Season 1 (1999)

Steak Your Claim
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July 7, 1999 • 21m

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 ...Read more

This Spud's For You
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July 14, 1999 • 21m

Alton Brown ponders the potato and its main ingredient: Starch. Baking, mashing and gratins are re-examined. Recipes: Mashers P...Read more

The Egg-Files
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July 21, 1999 • 21m

Alton Brown cracks the mysterious egg case and pursues a higher understanding of the amazing ovoid's culinary powers. How to land ...Read more

Salad Daze
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July 28, 1999 • 21m

Exiled to bars, chopped and pre-packaged, drenched in noxious concoctions, the tossed salad deserves better. Alton Brown goes back...Read more

A Bird in the Pan
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August 4, 1999 • 21m

Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably to escape Alton Brown, who seems intent on defining the perfect broiled chicken that'...Read more

Churn Baby Churn
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August 11, 1999 • 21m

You scream, I scream, but Alton Brown would rather make his own ice cream...and sorbet and granita. Secrets the pros don't want yo...Read more

The Dough Also Rises
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August 18, 1999 • 21m

Searching for the perfect southern-style biscuit, Alton Brown investigates flour and leaveners and turns to his Grandmother for a ...Read more

Gravy Confidential
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August 25, 1999 • 21m

Host Alton Brown conquers ""rouxs"" and leads the way to lump free gravy. Recipes: Gravy from Roast Drippings Sawmill Gravy White Roux

A Bowl of Onion
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September 1, 1999 • 21m

Host Alton Brown journeys to the center of the onion. After rediscovering a kitchen classic, and debunking the mythology of tear-f...Read more

Hook, Line and Dinner
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September 8, 1999 • 21m

Alton Brown dives deep into the watery world of fish and finds that with just three cooking methods under your belt, you can cook ...Read more

Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle
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September 15, 1999 • 21m

Part one of an ongoing series looks at the king of pantry essentials: Dried pasta. Alton Brown explores pasta styles, the best coo...Read more

Power to the Pilaf
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September 22, 1999 • 21m

Alton brown heads to LA for a sack of rice, evaluates rice cookers, unlocks saffron and rewrites the rules for the most versatile ...Read more

The Art of Darkness
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September 29, 1999 • 21m

Alton Brown delves into the dark world of chocolate, picks a pod, roasts some beans, questions mysterious guests, visits his shrin...Read more