Next New Good Eats January 17th

Looks like we still have a few more weeks to wait until Good Eats picks back up with new episodes. The first show will kick off with lentils! Until then, at least we have a good catalog of reruns to watch, especially if you own any of the DVD collections.

Banana Ice Cream Success

Lat night I attempted Alton's banana ice cream recipe with my new Kitchen Aid ice cream mixer. It turned out perfectly! Sadly, I couldn't get my hands on any vanilla beans since everything was closed yesterday (as stores should be), so I used a good splash of vanilla extract. The bananas looked pretty scary when frozen and then thawed, but were perfect on the inside. A quick whirl in the food processor and they were mush!

I made myself a banana split with chocolate sauce and whipped cream (no need for a real banana). I'll have to move on to more exciting ice cream and sorbet recipes now!

Alton Brown Article

Heifer brings in farm animal donations as alternative holiday presents
By Annie Bergman
Instead of waiting in line with hundreds of others for a chance at nabbing the year's hottest Christmas gifts, Food Network chef Alton Brown decided on an intangible alternative for the people on his list – a donation to Heifer International.

Brown is on a growing list of donors that give to the Little Rock-based charity at the holidays finding that, sometimes, the perfect gift for the person who has everything is to give them nothing – except the satisfaction of knowing money was spent to help poor people worldwide.

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Alton Brown's Florida Performance Review

Phil review: If you were a fan, Alton Brown provided delicious show

By Jonathan Foerster

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

About 10 minutes into his Tuesday night cooking demonstration at the Naples Philharmonic, Alton Brown paused to ask a question.

"Did you ever think you’d pay money to watch someone beat eggs?"

The near-capacity crowd laughed, something it would do frequently during Brown’s 90-minute performance.

But his question wasn’t thatfunny.

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