By Don Samples

January 2, 2008 10:36 PM | Link to this

Alton is the best personality on Food Network. I used to work for Food Networks parent company and everyone would stop and watch whenever new episodes would arrive. I have tried several of his recipes and those of Emeril, Paula and Sandra Lee just to name a few, Alton’s is the best by far. I would love to get the chance to work on his production crew for just one day. Alton RULES!!!!

By Chris

January 2, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

Thanks Alton for keeping the show! It is great and has taught me so much about food. Keep up the great shows!!!

By saywhat

January 2, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

Alton - congrats - my wife and I have thought that you had the best show for the last 5 years - keep up the great work; we’ll be watching.

By Chuckles

January 2, 2008 11:29 PM | Link to this

Oh thank God.

You had us worried, Alton. First, we find out the contract was expiring. Then, they can Emeril’s show and put Mario on the back burner. Finally, we hear that they went LATE into December & you still weren’t resigned.

The thought of Guy Fieri or (nooo) Sandra Lee at 8pm certainly would not be Good Eats.

Thank God.

Now get that pilot’s license finished, enjoy the new year, and may the next three years be as much fun for you as the last three were.

By Yulanda

January 2, 2008 11:52 PM | Link to this

I love to hear U talk Alton. You speak with a smile in your voice. I love it. Happy 3yrs.

By Tom H

January 3, 2008 12:06 AM | Link to this

Hey Alton

I have a gorgeous yellow Triumph Thunderbird which would look great in your pack on your next trip. I’m also a volunteer chef assistant at Salud at Harry’s/Roswell.

How do you pick your riding team?

— Tom H

By Political Mongrel

January 3, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this

Alton’s show is just good, silly fun, with a solid core of knowledge and intelligence behind the goofball stuff.

By Clive R

January 3, 2008 1:25 AM | Link to this

This is great news. Probably the best early morning show here in Okinawa, Japan.

By Carol K

January 3, 2008 4:03 AM | Link to this

Alton Brown’s contributions to the Food Network format are the ONLY reason I watch the Food Network. Good Job home boy, keep it up!!! We all love you :)

By Claire

January 3, 2008 5:03 AM | Link to this

LOVE Good Eats - I keep looking for the BOOK. I sure wish you’d put some of that wit & wisdom down on paper. And when you do, I reserve the right to hound you for a signed copy…

By Felicia

January 3, 2008 6:43 AM | Link to this

Way to go Alton!!! I reside in Snellville and would love to come out to Alpharetta and meet you one day!!!! I tried quite a few of your recipes and love to cook myself!!

By Ruby

January 3, 2008 7:06 AM | Link to this

I’m sure glad Good Eats will still be around. It is absolutely the best cooking show. It’s funny and provides loads of knowledge about food and cooking. I’ve learned so much. Alton, you need to train teachers on how to deliver facts. Using your method would certainly make the classroom better than ever. Keep up the good work!

By Tommy Maddox

January 3, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this

Great news! Great show!

You have to love a mixer with flames…

By Phil

January 3, 2008 7:44 AM | Link to this

Alton Sir: I enjoy your show! You have THE only true cooking show on TV. You feed me the three most important things in life: Laughter, Food, and my thirst for Knowledge. Thank you!

By Kim Huffman

January 3, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

Congrats, Alton!, now maybe you can do those “that’s another show” episodes that tease us. Good to see someone age from their 30’s to 40’s on air..makes life more real!..and someone to share receding hairlines and paunches with!

By Kim Huffman

January 3, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this

Congrats, Alton!, now maybe you can do those “that’s another show” episodes that tease us. Good to see someone age from their 30’s to 40’s on air..makes life more real!..and someone to share receding hairlines and paunches with!

By preston

January 3, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this

Alton does a very good job on his show “Good Eats”….easy to follow recipes, with excellent safety tips….just enough food knowledge and history to keep you interested without blowing you away….and very well written skits. He also does a very good job hosting “Iron Chef America”. Alton, Bobby Flay, and Paula Deen are by far the best and most impressionable cooks on the food network……Rachel Ray does a good job too, even though she is a little bit quirky……but I am very happy for Alton.

