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I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through my efforts to attract the opposite sex, I found that not only did cooking work, but that it was actually fun.

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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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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So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do.
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Remember, America: organization will set you free.
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