Pecan Store August 7th, 2009

I absolutely love the show Good Eats on the Food Network. Each episode infuses two of my favorite things in life: cooking and humor. Host Alton Brown takes you through each episode while explaining the science and history behind each recipe. The show is a little quirky and definitely unlike any other show on the network.

I think I love this show so much because there was a point in time where I didn’t understand the difference between baking soda and baking powder, I didn’t get why over-mixing pancakes turned them into perfect little circular bricks, or why I should use cake flour versus all-purpose flour. This show helped me understand that there’s a science to cooking, and explained the reasons why ingredients are used.

This episode is fantastic, and well worth the 10 minute watch time. Baklava and the complexities of Phyllo dough are explained in this edition of Good Eats. Although this recipe calls for pistachios, walnuts and almonds, you can substitute one of the ingredients for pecans, or head over to PecanStore.com for some fresh Arizona-grown pistachios to use.

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