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I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.

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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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Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.
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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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I grill, therefore I am.
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I do like artfully breaking rules.
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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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All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.
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Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.
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Butter typically melts around, you know, 90 Fahrenheit, as opposed to about 20 degrees higher for lard. So what that means is that when you're working with it, the lard is going to stay more solid, which is great for flakiness.
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So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do.
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I'm loyal and very good about giving people opportunities.
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A pie dough comes together exactly like a biscuit only there is very, very little liquid and no leavening involved. Other than that, the same rules apply. My best advice: handle the dough as little as possible.
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I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.
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I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.
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Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.
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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.
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I played every bad guy in Shakespeare.
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I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.
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I do know I'm a control freak.
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Remember, America: organization will set you free.
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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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