I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections. by Alton Brown

I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections.

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The skin is forming because of proteins, just like if you cook milk or anything else that's got a coagulant protein in it.

milk protein skins

Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.

wine missing years

If you're good with a knife, you don't need your eyes. by Alton Brown

If you're good with a knife, you don't need your eyes.

knives eye needs

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.

hate done writing

I hate using the word coagulant. by Alton Brown

I hate using the word coagulant.

i-hate hate

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste. by Alton Brown

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.

waste terrible believe

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera

real college years

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it

excited real enough

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor. by Alton Brown

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

poking-fun fun mean

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

filmmaker film knows

The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher. by Alton Brown

The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher.

fire-extinguishers kitchen fire

You know we fixate on the food so much itself: “Oh, the ultimate brownie or the ultimate this or that” -- well, let me tell you something: It’s all poop in about 12 hours, okay? The real power that food has is its ability to connect human beings to each other -- that’s the stuff right there and, to me, everything else is secondary to that.

poop real stuff

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.

results doe thinking

You know, [skin] happens at the gravy boat stage - right? - or this happens when you're trying to keep it warm. So the way that I avoid this is I keep my gravy - the second it's done, I put it in a thermos, which will keep it hot and will prevent air from getting to the surface. And I keep it there till the last moment. The last thing that goes out to the table is the gravy, and I pour it out of the thermos and immediately move it in.

skins air moving

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so... by Alton Brown

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

junkie frustrating problem

Wine is like women. It tempts you; it comforts you; it confuses you and can even turn on you when you least expect it. It can be your friend one day and your enemy the next.

one-day wine enemy

I can’t talk about anything or write about anything if I don’t understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

understanding stuff writing

I keep the "ThunderCats" thermos safely in the kitchen. by Alton Brown

I keep the "ThunderCats" thermos safely in the kitchen.

thermos kitchen

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.

circles home people

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' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

entertainment late thinking