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I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

Alton Brown

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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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Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.
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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'm a filmmaker who decided to go to culinary school. All I picked up was the fact if I didn't understand what was going on with every single ingredient, I could be qualifying for, like, the lunch food job at my daughter's school.
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My mantra was to educate people - to actually give them the know-how they could use - and to do it in a very subversive kind of way. I would entertain them, and I was going to teach them whether they knew it or not.
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It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries are used so often is because of their natural jelling properties.
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If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media.
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I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice barrier against super high heat which tends to make a lot of fish to turn really flaky. It's very easy to overcook fish on the grill. But I still brush it with oil before I start.
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Remember, America: organization will set you free.
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I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile
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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.
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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 hate using the word coagulant.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
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If I took my turkey out of the refrigerator and, like, threw it in a dumpster or drug it down the street in New York for a while [it will make people sick].
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I'm loyal and very good about giving people opportunities.
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Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.
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I keep the ThunderCats thermos safely in the kitchen.
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Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.
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I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.
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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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