My Interview With Alton Brown

Hypothetically, you're about to die, but you may request one last meal. What will it be?

Duck confit. Tastes great, takes three days to make.

What's your favorite comic strip? Currently? and/or "for all time"?

Calvin & Hobbes, always and forever.

Why don't you get a second show on FN like all the other chefs? Is that your choice, or theirs?

Those folks don’t write and direct their shows. Actually I don’t know who’s choice it is because it’s never come up.

If you could invite 1 person to dinner, dead or alive, who would it be?

Orson Welles.

Is there something you'd like to include in Good Eats but are afraid that
is contrary to it's style?

Sweetbreads and rabbit.

What do you order when you drop by The Varsity?

The duck confit. It’s not on the menu, but if you ask nice …

What was the one thing you learned about America that you wish you didn't know?

Voting doesn’t matter.

Were you surprised the Salt Cellars did so well?

Utterly … I’m still in shock … can’t you tell?

If Food Network gave you a week on Melting Pot, who would you choose as a co-host?

Gollum.

Why won't you come back to Hawaii? Not enough fans? Too much money? Are you afraid you will get caught in another storm?

Costs too darned much … love it though.

Here are a few bonus things …

	I’m obsessed with luggage, especially messenger bags, brief cases, shoulder bags and backpacks. I own over 25 of them.
	I’m obsessed with pocket knives.
	I believe Listerine really does kill gingivitis.
	I don’t care that much about spelling. [ed note: I corrected his spelling in this post. Sorry.]
	I think people are generally too fussy about their food.
	I don’t “get” Britney Spears.
	I don’t play video games, ever.
	I believe we need to help Michael Jackson get back home, no matter what it does to NASA’s budget.
	I like sugar free popsicles.
	I say my prayers.
	I believe that Bose noise reduction headphones are the best thing since sliced bread.
	Sometimes I type just for the joy of it.
	I eat butter … just for the joy of it.
	I am worried … in general.
	I expect to be unemployed in about a week.
	Chefs scare me.
	Policemen scare me.
	Christopher Walken scares me … a lot.
	I think the greatest “guy” movie of all time is Jaws.
	I think the greatest love story of all time is Jaws.
	I’m not much of a Star Wars fan … sorry.
	Indiana Jones on the other hand …
	Sean Connery Pierce Brosnan Roger Moore Timothy Dalton That Other Guy
	Champagne is my favorite beverage … just not with caviar.
	Champagne goes real well with fried chicken and doughnuts … especially krispy kremes (no jokes please).
	The Simpsons is the best written show on television and has been for a long time.
	An Audi TT would be very nice.
	Damnit, I like Sting.
	Damnit, I like Bach.
	Damnit, I like Linkin Park.
	I would love to do a cable only version of Good Eats and really take it as far as … well … far.
	A lot of people say the term “Pop Culture” is an oxymoron. What they don’t realize is that in that case “culture” means a germ sample … you know, as in “throat culture”.
	I think we spend too much money “having” and not enough money “doing”.
	There’s nothing like a good suit. If I could wear a suit like George Clooney, I’d sleep in a suit and tie every night.
	Good Eats costs a lot of money to make ... we don't make much money at all ... it's a labor of love ... and from time to time, desperation.