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I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.

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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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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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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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Stuffing is evil. Stuffing adds mass, so it slows the cooking. That's evil because the longer the bird cooks, the drier it will be.
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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.
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I do know I'm a control freak.
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Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.
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My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.
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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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Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.
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I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.
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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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Your patience will be rewarded.
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I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.
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I played every bad guy in Shakespeare.
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Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.
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