Good Eats S1E13P2: The Art Of Darkness

When Alton researches the lusciousness of chocolate, he's drawn deeper and deeper into that world, trying various recipes with help from one familiarly top-hatted purveyor of the sweets.

Recipes featured in this episode:
- Chocolate Mousse
- Chocolate Lava Muffins

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• Eats
• Food
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• Alton
• Brown

[brewingrunning]

Because he speaks the language of delicious food, which is understood in every culture...

[wtfm8lolhax]

Why is Alton so fucking awesome?

[michelle13579123]

His hair looks like my Dad's :D

[710LENNY]

@LikeTheHat

N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestles makes the very best Cha-c-lat

[AAL0789]

William Jefferson Wonka... :)

[davecardenas]

@trlkly I think he's picky because he needs a good story to drive the show. You're right about the recipe maker because he takes a recipe as far apart as it will go even down to chemistry and the like. It's kind of what I like about the show. It doesn't mean I would want to eat some of the stuff he's cooking.

[trlkly]

@davecardenas He's also really, really picky. And he likes to use recipes that have the least chance of failing. He's really less of a cook and more of a recipe maker. Heck, the food on the show isn't actually cooked by him, other than what you see him do on air.

[sprockkets]

@MissReige gelatin can come from many places, such as animal bones. Its the reason why bbq food is so good; the collagen dissolves and forms gelatin. See the episode of "q" for more info.

[asialeah07]

@gr8fzy1 Oh good. That sounds more....appetizing lol. Thanks for that :)

[gr8fzy1]

@asialeah07

Agar-Agar is a plant based Gelatine substitute, the chinese have been making jello with it for a LONG time.

Just do a google search for Agar Agar, or Check Wikipedia for "Agar"

[MissReige]

@asialeah07 I've heard gelatin is made from a horse's or cow's hooves, and one more humane source is the horns shed naturally from certain animals (but it's not like any gelatin manufacturer labels where they got the stuff for their gelatin anyway, so just assume it was a horse's or cow's hooves). You can also assume that the animals that are harvested for gelatin aren't killed in the proper way Muslims go by when they slaughter their animals.

[2491Camille]

@asialeah07 Gelatin is sometimes made from the pig's skin.