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.
Host 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 Ey…
S01E02
This Spud's For You
Jul 14, 199921 min
Alton Brown ponders the potato and its main ingredient: Starch. Baking, mashing and gratins are re-examined.
Recipes: Mashers Potato/Portobello Gratin The Baked Potato
S01E03
The Egg-Files
Jul 21, 199921 min
Alton 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…
S01E04
Salad Daze
Jul 28, 199921 min
Exiled 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.
Recip…
S01E05
A Bird in the Pan
Aug 4, 199921 min
Why 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 hal…
S01E06
Churn Baby Churn
Aug 11, 199921 min
You 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 tha…
S01E07
The Dough Also Rises
Aug 18, 199921 min
Searching 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 comm…
S01E08
Gravy Confidential
Aug 25, 199921 min
Host Alton Brown conquers ""rouxs"" and leads the way to lump free gravy.
Recipes: Gravy from Roast Drippings Sawmill Gravy White Roux
S01E09
A Bowl of Onion
Sep 1, 199921 min
Host 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 b…
S01E10
Hook, Line and Dinner
Sep 8, 199921 min
Alton 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…
S01E11
Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle
Sep 15, 199921 min
Part 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 n…
S01E12
Power to the Pilaf
Sep 22, 199921 min
Alton 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
S01E13
The Art of Darkness
Sep 29, 199921 min
Alton 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 choco…