Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen

Dedicated viewers of Alton Browns acclaimed Food Network show Good Eats know of his penchant for using unusual equipment. He has smoked a salmon in a cardboard box, roasted prime rib in a flowerpot, and used a C-clamp as a nutcracker. Brown isnt interested in novelty, hes just devoted to using the bestand simplesttool for the job.Alton Browns Gear For Your Kitchen offers honest, practical advice on whats needed and what isnt, what works and what doesnt. For instance: You only need three knives, but they are a lifetime investment. And dont bother with that famous countertop grillit doesnt get hot enough to properly sear. In his signature science-guy style, Brown begins with advice on kitchen layout and organization, then gets to the lowdown on these cooking elements: Big Things with Plugs; Pots and Pans; Sharp Things; The Tool Box; Small Things with Plugs; Storage and Containment; and Safety and Sanitation.Gear For Your Kitchen is essential for all of Browns fans as well as anyone who wants a good guide to great kitchen gear. With more than 125,000 hardcover copies in print, this indispensableand highly entertainingbook is now offered in a paperback edition that every home cook can afford.