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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
Actor
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LA
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Alton Crawford Walter Brown
Alton Crawford Brown
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I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.
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The turkey - my number one thing that people don't get is take that sucker out of the refrigerator about three hours before you plan on cooking it.
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What tends to happen is that people will go - they've got hot broth, you know, they've added some liquid to their drippings, they've brought that up to heat. And then they try to add in a big clump of just kind of a handful of flour, and of course, it turns into library paste.
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I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table.
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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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A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual while flying.
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Your patience will be rewarded.
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Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.
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If you're good with a knife, you don't need your eyes.
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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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Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.
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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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I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections.
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