Alton Brown

Gadgets

Kitchen Gifts For Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron

4:00AM November 24, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Geeks love cooking and there’s no mystery why: it’s science you can eat! We spent a week salivating over food gadgets, gathering tips and wisdom along the way. From that experience comes our list of best (and worst) gift ideas: More »

Geek Out

Alton Brown’s Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now

10:40AM September 1, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Taste Test food week wouldn’t have been complete without our fun Q&As with Alton Brown, but his hot-out-of-the-oven book Good Eats: The Early Years is the real news peg. More »

Science

MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky

10:00AM August 29, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Since Alton Brown is pretty much nerd-dom’s representative on food TV, I figured I’d have to tackle one of his recipes for MacGyver Chef. I chose a classic: Beef jerky made with a box fan. More »

Gadgets

Alton Brown: Kitchen Unitasker Lightning Round – Yea Or Nay?

6:00AM August 28, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

You know the deal: Alton hates single-purpose kitchen gadgets. So I read him a list of unitaskers that I thought might make the cut. Here’s what did—and what didn’t—meet the maestro’s approval, along with his colour commentary: More »

Gadgets

Alton Brown: Safe And Scary Kitchen Hacks

2:20AM August 26, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Alton Brown famously disdains spending money on “unitaskers” and other kitchen gadgets, when you can just as easily (and far more cheaply) get by with what’s around the house. Here’s what happened when I asked about his favourite hacks. More »

News

Taste Test

1:00AM August 25, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

From the fires that blessed and cursed primitive man to that replicator in Picard’s quarters that always delivers tea Earl Grey hot, food and innovation are bound eternally. More »