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I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.

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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All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.
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The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.
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The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it.
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I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue from different angles, from different points of view, from different presentation styles, that really makes things sink in and become embedded.
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A balanced diet may be the best medicine. I was eating too much good eats. But people consider that part of your job, you know? Eat. And I do!
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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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Laughing brains are more absorbent.
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I grill, therefore I am.
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Remember, America: organization will set you free.
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Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.
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