# Good Eats: The Early Years - Hardcover

by **Alton Brown** (Author)

**Alton Brown, James Beard Award-winning author and host of the Peabody Award-winning show _Good Eats_, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the show and offers an incredible variety of recipes in _Good Eats: The Early Years_.**

Here is the book that Brown's legion of fans have been salivating for--a volume providing an unexpurgated record of his long-running TV series. From "Pork Fiction" (on baby back ribs) to "Citizen Cane" (on caramel sauce) to "Oat Cuisine" (on oatmeal), hilarious episodes from the show are represented.

Illustrated with behind-the-scenes color photos taken on the _Good Eats_ set, this book features more than 140 recipes along with explanations of techniques, lots of food-science information (of course!), and more food puns, food jokes, and food trivia than you can shake a wooden spoon at.

Recipes include:

-   **Good Eats Roast Turkey**
-   **Country Ham Resurrected**
-   **Salmon Turnovers**
-   **Butternut Dumplings with Brown Butter and Sage**
-   **Cocoa Brownies**

  
Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and--underneath it all--a science geek who's as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating. (Well, almost.) Fans new and old have embraced his Good Eats cookbooks.

Good Eats series:  
_Good Eats: The Early Years_  
_Good Eats 2: The Middle Years_  
_Good Eats 3: The Later Years_  
_Good Eats 4: The Final Years_

### Author Biography

Alton Brown is the writer, director, and host of the Food Network show _Good Eats,_ which won a 2007 Peabody Award, and is the expert commentator on _Iron Chef America_. In 2004 his STC book _I'm Just Here For the Food_ won the James Beard Award for in the reference category. Brown lives in Georgia with his wife and daughter.

**Number of Pages:** 396

**Dimensions:** 1.7 x 10.14 x 9.4 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 01, 2009

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- **Price:** 40.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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