I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started Good Eats back in the late 90s, they were still really about food. Good Eats isnt about food, its about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better. – Alton Brown
A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that. – Alton Brown
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
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
The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and somebodys going to make it better than somebody else, and thats the creativity of it. Its like music. You could have a bunch of people playing the same piece, and somebodys gonna play it better. – Dweezil Zappa