“ 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
“ 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
“ 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 know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, gen… Alton Brown
“ The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with. Alton Brown
“ 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 of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing you really w… Alton Brown
“ I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that pu… 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
“ The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up… Alton Brown
“ 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. Yes, to all of that. But what happe… 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
“ 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 fueled by charcoal. 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
“ I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we ca… Alton Brown
“ Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs. Alton Brown
