Thursday, May 31, 2007
So Close, Yet So Far (from Alton Brown)
Well, I'm not going to be able to get out of work early enough to see Alton Brown up in Midland Friday. I left early today to oversee an installation project at home. At least I can try to comfort myself with the notion that I would have been too tired to really enjoy the even anyhow. One of these days I'll see him!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Jam Session
I finally broke down and bought my canning starter kit. Since strawberry season in Michigan is coming in only a few weeks I thought I had better do a practice run to make sure I know what I'm doing once the fresh fruit is in the fields! I naturally turned to Alton Brown for some guidance.
My trial run consisted of Alton's blueberry preserves and a strawberry-rhubarb recipe that was in the little booklet that came with the canning kit. Despite being a practice run I still managed to pack some local-ness into my preserves! I had one remaining bag of blueberries in the freezer from last summer and a local farmer gave me three stalks of her first crop of rhubarb! Gotta love livin' in the country!
All went well with both recipes, but I have to say Alton's blueberry was the winner. The Ball recipe had noticably more sugar which probably covered up some of the bite from the rhubarb, while the blueberry goodness came right through in the other batch. After a week of eating nothing but PBJs I'm ready for fruit picking season to open up!
My trial run consisted of Alton's blueberry preserves and a strawberry-rhubarb recipe that was in the little booklet that came with the canning kit. Despite being a practice run I still managed to pack some local-ness into my preserves! I had one remaining bag of blueberries in the freezer from last summer and a local farmer gave me three stalks of her first crop of rhubarb! Gotta love livin' in the country!
All went well with both recipes, but I have to say Alton's blueberry was the winner. The Ball recipe had noticably more sugar which probably covered up some of the bite from the rhubarb, while the blueberry goodness came right through in the other batch. After a week of eating nothing but PBJs I'm ready for fruit picking season to open up!
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Alton Brown in Midland, Michigan June 1st
Fellow Michiganders!!! Alton Brown will be coming to the Midland Festival this year! It's $34, but it's Alton Brown in Michigan!
MATRIX:MIDLAND FESTIVAL 2007 EVENTS
An Evening with Alton Brown “Crystals in the Kitchen:
The Effects of Extreme Temperature”
Friday, June 1, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
You've seen him on cable television's Food Network as the creator, writer and host of the offbeat hit show Good Eats, and as commentator for Iron Chef America. Part jester, part scientist, and entirely entertaining, Brown improvises and ad libs his way through the evening using fun summer recipes plus a bit of liquid nitrogen! One hour cooking demo followed by Q & A and book signing.
Admission: Section A $34, Section B $30 - MCFTA Auditorium
Here's a link to the festival site
MATRIX:MIDLAND FESTIVAL 2007 EVENTS
An Evening with Alton Brown “Crystals in the Kitchen:
The Effects of Extreme Temperature”
Friday, June 1, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
You've seen him on cable television's Food Network as the creator, writer and host of the offbeat hit show Good Eats, and as commentator for Iron Chef America. Part jester, part scientist, and entirely entertaining, Brown improvises and ad libs his way through the evening using fun summer recipes plus a bit of liquid nitrogen! One hour cooking demo followed by Q & A and book signing.
Admission: Section A $34, Section B $30 - MCFTA Auditorium
Here's a link to the festival site
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