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Cooks Quotes by Alton Brown
- The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.
- Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'
- I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through my efforts to…
- 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.
- 'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path…
- 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.
- Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets…
- I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people…
- I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.
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