By B. Thenet

January 3, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

It is always nice to see the Atlanta area represented well on the national scene. Watching Alton make his treks to local supermarkets while doing his shows fill me with some hometown pride.

By Keke

January 3, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

I LOVE to see all of the local groceries when Alton goes out shopping! Even though Atlanta has some excellent chefs and restaurants, we tend to get ignored on the national and international scene. Alton and his show really help to keep our little “blip” visible! The scientific approach that Alton takes toward cooking is one of a kind and my family enjoys his show the most!

By Holland

January 3, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Best news of the year so far! Love to watch Alton and his great explanation of science and cooking. Big Fan!

And cant wait for more “Feasting…” either, that is easily another top 5 FOOD show!

YAY Alton!

By KUDOS

January 3, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

Thanks to Alton we understand the chemical reactions that affect how ingredients interact with each other - JAG dubbed Alton “the almanac” and I would have to agree - also, Vern Yip is the best designer out there, bar none, and i appreciate his sense of community with ‘Deserving Design’ but it doesnt really showcase the breadth of his talent

By jam

January 3, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

This is great news! I’m tired of watching “celebrity chefs” that do little more than mix pre-measured ingredients and display their dental work for the camera. Alton Brown has knowledge, humor, and a weird charisma. He’s kinda like your nerdy lab partner in science class. I just tried his egg-nog recipe — GREAT!! it was simple, delicious, and light as air. I’m glad to see him succeed.

By Jamie

January 3, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

My husband joked that I was excited to move to Alpharetta not to be close to my dad, but to haunt grocery stores in the area to look for you. He was more right than I admitted to. Love your show!

By RDG

January 3, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

Congrats Alton! I love your show and can’t wait to see the future episodes. You bring so much information to the table and the tips you add to each segment are priceless. I’ve been in ATL all my life and would love to meet another fellow Atlantan. You ROCK!!!

By Eric Techo

January 3, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

Congrats! Alton you are the best of all chefs on the Food Network. Your shows are educational and captivating. Keep up the great work! You deserve it.

By Ramona

January 3, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

Way to go Alton. I absolutely love, love, love Good Eats!!

By Gary Goch

January 3, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

Alton also shows the background of how things in cooking work, using very clever “puppets” and other on-camera oddities. Very funny and informative and he’s just fun to watch cooking.

By Scott

January 3, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

Congrats Alton, you are the best on Food Network, and the only show on that network that I would watch willingly with my wife.

Keep up the great work! See you at Harry’s!

By Scott Owen

January 3, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

Excellent news. Alton Brown is the essential “Professor of Practical Culinary Perfection.” His witty attitude makes the show edgy and attentive. Enjoy your cash. You earned it. Thanks. Scott Owen; Durham, NC.

By Ed Selby

January 3, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Another season of Feasting On Asphalt??

FOA is, by far, the best show Food Network has done, and may even be one of the best TV shows ever. Neither Paula’s sons or Guy get as close to the heart and soul of American “real food” as Alton does on Feasting On Asphalt.

Where should he travel? How about an east coast tour - Eastport, Maine to Key West, Florida :)

By Anthony

January 3, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Alton is from Lithonia……go boy!!!

By Dave

January 3, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Way to go Alton, keep up the stellar work. And if you need another member of your film crew, call me!

By holt

January 3, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

Good to hear…you go Alton!

By VICKI

January 3, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

ACTUALLY I THINK HE TRIES TOO HARD TO BE FUNNY AND HE ISN’T. I WAS TURNED OFF BY THE SECOND TIME I SAW HIS SHOW. HAVE NO IDEA IF HIS FOOD IS GOOD OR NOT???????/

By Laura

January 3, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

This is great news! Alton is by far the best on Food Network. My 4 year old loves to watch Good Eats!

By Clint

January 3, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Alton is good and all, but the only reason to watch Food is Giada De Laurentis.

By Raquel

January 3, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Thank God ~ my boyfriend gets closer and closer to cooking when he learns new stuff on this show… maybe by 2010 he’ll be joining me in the kitchen!!!!

