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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...
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Season 1

  • Steak Your Claim
    8.2/1049 votes
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    #1 - Steak Your Claim

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1999

    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.

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  • This Spud's For You
    8.3/1034 votes
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    #2 - This Spud's For You

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1999

    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

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  • The Egg-Files
    8.4/1032 votes
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    #3 - The Egg-Files

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1999

    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

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  • Salad Daze
    8.4/1024 votes
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    #4 - Salad Daze

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1999

    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

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  • A Bird in the Pan
    8.0/1030 votes
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    #5 - A Bird in the Pan

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/1999

    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

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  • Churn Baby Churn
    7.7/1025 votes
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    #6 - Churn Baby Churn

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1999

    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

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  • The Dough Also Rises
    8.3/1030 votes
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    #7 - The Dough Also Rises

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/1999

    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

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  • Gravy Confidential
    8.4/1027 votes
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    #8 - Gravy Confidential

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/1999

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

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  • A Bowl of Onion
    8.5/1026 votes
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    #9 - A Bowl of Onion

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/1999

    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

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  • Hook, Line and Dinner
    8.0/1025 votes
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    #10 - Hook, Line and Dinner

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/1999

    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

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  • Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle
    8.8/1027 votes
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    #11 - Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/15/1999

    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

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  • Power to the Pilaf
    7.9/1022 votes
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    #12 - Power to the Pilaf

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/22/1999

    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

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  • The Art of Darkness
    8.0/1024 votes
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    #13 - The Art of Darkness

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/29/1999

    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

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