The kitchens a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. Its biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, theres history. Yes, theres artistry. Yes, to all of that. But what happened there, what actually happens to the food is all science. – Alton Brown
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