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Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Cash Child Cold Collection Conveyed Cooking Debut Down Enthusiasm First First Time Frugal Generation Genuine Gourmet His Jeff Julia Made Moved My Generation Recipes Show Slap Smith Television Television Show Time 1980S

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A meringue is really nothing but a foam. And what is a foam after all, but a big collection of bubbles? And what's a bubble? It's basically a very flimsy little latticework of proteins draped with water. We add sugar to this structure, which strengthens it. But things can, and do, go wrong.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Add After Basically Big Bubble Bubbles Collection Go Little Nothing Proteins Really Strengthens Structure Sugar Things Very Water Which Wrong

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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.

~Alton Brown

Topics: American Before Dear Dogs Even Food Hamburgers Hold Hot Hot Dogs Know Like Most Peasant Road Things Were You

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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 a lot of doors for me.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Athens Band Business Doors Film Film Business Georgia Get Helped Kind Lot Me Music Music Videos Opened School Thing Um Up Videos Working

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Do not allow watching food to replace making food.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Allow Food Making Replace Watching

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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

Topics: Being Being Done Believe Communication Done Earth Form Hate Just Like Most Most Powerful Powerful Still Television

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I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Around Commercials Directing Eats Good Had Idea Kicked

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I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Actually Down Educational Entertaining Food Got Happen Hated Job Kept Make Plus Same Same Time Show Somebody Things Things Happen Think Thinking Time Very Why Worthwhile

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My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.

~Alton Brown

Topics: Always Been Committee Eats Feeling Good Had Happened Left Never Would

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

~Alton Brown

Topics: Although Extraordinarily Myself Seriously Take Very Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: July 30th, 1962

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