Everything in food is science
“Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.”
Alton Brown
This is a collection of quotes about food from Alton Brown.
Very good cooks who are employed as chefs’ rarely
“Very good cooks who are employed as ‘chefs’ rarely refer to themselves as ‘chefs’. They refer to themselves as ‘cooks.’ “
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Culinary tradition is not always based on fact
“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
“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.”
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I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy
“I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.”
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Do not allow watching food to replace making food
“Do not allow watching food to replace making food.”
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Take ice
“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
“Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren’t proper words for communicating what should be done with it.”