By Dog Man

January 3, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

I love Alton’s shows. Especially Feisting on Asphalt. I would love to ride with them on that show. Congrats Alton!

By BuzzfanŽ

January 3, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

I’ve also used several of AB’s recipes and techniques over the years, and refer friends to them all the time.

Alton’s the most-useful thing UGA’s ever produced……well, with a Y-chromosome, anyway.

;-)

By A Fan

January 3, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Thank God! AB is the ONLY good thing left on the Food Network. Our family loves Good Eats, and we can’t wait for a third season of FOA!

By BULLDAWG

January 3, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

GOOD EATS AND FEASTING ON ASPHALT ARE GREAT SHOWS! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

By BULLDAWG

January 3, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

FORGOT— ALTON YOU NEED TO DO A TAILGATE SHOW AT YOUR ALMA MATER —-UGA!

GO DOGS!

By Food Network Fan

January 3, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Yea! I love Alton Brown! Good Eats and Iron Chef are the only shows on Food Network my engineer husband will watch with me. I’m glad they’re keeping him on and not giving Paula or Rachael another show.

Oh and FYI: Alton no longer lives in Alpharetta, but in Marietta. I saw him filming his show one time at the Cool Beans on the Square.

By Steve

January 3, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Alton Brown lives in a historic old home on Church Street in Marietta, not Alpharetta or Lithonia.

By Bob Andrews

January 3, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

ALTON BROWN IS AN IRRITATING LOSER. HE HAS THIS CONDESCENDING, I’M SMARTER THAN YOU MANNER THAT JUST GRATES MY NERVES. HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT FOOD AND USES THESE SILLY PROPS AND SESAME STREET-LIKE SHOW TO ‘TEACH’ ADULTS THE SCIENCE BEHIND FOOD AND PREPARATION. THAT GOT BORING AFTER ABOUT ONE SHOW. HOW THIS MORON COULD MAKE A LIVING OFF A COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS CLASS SKIT IS BAFFLING!

By Karla

January 3, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Alton’s shows are the best on the Food Network and the few interesting programs on television as a whole. It is a rare treat to find something to watch that is both entertaining and educational. Thanks Alton! You do Georgia proud (shame you didn’t go to Tech, though.)

By bev

January 3, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Alton Brown is wonderful in that he is proud of being Southern and shares that pride with the rest of America. The direction of the shows are always captivating and he is certainly better than RR. I bet Alton tips better too. Bring back Feasting on Asphalt. And FN, please bring some chefs on the network, not just personalities…RR telling me to warm up a store bought apple pie on her 30 minute meals does not challenge nor inspire me. See you at Whole Foods Alton

B

By Tech Fan

January 3, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

Alton - great job. I know many who think your show is a great learning tool for adults and children alike and the food is great as they have cooked your recipes.

Bob Andrews - your comments sound like sour grapes and you might be thinking he is talking over your head!!! Alton has a good thing going and your comments are in the minority, buddy. If you do not have something nice to say, as my momma taught me, don’t say anything at all. Or at least keep it constructive.

I am a tech fan and I like the guy - he is doing his best to make cooking fun for kids and people who do not normally have an interest. If you do not like him, change the channel. It’s a free country.

Alton, keep up the great work. Explaining the scientific concepts keeps kids (and adults)applying and seeing how science works in the real world - something we need!!! Thanks.

Kathy

By Tech Fan

January 3, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

Alton - great job. I know many who think your show is a great learning tool for adults and children alike and the food is great as they have cooked your recipes.

Bob Andrews - your comments sound like sour grapes and you might be thinking he is talking over your head!!! Alton has a good thing going and your comments are in the minority, buddy. If you do not have something nice to say, as my momma taught me, don’t say anything at all. Or at least keep it constructive.

I am a tech fan and I like the guy - he is doing his best to make cooking fun for kids and people who do not normally have an interest. If you do not like him, change the channel. It’s a free country.

Alton, keep up the great work. Explaining the scientific concepts keeps kids (and adults)applying and seeing how science works in the real world - something we need!!! Thanks.

