The style Mr. Brown writes in is very interesting – I wouldn’t
say that he wanted to write an ordinary cook book with recipes, and ingredients,
and instructions people don’t like to follow. It contains a little bit of
everything: stories from his past that reveal parts of his personality in
general, communication with the reader which is very important if you want
people to come back to your book again and again, a little bit of humor as well.
He doesn’t force anything and encourage
his readers to not simply follow directions but to invent something new: he does
everything that not a good cook – a good writer would do and that’s compelling.
I also noticed the little notes he left on the sides.
I also think
it’s a good trick to keep the readers entertained because sometimes we want to
turn our attention to something else besides the huge blob of text. Except, of
course, if the text is interesting and for that occasion Mr. Brown didn’t make
those notes too obtrusive.
I can’t say that I would read the whole book but I would
consider looking at something like his weekly section in newspaper if he had
one.
I agree with what you said about Alton Brown's writing. It definitely was a unique style than what most writers would try to do. I also noticed the notes on the side of his article. It made his article entertaining, which is needed in broadcast journalism. You made really good points about the two similarities.
ReplyDeleteI think that you have some very good ideas on what Alton Brown was trying to accomplish in his introduction to his baking book. I completely agree with what you have written above. I too, find the introduction quite interesting as he explains his views on his style of baking.
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