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Stuffing Is Evil. Stuffing Adds Mass, So It Slows The Cooking. That's Evil Because The Longer The Bird Cooks, The Drier It Will Be.

I Had Kicked Around The Idea For Good Eats When I Was Directing Commercials.

The Thing That Helped Me Get Into The Film Business Was That I Went To School In Athens, Georgia And Managed To Get On, Um, Working On Music Videos For A Band Called R.e.m. And That Kind Of Opened Up A Lot Of Doors For Me.

I Approach Cooking From A Science Angle Because I Need To Understand How Things Work. If I Understand The Egg, I Can Scramble It Better. It's A Simple As That.

Jeff Smith Was The Julia Child Of My Generation. When His Television Show, 'the Frugal Gourmet,' Made Its Debut On Pbs In The 1980s, It Conveyed Such Genuine Enthusiasm For Cooking That I Was Moved For The First Time To Slap Down Cold Cash For A Collection Of Recipes.