
Alton Brown
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Synopsis
Host Alton Brown explores the origins of ingredients, decodes culinary customs and presents food and equipment trends. Punctuated by unusual interludes, simple preparations and unconventional discussions, he'll bring you food in its finest and funniest form.
Episodes
1. Steak Your ClaimNow viewing1999-07-0721mHost Alton Brown journeys from field to market to hardware store in search of the perfect steak and the perfect pan to sear it in
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Recipes featured on episode: Pan Seared Rib Eye.
2. This Spud's For You1999-07-1421mAlton Brown ponders the potato and its main ingredient: Starch. Baking, mashing and gratins are re-examined.
Recipes: Mashers Potato/Portobello Gratin The Baked Potato
3. The Egg-Files1999-07-2121mAlton Brown cracks the mysterious egg case and pursues a higher understanding of the amazing ovoid's culinary powers. How to land a non-stick pan, scramble, over easy--and consider eggs for dessert
Recipes: Lemon Curd Scrambled Eggs Unscrambled
4. Salad Daze1999-07-2821mExiled to bars, chopped and pre-packaged, drenched in noxious concoctions, the tossed salad deserves better. Alton Brown goes back to salad basics and pays homage to Caesar.
Recipes: Hail Caesar Salad Veni Vedi Vinaigrette
5. A Bird in the Pan1999-08-0421mWhy did the chicken cross the road? Probably to escape Alton Brown, who seems intent on defining the perfect broiled chicken that's out of the oven and bathed in sauce in under half an hour.
Recipes : Broiled, Butterflied Chicken
6. Churn Baby Churn1999-08-1121mYou scream, I scream, but Alton Brown would rather make his own ice cream...and sorbet and granita. Secrets the pros don't want you to know and how to find an ice cream machine that delivers the goods without breaking the bank.
Recipes: Serious Vanilla Ice Cream Coffee Granita Key Lime Sorbet
7. The Dough Also Rises1999-08-1821mSearching for the perfect southern-style biscuit, Alton Brown investigates flour and leaveners and turns to his Grandmother for a pointer or two...not to mention a few pointed comments.
Recipes: Scones Shortcake Southern Biscuits
8. Gravy Confidential1999-08-2521mHost Alton Brown conquers ""rouxs"" and leads the way to lump free gravy.
Recipes: Gravy from Roast Drippings Sawmill Gravy White Roux
9. A Bowl of Onion1999-09-0121mHost Alton Brown journeys to the center of the onion. After rediscovering a kitchen classic, and debunking the mythology of tear-free onion cutting, he emerges with a darned fine bowl of soup.
Recipes: French Onion Soup
10. Hook, Line and Dinner1999-09-0821mAlton Brown dives deep into the watery world of fish and finds that with just three cooking methods under your belt, you can cook just about all of the critters.
Recipes: Grilled Salmon Steaks Pan Fried Fish Striped Bass in Salt Dome
11. Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle1999-09-1521mPart one of an ongoing series looks at the king of pantry essentials: Dried pasta. Alton Brown explores pasta styles, the best cooking method (water is key), the tools you really need (big), and a different way of saucing.
Recipes: Pasta
12. Power to the Pilaf1999-09-2221mAlton brown heads to LA for a sack of rice, evaluates rice cookers, unlocks saffron and rewrites the rules for the most versatile of all rice dishes: pilaf.
Recipes: Rice Pilaf
13. The Art of Darkness1999-09-2921mAlton Brown delves into the dark world of chocolate, picks a pod, roasts some beans, questions mysterious guests, visits his shrink, makes a mousse and hits upon the ultimate chocolate recipe.
Recipes : Chocolate Mousse Chocolate Lava MuffinsCast
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Good Eats has 16 seasons and 265 episodes.
Good Eats first aired in 1999.
Good Eats's status on TMDB is: Ended.
Good Eats is classified as Comedy, Documentary.