Alton Brown returns to his role as author. Former He eats well host announced exclusively to PEOPLE that he will publish his debut collection of essays next year. Food for Thought: Essays and Reflections it will be published by Gallery Books in February 2025.”For years I have dreamed of creating a collection of essays and I am grateful to everyone at Gallery Books for working on it Food for thought reality,” Brown, 61, said in a statement.
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Brown, who previously hosted other Food Network favorites like Iron Chef America and Butcher’s kitchenis The New York Times bestselling author of numerous cookbooks, including Alton Brown: EveryDayCook and Good Eats: The Final Years. The latter was based on He eats wellwhich examined the science behind the recipes.
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Food for thought takes things in a new direction for Brown and his fans. While still focused on food, the collection of essays will also explore curiosities and comedy, and how these themes entered Brown’s life. He will discuss his childhood and family, as well as the trajectory of his long and famous career on culinary television. In 2019, Brown openly told PEOPLE about his show Good Food: The Return and his marriage to his wife Elizabeth Ingram. “Before, I was only worth what I was working on at any given time,” he said at the time. “Now I think I like it better.”
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Alton Brown.
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Food for thought will share more of Alton’s story than ever before. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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“Each essay in this collection offers new and honest insights into this beloved author around the ideas that matter most to him,” says Jennifer Bergstrom, senior vice president and publisher of Gallery Books. “This book will offer fans and readers of the culinary story a whole new Alton Brown experience.”Food for Thought: Essays and Reflections will be released next year.
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