I'm Just Here for the Food: Food Heat = Cooking

by Alton Brown

Hardcover, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

641.5 B8122

Publication

Stewart, Tabori and Chang (2002), Edition: Later Printing, 288 pages

Description

Blending humor, wisdom, history, pop culture, science, and basic cooking knowledge, the author presents an instructional cooking guide that features various cooking techniques accompanied by a master recipe for each technique.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kristianbrigman

Finally, a book that is about cooking, and not just a invitation into someone's kitchen where they put on a show for you. I don't have that many cookbooks, but most of them tend to be short on details and long on atmosphere (do I really need a picture of where the celebrity chef buys their fresh

arugula?). This book is also different in that it _expects_ you to change the recipes. It's not a paint-by-numbers book. It really doesn't have that many recipes for the size of the book, but it tells you at each stage what you are doing, why you are doing it, and exactly what is happening to the food at each point. It may not be for everyone - it's not designed to give easy recipes to make, but more to enable you to do the creating yourself - but highly recommended if you ever wondered why your cooking just doesn't come out like you expected.

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LibraryThing member wenestvedt

Everyone loves Alton Brown: the shocked hair, the espresso-aided delivery, and the Harold McGee-grade scientific foundations for his explanations of how food behaves between his kitchen's four walls (and outside on the grill!) are concise, entertaining, and even practical.

LibraryThing member kikianika

Science nerd meets food nerd. What could be a better combo? I loved the explanations, and a lot of the passages had me laughing out loud.
The recipes are probably good, too.

LibraryThing member dolohov

Fantastic book, logically laid-out and just generally well-conceived. It changed the way I write and think about my own recipes, and it's one of the first books in my hand when I'm wondering what to do for dinner.

LibraryThing member mimiwi

I love Alton Brown. He is such a geek. I read this book cover to cover like a novel. I even went and stood in line for 4 hours at a Borders bookstore in downtown Atlanta to get him to sign a copy for me.

LibraryThing member kikilon

Science nerd meets food nerd. What could be a better combo? I loved the explanations, and a lot of the passages had me laughing out loud.
The recipes are probably good, too.

LibraryThing member neontapir

A sheer joy to read! Alton is my hero!

LibraryThing member Rubygarnet

It's "Good Eats", distilled into books.

LibraryThing member bookqueenshelby

Ok so Alton Brown is my tv crush but I still really liked this book. Teaches basic techniques but also gives you the why.

LibraryThing member cubsfan3410

Great "basics" cookbook.

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