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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.

Alton Brown

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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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Do not allow watching food to replace making food.
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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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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.
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Wine is like women. It tempts you it comforts you it confuses you and can even turn on you when you least expect it. It can be your friend one day and your enemy the next.
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Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing.
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Lumps are caused by one thing and one thing alone - the improper addition of a starch.
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I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.
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Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I needed to figure how - you know there is no such thing as 'cold.' There is only less heat.
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I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher.
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I do like artfully breaking rules.
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I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I'm, you know, really on my game.
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I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.
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I approach cooking from a science angle because I need to understand how things work. If I understand the egg, I can scramble it better. It's a simple as that.
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Laminated Lettuce ... perfect for holiday gift giving.
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Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.
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I don't like to be polarizing. It's not who I am.
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Remember, America: organization will set you free.
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I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.
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I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.
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Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.
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