Feasting on Asphalt News

'Feasting on Asphalt' last year paid a visit to many Mississippi River spots in the Magnolia State, all of which are now recorded in a cookbook available online and through your favorite bookstore. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Monterey Bay Aquarium will host a Sustainable Foods Fair as part of its annual "Cooking for Solutions" event Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is included in the aquarium's admission. via Register-Pajaronian

“It's also a great way to save on gas”

"Good Eats" guru Alton Brown fretted earlier this week that Atlantans wouldn't turn out for his "Feasting on Asphalt" book signing at Variety Playhouse Thursday night. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“I've heard that if people from the North add salt”

The entry titled "5/9: Alton Brown's Variety Playhouse appearance, is Real Housewives coming to Atlanta?," and any of the comments about it. via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“I'd read Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck ... I wanted to hear that sense of grandeur. I wanted to write in a sense that evokes another time period.”

FISH FACE: Alton Brown poses with dinner. Alton Brown is as famous for the visual style that permeates his Food Network show, "Good Eats," as he is for his manic energy. via Atlanta.creativeloafing.com

Bites and Flights Alton Brown at Variety Playhouse this Thursday A Cappella Books presents Alton Brown and his new book, Feasting on Asphalt:The River Run , at Variety Playhouse on Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m. The ... via Atlanta Magazine

“Hi. Krista Richmond. It's an honor to meet you.”

It's no secret that I'm a Food Network fan. So, when I read that Alton Brown was holding a press conference and book signing in New Orleans, I was on it, as the foodie expression goes, like white on rice. via The Daily Advertiser

We've all heard that the way into someone's heart is through their stomach. Now, this doesn't refer to some medical procedure. via The Memphis Flyer

Kick off the weekend with the undead at the second annual Memphis Zombie Massacre , a South Main parade of Memphians decked out in fake blood and zombie costumes. via The Memphis Flyer

HE'S JUST here for the food: TV's Alton Brown Photo: Dan Workman I hate to admit this, but I really don't like to watch cooking shows. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Alton Brown, the star of the Food Network's "Good Eats," will discuss and sign his new book, "Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run" , based on the Food Network show of the same name. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Quick, somebody get me some Cornish hens!”

The host of Good Eats divulges his next big career moves Alton Brown not only represents the food geek in all of us, he revels in it. via CHOW

I have an Alton Brown Q&A up on CHOW . Here are some of the excerpts. It was actually the first time AB and I really met. via Movable Feast

Tomorrow night, Wednesday April 2 at 7 p.m. CST, the Travel Channel will broadcast Barbecue Paradise , a program featuring a look a barbeque places nationwide and one of those places is in O'Fallon Illinois. via Respublica

“It's the melting pot thing taken to new heights and new acceptance”

The inspiration can be television shows, cook books or just getting tired with the routine. via The Clarion-Ledger

Last April, Food Network's Alton Brown began a motorcycle trip from Louisiana to the source of the Mississippi River, vowing to eat at "family joints." The results now are in a book, "Feasting on Asphalt: The ... via StarTribune

“Gosh no. Where are you getting your numbers?”

Call Alton Brown the crown prince of food television, and he politely insists you're mistaken. via Hotel Online

“Science ... it's what's for dinner”

Television personality and self-proclaimed "food explorer" Alton Brown will lecture at the Museum of Science and Industry, in Chicago. via The Daily Gazette