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Alton Brown's food blog Rants & Raves is a great supplement to Good Eats and to his cookbooks, and Alton's quirky sense of humor makes it an enjoyable read.
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In case you can't get enough pearls of wisdom from Good Eats or "I'm Just Here For The Food," Alton Brown's food blog Rants & Raves is another simple -- and free -- way to improve your home cooking skills under the wise tutelage of Alton himself.

With only 30 whirlwind minutes to bring us the best cooking show on TV, Alton uses "Rants & Raves" to supplement the TV show, as well as comment on some of today's hot-button food issues.

But this food blog isn't devoted to just food. Instead, Alton uses the space to share his thoughts on topics as diverse as autos and movies.

The best feature? Well, Alton thankfully brings some perspective to the food issues that dominate the network news. Take the mad cow scare. Alton correctly points out that more people will get sick from restaurant workers who don't wash their hands than from Mad Cow Disease.

It's refreshing to see this type of analysis from someone who lives, breaths -- and yes -- eats food, instead of from those windbag intellectuals who pop up on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer whenever there's a perceived threat to our food supply.

A nice bonus: You'll also get a behind-the-scenes peek at Good Eats, with some funny pictures that'll give you a new perspective on how the TV show comes together.

The only downside is that Rants & Raves isn't updated often enough. After all, Alton is busy filming a new season of Good Eats, writing -- and promoting -- great cookbooks, and being an all-American dad and husband, so hey, we'll cut him some slack.

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Alton Brown's bio on FoodTV and his own website bio (click on "Who's Alton", lower left)