William Conway, the blogger at Never Trust a Skinny Chef, was able to
realize one of his foodie dreams this week: he met Alton Brown. Actually, he got
to be an extra on an episode of Good Eats. Unlike a high-budget
Hollywood-style production, Good Eats is low key and relatively low budget, William described it as a "school play
affair." That didn't make it any less fun, though. Alton is a down-to-earth, smart and very likable guy. He was
coming up with stories and lines for the script at the spur of the moment - even giving William himself a line to say
in the show: "'There ain't no barracuda round here!"
To see William on TV and hear his line, look for the episode, which is about scallops, to air throughout the week on the Food Network!
4-10-2006 @10:12AM Chewbaca said... i Tivo'd that episode and watched it last night. i remember the barracuda comment. it was funny. Good Eats is the reason I got a Tivo. I bet there are a lot of other people who Tivo Good Eats.
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4-10-2006 @1:41PM William said... I've posted up a few follow-up comments to this story here.
Thanks for the plug!
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4-10-2006 @1:43PM William said... Whoops! Didn't get the link.
http://www.ntscblog.com/2006/04/behind-scenes-at-good-eats-some.html
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