ABAlton Brown

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Alton Brown

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01Undated

Laughing brains are more absorbent.

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02Undated

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.

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03Undated

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

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04Undated

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

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05Undated

The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes, there's artistry. Yes, to all of that. But what happened there, what actually happens to the food is all science.

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06Undated

I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher.

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07Undated

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.

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08Undated

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

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09Undated

You don't want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing you really want to see licking at your food while it's on a grill is an actual flame.

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10Undated

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.

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The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

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12Undated

I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table.

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13Undated

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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14Undated

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.

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15Undated

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.

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