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Alton Brown

"My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes."

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"My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes."

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Alton Brown
"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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Alton Brown
"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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Alton Brown
"I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials."

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Alton Brown
"My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee."

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Alton Brown
"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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Alton Brown
"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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Alton Brown
"I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean."

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Alton Brown
"Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously."

Work

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Alton Brown
"For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that."

Kitchen

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

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Aberjhani

"Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession."

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Aberjhani

"I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants."

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Aberjhani

"Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on."

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Aberjhani

"I'm a homebody, I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar."

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Aberjhani

"Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore."

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Aberjhani

"A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight."

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Aberjhani

"I just get all jacked up when we start cooking."

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Aberjhani

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."

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Aberjhani

"I don't believe in low-fat cooking."

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Aberjhani

"I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't."

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