There is nothing like a warm soft pretzel.  There is also no time I realize this more than when I get one at a sporting event that...

  If I want meat in my pasta sauce, I usually just go for the ground beef.  It's so easy to just plop a hunk of ground beef in a ...

   I've done a few blog posts about pizza over the years here on latent chestnut.  In fact, one of my very first posts was about ...

  French Toast. Egg bread. Gypsy toast. Payn purdyeu. Not matter how you say it, this is Valerie's favorite breakfast.  And her f...

  Leftover mac and cheese?  Fry it up!  I have wanted to make this since I first saw the Good Eats episode air back in 2002.  Well, h...

The Chewy.  This could be my favorite Alton Brown recipe.  I know it is my most requested.  The Good Eats episode had three versions of choc...

Fried chicken is hard to get right, at least in my experience.  I don't remember the first time I attempted Alton Brown's fried...

Whenever I'm in the mood to consume an entire cobbler by myself, I make rhubarb peach cobbler.  I am the only one in the house who will...

As I eagerly anticipate the latest Good Eats book, I have come to the realization that I am going to have to clean out some of my homemade...

It all started when Valerie wanted hummus, but didn't want to spend an arm and a leg for her favorite brand.  The others just weren...

I don't know exactly how it happened, but our family has become quite the fan of falafel over the years.  I think it all may have start...

I have been a baking fool as of late, taking advantage of the season's harvest.  My favorite quick bread of the moment is Alton Brown...

It is my opinion that pie crust is just as important as the filling; and if true pie bliss is to be achieved, one must make his or her own c...

When Eva was in town earlier this summer, we had gyros for dinner one Friday night.  Once all the components were prepped, we put them all o...

So I was watching Good Eats with Eva one night as we were waiting for Daniel and Michelle to arrive from Chicago.  The episode was ...

Let's keep this leche train rolling with another recipe from the Good Eats episode "Milk Made".  Dulce de leche.  Milk caram...

Diary lovers rejoice!  Calorie counters hide! For I have made the Tres Leche Cake! When I first saw Alton Brown make this cake on Good Eat...

Upon browsing the Eva + Daniel blog today, I saw that Eva posted a segment of Julia Child making an omelette.  It turns out that Eva learne...

Even though I knew it was coming, it doesn't waver my excitement in the least.  In fact, now having owned Good Eats: The Early Years fo...

It would be an understatement to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed Alton Brown's new book Good Eats: The Early Years . I have been read...