I was sadden to learn early this year that my by far favorite food show of all time, Good Eats is ending it’s run. However it will do so with a bang. There are 3 episodes left, each an hour long special. The first one of those specials will be airing Saturday, August 6th, 2011 …
Tag Archive: Alton Brown
Jun
06
Alton Brown’s Quick Homemade Cottage Cheese
I have always been a fan of cottage cheese. What is not to like about these little creamy curds. A long time ago I saw Alton Brown making a batch of homemade cottage cheese on an episode of Good Eats. I put that recipe on my to do list but didn’t get to it until …
May
11
Mother’s Day Dessert – Homemade S’mores Pie
This year for Mother’s Day, I wanted to come up with a special dessert to cook for my wife. My wife’s mom recently had at s’mores pie at a restaurant. This winter, I learned how to make my own homemade marshmallows, thanks Alton Brown. So I decided I want to try to make my own …
May
11
Alton Brown’s Roasted Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the first green crops to hit the market each year. People rush to pick up the first asparagus of the season. But I have never seen the draw. I have always thought that asparagus was disgusting. It had this bitter, awful flavor I have always hated. But in the interest of …
May
06
Food Network Inspired Fried Cod
When it comes to frying, it isn’t something I do too often. But when I choose to fry something it’s normally seafood. One of my favorite things to fry is cod. When I first made cod, I just used a bread crumb batter. But texture wise, I prefer a liquid batter. So I searched to …
May
02
Alton Brown’s Sweet Crepes
It’s amazing how many different things you can do with flour when you combine it with some liquid, some eggs, and some dairy. One thing I had not done with this combination of ingredients yet is to make crepes. So as I do quite often I turned to Alton Brown. I followed his recipe for …
Apr
27
Alton Brown’s Cauliflower Say Cheese
For some reason for years, cauliflower never appeared in my home. I always though of cauliflower as being inferior to it’s cousin broccoli. So I never bothered to do anything with it. Finally yesterday I cooked with fresh cauliflower for the first time. I decided to do so after watching a new episode of Good …
Apr
26
Alton Brown’s Parker House Rolls
You can never go wrong when serving some homemade yeasty rolls. I have made Parker House rolls before, but for Easter I decided to give Alton Brown’s recipe a try. The technique for Parker House rolls was invented at a hotel in Boston, MA. It’s basically a roll that is folded over with a pat …
Apr
26
Review of Good Eats: The Caul of the Flower
When it comes to cauliflower, I have never given that vegetable much thought. It is the first time it has been mentioned in any way on this website. I am a big fan of some of it’s cousins like broccoli and cabbage. But cauliflower has been largely ignored in my household. But that is all …
Apr
25
Two More Good Eats Episodes – Cauliflower & Asian Noodles
Two more episodes of my favorite food related show, Good Eats are scheduled to air this season. The subjects covered will be cauliflower and Asian noodles. Here are the air dates for the episodes: The Caul of the Flower | Check out my review of this episode Monday, April 25, 2011 @ 11:30pm ET/PT on …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
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