Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
That's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat,… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
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… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
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.… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
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… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
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… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.' — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
