Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes its based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal. – Alton Brown
Im going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work – which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. Im a lousy delegator, but Im learning. – Alton Brown
Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it. – Alton Brown
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 didnt think it was very worthwhile. – Alton Brown
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches, pyramids, what are they but heaps of sand; and their epitaphs, but characters written in the dust? – Washington Irving, The Sketch Book: Westminster Abbey