Alton Brown
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born
July 30, 1962
place of birth
L.A., The United States
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Cooking, Food & Wine
about this author
Alton Brown is an American food personality, cinematographer, author, and actor. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats, the miniseries Feasting on Asphalt and the main commentator on Iron Chef America.
Brown received a degree in drama from the University of Georgia. He first worked in cinematography and film production, and was the director of photography on the music video for R.E.M.'s "The One I Love". He also worked as a steadicam operator on the Spike Lee film School Daze.
At some point, he noticed that he was very dissatisfied with the quality of cooking shows then airing on American television, so he set out to produce his own show. Not possessing the requisite knowledge, he...more
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I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown avg rating 4.23 — 809 ratings — published 2002 |
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I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking by Alton Brown avg rating 4.29 — 454 ratings — published 2004 |
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Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen by Alton Brown avg rating 4.05 — 306 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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I'm Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0 by Alton Brown avg rating 4.40 — 225 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run by Alton Brown avg rating 4.09 — 112 ratings — published 2008 |
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Good Eats: The Early Years by Alton Brown avg rating 4.64 — 14 ratings — published 2009 |
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I'm Just Here for the Food: Cook's Notes by Alton Brown avg rating 3.88 — 16 ratings — published 2003 |
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I'm Just Here for More Food/Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen Two-Pack: A Special Set for Amazon.com Shoppers by Alton Brown avg rating 4.78 — 9 ratings — published 2006 |
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"We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to value our nourishment so little that we entrust it to strangers. This is insanity. Feed yourselves. Feed your loved ones. And for God's sake feed your children.
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— Alton Brown
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance."
— Alton Brown (Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run)
— Alton Brown (Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run)
"My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.) "
— Alton Brown
— Alton Brown
