is anyone watching the food network's "feasting on asphalt" (starring alton brown and his production crew driving tricked-out motorcycles across the USA)?

no, but i watched and loved that episode. it must have unnerved a lot of angelenos that he spent most of the episode in friggin' HAWTHORNE. i think it's great -- those aerospace boomtowns were probably foodie heaven 50-60 years ago.

Just watched FoA2 episode #2, and my wife and I are seriously tempted to drive to Lorman tomorrow for that dude's fried chicken. But it's at least a four-hour drive and he only serves lunch.

Couple of Good Eats repeats the other night made me a happy man. Especially the egg nog episode.

Alton keeps on keeping on:

http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/alton-brown-inks-deal-with-food-network/

:-(

a lot of useful tips gained from this show rip

Alton Brown Has Had It With Foodies

(also, he's into guns)

if i wanted to dip into some classic alton brown shiz what should i watch?

my favourite stuff of his is the 'science of food' stuff he gets into, like why searing a steak is important, or what actually happens chemically when you make a roux, etc etc

i went in on Good Eats Reloaded and it is just.... my favourite shit. i love him. tell me how to make pasta right, alton. tell me how to crack an egg.

i tried his deep-fried burger recipe today to the T - including the smoked paprika on the cheese, pickles, everything - for my first time 'entertaining' guests since lockdown (we were in the back garden). it was awesome. the burgers cook in 160C oil for 1 minute. it is going to be very tempting to cook burgers like this every time. Though i probably won't grind my own meat every time (!!). my other tiny variation was that i used one of these italian burger shaper things.

anyway, alton brown. the best.

I read this and now you have to also:
https://www.eater.com/2020/11/10/21559559/alton-brown-conservative-newsweek-controversy-explained

I thought the conservative/gun nut stuff was pretty well known (you can spot them by their fetishization of $20k watches) but that Jeff Smith bit, wow.