posted by: Dunbar
Plus bad high school acting. I like Good Eats, I wish he'd do less of the cheesy delivery though.
Agreed. A little bit of cheesy goes a long way.
 

Kaido

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He may be cheesy but he really does his homework for the show. Did you see the one about waffles, where he did a complete history on waffle irons and had all of the different models up? He's like a live Cooking for Dummies guy :)
 

waggy

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Dec 14, 2000
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i love this show! i enjoyed the behind the show one also. i did not know "W" was not an actress..
 

Dunbar

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Originally posted by: Kaido
He may be cheesy but he really does his homework for the show.

Ya, but some of those "tools" I think he pulls straight out of his you-know-what. I just wish he would be more mature with the delivery, which he's been better about in the more recent shows. Another cooking show I like is Americas Test Kitchen on PBS, they thoroughly test recipes to find the best. I made their pulled pork sandwhich recipe this weekend and it was really good.
 

everman

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Nov 5, 2002
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Yes the acting can be campy/corny/cheesy, but overall I like the show a lot. He doesn't really use a lot of hard to find foods, difficult techniques, etc. It's all rather easy and straightforward.
 

MX2

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Alton Brown cracks me up, his cheesy-ness makes the show so much better than most other cooking shows:)
 

misle

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Originally posted by: MX2times
Alton Brown cracks me up, his cheesy-ness makes the show so much better than most other cooking shows:)

I agree. Most of the other cooking shows are just boring. AB rocks.
 

KillerCharlie

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That's one of my favorite shows. I tend to hate cheesy stuff more than anyone I know, but for some reason I find AB hilarious.
 

xSauronx

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for anyone interested in cooking basics, his books are as great as the show and well worth having.

his "feasting on asphalt" show premiered and i thought it was pretty good.
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: xSauronx
for anyone interested in cooking basics, his books are as great as the show and well worth having.

his "feasting on asphalt" show premiered and i thought it was pretty good.

heh i was going to watch it but the wife wanted to go out for dinner. i wanted to see it and forgot to tivo it.
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: xSauronx
for anyone interested in cooking basics, his books are as great as the show and well worth having.

his "feasting on asphalt" show premiered and i thought it was pretty good.

heh i was going to watch it but the wife wanted to go out for dinner. i wanted to see it and forgot to tivo it.
 

everman

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Originally posted by: xSauronx
for anyone interested in cooking basics, his books are as great as the show and well worth having.

his "feasting on asphalt" show premiered and i thought it was pretty good.

I have two of his books, "I'm just here for the food", and "I'm just here for more food". They're very good, well written, more like reference books, certainly not a "cook book".