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A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

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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 do like artfully breaking rules.
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My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.
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I played every bad guy in Shakespeare.
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Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!
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I keep the ThunderCats thermos safely in the kitchen.
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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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Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
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The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher.
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Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it
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I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him
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I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.
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I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.
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Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.
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Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.
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