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

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

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. — Alton Brown

I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher. — Alton Brown

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. — Alton Brown

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

Laughing brains are more absorbent. — Alton Brown

Remember, America: organization will set you free. — Alton Brown

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

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. — Alton Brown

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

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

Your patience will be rewarded. — Alton Brown

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

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste. — 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. — Alton Brown

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

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

Laminated Lettuce ... perfect for holiday gift giving. — Alton Brown

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! — Alton Brown

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

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

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

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

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. — Alton Brown

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. — Alton Brown

I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful. — Ina Garten

Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers. — Alton Brown

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

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. — Alton Brown

Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful. — Alton Brown

There are no bad foods, only bad food habits. — Alton Brown

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. — Alton Brown

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

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

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

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

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

We're getting dumbed down, taste-wise. — Alton Brown

Do not allow watching food to replace making food. — Alton Brown

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

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

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