I'm a fangirl.
I fully admit it. I feel no shame in it, and quite frankly I'm Proud that I am a massive Alton brown fangirl. I have seen every episode of the show at least five times and often try any vegetarian dish I find on the show if I have the equipment. I watch any food network special hes on, watch iron Chef America almost entirely because of him, Cat Cora and Mario Batali (I'm sorry Bobby Flay fans but I really just can't stand the man, and Morimoto does not get shown enough to count.) In short I am a fangirl in the sense of Japanese girls being fangirls for the newest cute monster pet thingy that they come out with each month.
That being said, I thought it was only right to get peoples impressions on the man and to open up a topic to discuss his work be it Good eats, Feasting on Asphalt or even his cook books. Frankly I think the man really should be celebrated considering he is one of the last few people on American Television to take the job seriously and to do it out of passion rather than out of pay.
How do I know this? Well for one thing he spends the whole of his budget for his primary show 'Good eats' on the show. Literally. The man rolls his entire budget back into the show including what he would be paid, instead making his money from apperences, book signings, book sales, DVD sales and guest appearances. Now this may not sound like much until you consider that Good eats is one of the most popular shows on food network. His approch of exploring the Minutia of food science and giving detailed reasoning behind the various operations of food preparation make it feel more like a properly run Engineering class as opposed to a cooking lesson. To compound this he actually spends time writing, directing and integrating research done by his assistants into the show in a wide array of fields from Anthropology, history, folklore, various sciences and sometimes even more obscure fields.
Now granted his staff most likely work their collective butts off as well, but with all of this time and work put in he still chooses to roll more money into the show which requires him to take up MORE of his time to make money for his family. All this from a man whos biggest claim to fame before starting his show was an REM video.
So I would like to know your thoughts on the man, be they good bad or indifferent, or if you have yet to see anything from him go try to watch an episode of 'good eats' on Food network. I promise you won't be disappointed.
I fully admit it. I feel no shame in it, and quite frankly I'm Proud that I am a massive Alton brown fangirl. I have seen every episode of the show at least five times and often try any vegetarian dish I find on the show if I have the equipment. I watch any food network special hes on, watch iron Chef America almost entirely because of him, Cat Cora and Mario Batali (I'm sorry Bobby Flay fans but I really just can't stand the man, and Morimoto does not get shown enough to count.) In short I am a fangirl in the sense of Japanese girls being fangirls for the newest cute monster pet thingy that they come out with each month.
That being said, I thought it was only right to get peoples impressions on the man and to open up a topic to discuss his work be it Good eats, Feasting on Asphalt or even his cook books. Frankly I think the man really should be celebrated considering he is one of the last few people on American Television to take the job seriously and to do it out of passion rather than out of pay.
How do I know this? Well for one thing he spends the whole of his budget for his primary show 'Good eats' on the show. Literally. The man rolls his entire budget back into the show including what he would be paid, instead making his money from apperences, book signings, book sales, DVD sales and guest appearances. Now this may not sound like much until you consider that Good eats is one of the most popular shows on food network. His approch of exploring the Minutia of food science and giving detailed reasoning behind the various operations of food preparation make it feel more like a properly run Engineering class as opposed to a cooking lesson. To compound this he actually spends time writing, directing and integrating research done by his assistants into the show in a wide array of fields from Anthropology, history, folklore, various sciences and sometimes even more obscure fields.
Now granted his staff most likely work their collective butts off as well, but with all of this time and work put in he still chooses to roll more money into the show which requires him to take up MORE of his time to make money for his family. All this from a man whos biggest claim to fame before starting his show was an REM video.
So I would like to know your thoughts on the man, be they good bad or indifferent, or if you have yet to see anything from him go try to watch an episode of 'good eats' on Food network. I promise you won't be disappointed.