Alton Brown Still Likes GOOD EATS

Ran in to Alton Brown at Sur La Table the other day. We worked together back in the old days at Stewart, Tabori & Chang when his first book I'm Just Here for the Food was published, promoted and eventually went on to win a James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award. Alton's profile has risen considerably since then, with more books, more tours, and a whole lot more tv work. Funny to see him on Iron Chef, and even funnier to see him to doing commercials for Welch's grape juice. Even funnier to see him 50 lbs lighter than he was, thanks to his new diet.

The new book is the second volume in his Good Eats series, taken from his long-running show on the Food Network. I've always preferred his crazy act, dressing up and playing out for the camera, and there's a lot of that in the book.