Kathy

By Tech Fan

January 3, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this

Alton - great job. I know many who think your show is a great learning tool for adults and children alike and the food is great as they have cooked your recipes.

Bob Andrews - your comments sound like sour grapes and you might be thinking he is talking over your head!!! Alton has a good thing going and your comments are in the minority, buddy. If you do not have something nice to say, as my momma taught me, don’t say anything at all. Or at least keep it constructive.

I am a tech fan and I like the guy - he is doing his best to make cooking fun for kids and people who do not normally have an interest. If you do not like him, change the channel. It’s a free country.

Alton, keep up the great work. Explaining the scientific concepts keeps kids (and adults)applying and seeing how science works in the real world - something we need!!! Thanks.

Kathy

By James Tyler

January 3, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

For the Idiot Tech Fan Kathy, Alton Brown went to UGA- he isn’t really capable of ‘talking over’ anyone. Acting Smart doesn’t make u so, and TECH never graduated anyone who was actually fluent in english anyway. The ‘science’ part of his show does an inadequate job of making up for his lack of cooking knowledge. The guy wanted to be an actor and never took a cooking class- how is he qualified for a cooking show?

By Lisa

January 3, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

Don’t you know Alton went to the New England Culinary Institute? That’s way more than taking a cooking class! He has a culinary degree that’s more than some hosts on the Food Network have!

Anyway, Good Eats, Feasting on Asphalt and Iron Chef America are my favorite shows on the Food Network. Alton Brown is the only reason I still watch the Food Network!

Glad to see he’s going to be making great shows with lots of information and entertainment. And his recipes are spot on… they never let me down. I understand so much more about cooking now and I had been cooking for years before watching Good Eats.

Cheers to Alton! :)

By Diana

January 4, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

First, to Bob Andrews. If you weren’t a moron, you’d be able to see that Alton’s shows aren’t just about T & A like most of the female FN shows are. I guess that’s why you’re upset, if he was a woman with a low cut shirt on, you’d be happy right? Get a life loser, Alton’s pinky is smarter than you’ll ever be.

Alton never says that he knows everything, in fact, he’s the first to admit that he and his staff do research on every show topic, just like he does for ICA. As for his “CONDESCENDING” (don’t yell nimrod, we all see you) attitude…. have you ever met the man, or have seen him in person? I’ll bet not, or you’d never say that. He treats his fans with respect and humility ( I should know, I met him).

Get off your ridiculous high horse and realize that if it wasn’t for men like him, FN would be in the toilet (and Rachael Ray is pulling the handle).

By Diana

January 4, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Lisa, don’t bother trying to explain anything to idiots like James Tyler and Bob Andrews, it’s obvious they have no idea what intelligence really is.

By Diana

January 4, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

BTW, his waffles and sugar cookies are sublime. If you’ve never tried his recipes, don’t diss the man. I doubt that you’d find many other foods that are as thoroughly researched as his.

By Lisa

January 4, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

claps for Diana :)

You are so right about the way Alton treats his fans. I have met him and he was very friendly, sweet, smart and genuine. The guy I talked to was like the guy on the screen (which is NOT condescending at all!) … though his humor is a bit more mischievous in person (which was fine by me). Meeting Alton was the highlight of last year for me.

PS: Yes, the waffles and sugar cookies are awesome! I brought a bunch of the cookies to work before Christmas and my coworkers all raved about them. Those things didn’t last until lunch. :D

By Diana

January 4, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

Did you happen to see how his wit wasn’t just on his shows? I mean, he can come off with intelligent banter very quickly, and answer questions with that same sincerity he shows on TV. He’s an all around great guy to talk to, and told me that I can substitute Splenda in place of sugar for brining by cutting it 1/3 in the recipe.

By Left in the South

January 5, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

Wow few negative comments, and those were from Bushies (anti science, intelligence and learning).

By Tammy Harper

January 6, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this

I love it that alton will continue his good eats show, I choose to watch his shows over any other, He also brings out the best in Iron chef america.

Thanks Alton and Food network for bringing decent shows to telivision