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Good Eats Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1999 - 1999
Episode 1
Steak Your Claim
Wed, Jul 7, 199921 mins
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.
Episode 2
This Spud's for You
Wed, Jul 14, 199921 mins
Host Alton Brown ponders the potato and it's main ingredient: starch. Baking, mashing, and gratins are re-examined.
Episode 3
The Egg-Files
Wed, Jul 21, 199921 mins
Host Alton Brown cracks the mysterious egg case and pursues a higher understanding of the amazing ovoid's culinary powers. Land a non-stick pan, scramble, over easy, and consider eggs for dessert.
Episode 4
Salad Daze
Wed, Jul 28, 199922 mins
Exiled to bars, chopped and pre-packaged, drenched in noxious concoctions, the tossed salad deserves better. Host Alton Brown goes back to salad basics and pays homage to Caesar.
Episode 5
A Bird in the Pan
Wed, Aug 4, 199921 mins
Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably to escape host Alton Brown who seems intent on defining the perfect broiled chicken, out of the oven and bathed in sauce in under half an hour.
Episode 6
Churn Baby Churn
Wed, Aug 11, 199921 mins
You scream, I scream, but Alton Brown would rather make his own ice cream...and sorbet and granita. Learn the secrets the pros don't want you to know and find an ice cream machine that delivers the goods without breaking the bank.
Episode 7
The Dough Also Rises
Wed, Aug 18, 199921 mins
Searching for the perfect southern style biscuit, host Alton Brown investigates flour, chemical leaveners, and turns to his Grandmother for a pointer or two...not to mention a few pointed comments.
Episode 8
Gravy Confidential
Wed, Aug 25, 199921 mins
Don't miss the (gravy) boat as host Alton Brown (armed with the right pan and whisk for the job) conquers rouxs and leads the way to lump free liquid love.
Episode 9
A Bowl of Onion
Wed, Sep 1, 199921 mins
Host Alton Brown journeys to the center of the onion and after rediscovering a kitchen classic, and debunking the mythology of tear-free onion cutting, emerges with a divine bowl of soup.
Episode 10
Hook Line and Dinner
Wed, Sep 8, 199921 mins
Host Alton Brown dives deep into the watery world of fish and finds that with three cooking methods under your belt, you can cook just about any seafood.
Episode 11
Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle
Wed, Sep 15, 199921 mins
Part 1 of a recurring series looks at the king of pantry essentials: pasta.
Episode 12
Power to the Pilaf
Wed, Sep 22, 199921 mins
Host Alton Brown heads down to Louisiana for a sack of rice, evaluates rice cookers, unlocks the secrets of saffron and rewrites the rules for the most versatile of all rice dishes: the pilaf.
Episode 13
The Art of Darkness
Wed, Sep 29, 199921 mins
Host 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 strikes on the ultimate chocolate recipe.
Episode 14
Romancing the Bird: A Good Eats Thanksgiving
Sun, Nov 14, 199960 mins
Alton searches for the perfect turkey recipe to reverse the "dry turkey curse" that has plagued his family.
