EdHill, trolling for Christmas presents. Next time the Connecticut TVGasm assembly hit the streets they need to shoot me an e-mail. Kay?

Wow, I too have always wondered about his wife and child. His daughter looks just like him. Her expression in that photo is priceless.

PS That Hasselhoff picture is truly disturbing. Poor, poor puppies.

That Hasselhoff pic is not only disturbing, but I believe it's illegal.

EdHill, I am inspired and shall try to catch this show, if there's time between all the crap I watch.

For what it's worth:

I love you too EdHill, but I'm not buying you shit!

You know, this evening we had a turkey I brined for 12 hours following Alton's specifications. I even roasted it just like he says but guess what? It didn't taste any better than the other turkeys that I've stuffed (a no, no for him, Giada and Emeril) roasted and basted (a no no for Alton). It wasn't bad but no noticeable improvement.

All that effort and ingredients when I could have just followed Giada's recipe, without the sexual massaging of the turkey, of course.

I absolutely love AB also. I got to meet him once when he did a demo at the culinary school I attend. He was VERY particular about how he wanted his demo table set up.
I was still excited to meet him, I was giddy as a school girl!

I realized recently what it is that I can't stand about Alton. Can we have a count of exactly how many times he says "uh" to fill in his anal retentiveness? I watched about 2 minutes yesterday and couldn't stand it anymore. I just hadn't been able to put my finger on what it was that bothered me so much. Just my opinion.

Good Eats is my favorite show PERIOD. Alton can be there or replaced, its the format that is awesome. And Good Eats is the one show where everything I have tried has come out perfect and better than I expected. Even my 3 year old will stop in the middle of the living room and watch the entire program. The only other thing he does that with is the Backyardigans.

Things I have made:

Mac and Cheese. Best ever.

Coq au Vin. Unbelievable

Smoked pork shoulder (including the "ghetto" terra-cotta smoker w/ hot-plate. Best BBQ, even his mustard and sweet pickle juice sauce is fantastic.

Waffles. Best ever.

Pickled beets. Yes, beets. And they were great.

"Power Bars". Phenomenal.

That's all I can think of right now...you get the point.

I'm laughing my ass off. I came across this guy (not in the porn way) a few days ago when he was making gravy.

I said to my wife, who agreed, "this guy is a dork, but very compelling!"

We watched the rest of the show, remote not in hand. Weird. I thought only Canada's CBC show "Wok With Yan" could have that power!

Oh, and my lovely bride used his roux tips to make her first ever "home made" gravy. It was freaking AWESOME.

A good half hour spent. Make that an hour... One half watching, one half eating.

What a cute little family Photo

I think I need to download the mac and cheese recipe.

I, too, had a hard time remembering all that AB said so I created the Good Eats Fan Page http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com. In it, you can read just about every transcript of the show and read tons of other information about its creation, AB and Good Eats.

Stop by our message board for a chat.

Mikemenn, #1 Good Eats Afcionado

kudos EdHill - great review. to #5 I brined my turkey and it came out perfectly. It's not the taste that he is going after, it's the moistness of the breast meat, which is usually dry, that he is trying to avoid by the brine.

My favorite AB moment is when he is preparing pickles with his evil twin brother. Classic.

Brown's pot roast recipe, containing such disparate ingredients as tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, cocktail olives and raisens, is to. die. for. The only thing is, he's fixated on 325 degrees as a cooking temp, which I find is too low. (Of course, he's got a state of the art stove, and I have a piece of junk. Nevermind.)

Just saw his Standing rib show again....drooled through the whole thing again...went and got my butcher to sell me something good and it will be dinner on tuesday. I could cook before...but AB has taught me how to improvise and be more creative...OH!! his pouches series rocks too! great article...sending it to my b-day invite list...dvds!

ok, first, i swear his daughter was in an episode once- she was still a baby; he was talking about honey and how you should never never give it to little kids and he held up a little girl for a sec- i think it was her. i am so crazy. i don't even cook...

One year before Thanksgiving, my family and I were sitting around, hemming and hawing over what to do with the turkey. We're not crazy about turkey stuffing or any of that craziness, so when we happened to catch Alton Brown on Good Eats recommending a brine, we decided to give it a try. We haven't ever had a turkey any other way since. It's so damn good!

Michael Menninger (# 13) I have used youre website numerous times in the past. Great site.

Alton, thank you very much for teaching me how to make eggs. For me, eggs use to be an easy dish. Now it have to get 100 new gadgets and spend 2 hours in the kitchen to make your eggs. Wow, you're great. And that old scientist looks like this lady maria I use to know. Her husband is dead, but she use to take a bath in the kitchen. She was gross.

Yes, the Good Eats Fan Page is wonderful (#13). And yes, Elizabeth (#17), his daughter was in the honey episode. We asked him when we saw him at his "I'm Just Here for More Food" book signing. We tend to think of Good Eats as Mr. Wizard in the kitchen. Our 6 year old loves it, too. Even when I don't necessarily use his recipes, the theory behind what he's doing is often helpful, and watching the show has impacted my whole cooking style. Yes, there is a salt cellar with kosher salt next to my stove.

And, among the many things we've made, we have a flower pot smoker on our deck :-)

I love Alton. More than any one on that network. I want to meet him but I think if I did I'd give him a big hug and not let go. He is yummy ;-)