Alton Brown has built his culinary career on asking one question: How can this be done better? Over the years, the television host, author, and food scientist has experimented with different ways to ...

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If there's one word to describe Alton Brown, it's eccentric. After all, he's used a brick as a meat tenderizer and fried steak in mayonnaise. Having said that, the self-described foodist does have ...