RIP Good Eats

Alton Brown ending Good Eats

I've watched it less religiously the last couple years but it, along w/ Molto Mario, were what got me into cooking 6-7 years ago. He appealed to my science-y nerd side as well as serving up some great ideas/recipes. There have been a few duds (a recent crock pop 'Lasagne' recipe left me baffled) but overall, I'll be sad to see it go.

Thanks for everything, Alton !

Good Eats was a great show, but it went severely downhill when Alton stopped writing the episodes himself (year 7), coinciding with him appearing on many other shows. The topics became less interesting and there was less content in each show. (The Trib article says he writes all of the episodes himself; he may have some co-writing role in all episodes, but there is definitely another writer/researcher involved now.)

FYI, http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/ is a great resource for all things Good Eats, i.e. transcripts, video clips, etc.

I remember seeing his first episode on WTTW on a Saturday afternoon I think in 1998. I was scanning through the channels when I saw this Thomas Dolbey looking man talk about potatoes (or was it who to properly cook a steak, its been ages) and was hooked on the show instantly.

He will be missed on the Food Network which, sadly, became a network that started off the the serious food fan to catering to the reality show loving lowest common denominatior.

I also miss "Taste" that featured David Rosengarten. It was a show in the same vein, showing how to prepare foods incorrectly, and then properly. Plus David Rosengarten is so cute!

I remember seeing his first episode on WTTW on a Saturday afternoon I think in 1998. I was scanning through the channels when I saw this Thomas Dolbey looking man talk about potatoes (or was it who to properly cook a steak, its been ages) and was hooked on the show instantly.

It was definitely the tater show - I remember seeing it, too.

Good Eats has been the only show I watch on the Food Network since they stopped airing the original, Japanese Iron Chef. It's a little weird for me, because it's been on TV for as long as I've had cable. I'm sad to see it go, but I'm also amazed (and grateful) that it lasted as long as it did.

HI,

When a show is cancelled on Food-TV, does it continue life as reruns or is it banished? Do the recipes and article associated with the show disapear off their website?

There are a number of Alton Brown recipes I refer to from time to time, should I begin copying them?

Regards,

If you look at the Food Network website, they have recipes for many shows that are long off the air.

See http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/index.html

Molto Mario, for example: http://www.foodnetwork.com/molto-mario/ ... index.html

Also, the Good Eats Fan Page that I linked to above is not affiliated with the Food Network. They have transcripts to every show and links to recipes on the FN.

Naturally, it wouldn't hurt to download recipes you like as a back up.

When a show is cancelled on Food-TV, does it continue life as reruns or is it banished? Do the recipes and article associated with the show disapear off their website?

Hi Cathy -- I suspect that Food Network will be running Good Eats until the cows come home. It's a huge catalog and as we can see from our LTH reactions -- people love to watch it. Plus it's very timeless -- it will still be relevant in many ways for many years. Plus -- I see reruns on Food TV all the time -- they run a lot of old Giada. At the very least they'll run it as programming on the Cooking Channel.

At least -- that's my opinion. For what it's worth.

Cheers!

Shannon