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"You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food."
"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."
"Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs."
"I do know I'm a control freak."
"I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces."
"I'm loyal and very good about giving people opportunities."
"I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail."
"When you're touring, you're constantly in motion."
"I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living."
"If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media."
"I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections."
"I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody."
"The jewel of the lard is right around the kidneys. But this is a fat that has a very specific crystalline formation and a high melting point."
"I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice barrier against super high heat which tends to make a lot of fish to turn really flaky. It's very easy to overcook fish on the grill. But I still brush it with oil before I start."
"That's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat, in its cooked state, is dry and flavorless. Does it have to be that way? No. We just have to focus on what the turkey is and what the turkey needs."
"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."
"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."
"I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him"
"Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers."
"'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that understands how men really eat: over the sink, in the dark, greasy to the elbows."