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I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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Alton Crawford Walter Brown
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I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile
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'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that understands how men really eat: over the sink, in the dark, greasy to the elbows.
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I'm too tired to hate.
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All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.
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Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.
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I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.
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I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.
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