"Para Garrick
Culture in the kitchen
Aaron Sanchez"
A couple of weeks ago I had the day off to run some errands, and happened to notice a posting on the Central Market Facebook page that Aaron Sanchez would be doing a book signing at the Dallas Central Market that day. A Food Network regular, Aaron is a former Next Iron Chef contestant, a judge on Chopped, and co-stars on Chef vs. City and Heat Seekers. Aaron was also a competitor on Iron Chef, battling Morimoto to a draw with Black Bass as the secret ingredient. From my experience watching Iron Chef, if you can get close to Morimoto with the secret ingredient being a fish, you have some serious food chops.
I seem to be collecting cookbooks, so an autographed copy of his new book, Simple Food, Big Flavor, sounded like a good idea. Luckily the line wasn't too long, and Aaron was very personable. I complimented him on his positive attitude - that he always seems to be in a good mood, and having fun, on all the shows he does. He said he felt he had a "responsibility" to be that way for the viewers and fans. He did comment on my food-themed shirt, but I am not sure if he noticed it was "Alton Brown Gear". I will say that Aaron appears to have a large female following - ah, to be a good-looking young chef on TV.
The cookbook mostly follows the theme of making some fairly simple, very flavorful sauces or ingredients, and then using those as building blocks for several other recipes. The 'garlic-chipotle love' and other such sauces sound simple but delicious. I look forward to trying several of them.
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