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Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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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.
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I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.
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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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Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'
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I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.
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