Alton Brown's Quote - I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers

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I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do. – Alton Brown

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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

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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

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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

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