I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
All [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
No matter how much creativity goes into it, cooking is an art. Or perhaps I should say a craft. It abides by… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content… — 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