Alton Brown Quotes Archive
This is a collection of quotes about food from Alton Brown.
The worst food you’ll ever eat will probably be
Posted March 26, 2021
“The worst food you’ll ever eat will probably be prepared by a ‘cook’ who calls himself a ‘chef.’ Mark my words.”
The kitchen’s a laboratory and everything that
Posted April 20, 2020
“The kitchen’s a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It’s biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there’s history. Yes, there’s artistry. Yes, to all of that. But what happened there, what actually happens to the food is all science.”
Everything in food is science
Posted December 26, 2019
“Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.”
Very good cooks who are employed as chefs’ rarely
Posted September 15, 2019
“Very good cooks who are employed as ‘chefs’ rarely refer to themselves as ‘chefs’. They refer to themselves as ‘cooks.’ “
Culinary tradition is not always based on fact
Posted October 24, 2016
“Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it’s based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.”
For me it was kind of like going into the military
Posted August 13, 2016
“For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody, any male who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that.”
I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy
Posted June 26, 2016
“I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.”
Do not allow watching food to replace making food
Posted November 13, 2015
“Do not allow watching food to replace making food.”
Take ice
Posted June 3, 2015
“Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.”
Recipe writers hate to write about heat
Posted February 11, 2015
“Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren’t proper words for communicating what should be done with it.”
