so i am totally addicted to america's test kitchen now. it is basically just way better than good eats, which i still like. good eats easily wins for style and humor, but alton brown tends to violate one of Brian's Rules, the one that says you shouldn't be pedantic and wrong at the same time.
while america's test kitchen avers that they do things "the right way," they eliminate the idea that it's right simply because they know better than you; they just tested every other possible way and decided on the best one. there really is no "knowledge" being presented here, just test results.
alton still wins for personality and humor though. oh, and cleverness. the smoker out of a giant flower pot, a hot plate and a pie pan is just ingenious. plus his guests are great. i particularly like deb the nutritional anthropologist and shirley corriher, easily the most adorable old lady food scientist ever.
none of the people on america's test kitchen are really endearing, but only one of them really grates on me. that would be bridget. i was going to write that it kind of bothered me that chris (the nerdy guy with the glasses) seems to be a total perv around bridget, and they exude the sense that they're carrying on an affair. but then i thought that such a comment would be inappropriate and juvenile. besides, other bloggers have tread in these waters before.
