A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

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For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody...

For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody...

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and...

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and...

So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the...

So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the...

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication...

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication...

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words...

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words...

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

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

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now...

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now...

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

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

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it...

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it...

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I...

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I...

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So...

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So...

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world...

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world...

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and...

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and...

My feeling has always been that Good Eats would have never happened had it been...

My feeling has always been that Good Eats would have never happened had it been...

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and...

There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and...