Im a filmmaker who decided to go to culinary school. All I picked up was the fact if I didnt understand what was going on with every single ingredient, I could be qualifying for, like, the lunch food job at my daughters school. – 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
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
I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. Im better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that dont. – Alton Brown
I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, Oh, you might want to read In Cold Blood because theyre talking about you for Capote, but the scripts with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment. So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain. – Toby Jones