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All [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.

The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher.

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.

I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher.

Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt.

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

Laughing brains are more absorbent.

Remember, America: organization will set you free.

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.

Your patience will be rewarded.

Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.

The way to any woman's heart, be she witch or Wonderwoman, princess or Pocahontas, is through her stomach.

Molecular gastronomy is not bad ... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.

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

Laminated Lettuce ... perfect for holiday gift giving.

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!

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

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

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

The moral of this story is not everything that's slick is non-stick, and not everything non-stick is slick.

Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.

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.

Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers.

Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing.

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.

Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.

There are no bad foods, only bad food habits.

A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual while flying.

The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it.

If my wife made childhood obesity her mission and I signed a law making 1/8 cup of tomato paste a vegetable, I'd be sleeping on the sofa.

So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash.

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.

I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.

We're getting dumbed down, taste-wise.

Do not allow watching food to replace making food.

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

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.