Good Eats: The Early Years by Alton Brown
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Book Summary Author: Alton Brown Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2009-10-01 ISBN: 1584797959 Number of pages: 396 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang |
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Book Reviews of the Good Eats: The Early Years
Customer Review: Great if you never make any deviations
Summary: 1 Stars
I'll just use one recipe to show you what's wrong with this book.
Steak.
The book says to cook rib eye until it gets to 130F for medium rare...which is great, if you want your steak medium rare...
In a normal cook book I would say "ok" but Alton Brown professes to be a food educator and yet the recipes don't seem to allow for any deviation without research elsewhere...I shouldn't have to head online to find out what the internal temperature of a steak needs to be if I want it medium...I shouldn't have to wonder if the same recipe will work for a tenderloin (lower fat content) than a rib eye or if I need to change anything if my rib eye is 8oz instead of 15...
The worst part is that the tv show tells you the temperature for a medium steak...so the book actually removes crucial information from the show!
So we're treated to a diagram of a cow (who cares) and none of the information a reasonable cook might need to deviate from a recipe with confidence.
I had really high hopes for this book but I think it's a poor buy compared to other books out there and won't buy "middle years" or Alton Brown again.