Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations

Food Network TV star Brown has demonstrated his mastery of both food and thought in everything, from the scientific facts that spiced up his shows Good Eats and Cutthroat Kitchen to his one-man show Last Bite. His recipe for success translates from screen and stage to page in this memoir in meals and of the man made by those meals, with much respect paid to the quality ingredients (especially his wife) that have elevated everything he dishes up. There’s whimsy and wit, as in his description of returning to Cap’n Crunch cereal after decades of developing his knowledge of food chemistry, and in the cartoons illustrating his culinary escapades. Brown also provides more personal insight into how his identity intersects with his feelings about food, without letting go of the point of view that has made him a popular creative food scientist.