Alton Brown
Director
Good Eats (1999)
Season 1
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.
Released July 7, 1999
Episode 22 min
8+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.cooking, tmdb.culinary-arts, imdb.food-history, imdb.cooking, imdb.science, imdb.kitchen, imdb.meal + 16 more, imdb.recipe, imdb.millennium, imdb.georgia-usa, imdb.food-and-drink-documentary, imdb.food, imdb.talking-to-the-camera, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.disguise, imdb.breakfast, imdb.lunch, imdb.dinner, imdb.dessert, imdb.baking, imdb.cookery, imdb.cooking-reality-tv, imdb.lifestyle-reality-tv
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel, Food Network, Food Network, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery + + 5 more, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Be Square Productions, Means Street Productions, Brain Food Productions
Network: Food Network
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Steak Your Claim
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
.
Recipes featured on episode: Pan Seared Rib Eye.
July 7, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - This Spud's For You
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
July 14, 1999, midnight
S1E3 - The Egg-Files
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 eggs for dessert
Recipes: Lemon Curd Scrambled Eggs Unscrambled
July 21, 1999, midnight
S1E4 - Salad Daze
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.
Recipes: Hail Caesar Salad Veni Vedi Vinaigrette
July 28, 1999, midnight
S1E5 - A Bird in the Pan
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 half an hour.
Recipes : Broiled, Butterflied Chicken
Aug. 4, 1999, midnight
S1E6 - Churn Baby Churn
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 that delivers the goods without breaking the bank.
Recipes: Serious Vanilla Ice Cream Coffee Granita Key Lime Sorbet
Aug. 11, 1999, midnight
S1E7 - The Dough Also Rises
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 comments.
Recipes: Scones Shortcake Southern Biscuits
Aug. 18, 1999, midnight
S1E8 - Gravy Confidential
Host Alton Brown conquers ""rouxs"" and leads the way to lump free gravy.
Recipes: Gravy from Roast Drippings Sawmill Gravy White Roux
Aug. 25, 1999, midnight
S1E9 - A Bowl of Onion
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 bowl of soup.
Recipes: French Onion Soup
Sept. 1, 1999, midnight
S1E10 - Hook, Line and Dinner
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 Salmon Steaks Pan Fried Fish Striped Bass in Salt Dome
Sept. 8, 1999, midnight
S1E11 - Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle
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 need (big), and a different way of saucing.
Recipes: Pasta
Sept. 15, 1999, midnight
S1E12 - Power to the Pilaf
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
Sept. 22, 1999, midnight
S1E13 - The Art of Darkness
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 chocolate recipe.
Recipes : Chocolate Mousse Chocolate Lava Muffins
Sept. 29, 1999, midnight
Network: Food Network
Episode Runtime: 22 min.
Season Runtime: 462 min.
Released: July 7, 1999
Last Air Date: March 25, 2021, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 8+
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