You don't want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it… — 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… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I want to bring things up to room temperature, especially poultry, before I cook it because I want it to cook faster… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their… — 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
