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

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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...

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 college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success...

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success...

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

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....

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a...

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a...

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...

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...

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...

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of...

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of...

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...

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to...

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to...

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...

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 had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.