Quote

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.

Alton Brown

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
Actor
Author
Chef
Cinematographer
Musician
Television Personality
Voice Actor
Writer
LA
California
Alton Crawford Walter Brown
Alton Crawford Brown
Sometimes
Kitchen
Always
Tradition
Time
Based
Habit
Kitchens
Fact
Charcoal
History
Fueled
Facts
Culinary
Come
Habits

More quotes by Alton Brown

Image
I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.
Alton Brown
Image
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.
Alton Brown
Image
I keep the ThunderCats thermos safely in the kitchen.
Alton Brown
Image
When you're touring, you're constantly in motion.
Alton Brown
Image
I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.
Alton Brown
Image
I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.
Alton Brown
Image
I don't like to be polarizing. It's not who I am.
Alton Brown
Image
I'm too tired to hate.
Alton Brown
Image
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.
Alton Brown
Image
I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.
Alton Brown
Image
Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.
Alton Brown
Image
I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.
Alton Brown
Image
So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash.
Alton Brown
Image
I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their grief and so I try to do something to kind of throw them off or put them on the defensive, even if I don't know what I'm talking about
Alton Brown
Image
I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.
Alton Brown
Image
All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.
Alton Brown
Image
The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me.
Alton Brown
Image
The way to any woman's heart, be she witch or Wonderwoman, princess or Pocahontas, is through her stomach.
Alton Brown
Image
Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt.
Alton Brown
Image
Cranberries contain a massive amount of natural pectins. They will gel all on their own, which is why you can basically make cranberry sauce out of filling.
Alton Brown