Alton Brown Quotes

When you're touring, you're constantly in motion.

I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.

The jewel of the lard is right around the kidneys. But this is a fat that has a very specific crystalline formation and a high melting point.

I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.

I played every bad guy in Shakespeare.

I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.

I am publicly apolitical.

I don't like to be polarizing. It's not who I am.

I hate using the word coagulant.

I keep the "ThunderCats" thermos safely in the kitchen.

Lumps are caused by one thing and one thing alone - the improper addition of a starch.

I want to bring things up to room temperature, especially poultry, before I cook it because I want it to cook faster so that there's less moisture loss.

I'm just sitting around thinking about turkey.

If I took my turkey out of the refrigerator and, like, threw it in a dumpster or drug it down the street in New York for a while [it will make people sick].

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.

Your patience will be rewarded.

The turkey - my number one thing that people don't get is take that sucker out of the refrigerator about three hours before you plan on cooking it.

I'm too tired to hate.

Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.

My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.)

Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers.

Wine is like women. It tempts you; it comforts you; it confuses you and can even turn on you when you least expect it. It can be your friend one day and your enemy the next.

You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.

I can’t talk about anything or write about anything if I don’t understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

Laminated Lettuce ... perfect for holiday gift giving.

I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.

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.

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.'

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it

If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media.

I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections.

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.