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Good Eats: Season 1

13 episodes Premiered Jul 7, 1999 Updated Jul 26, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Steak Your Claim

Jul 7, 1999 · 21 min

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 Ey

S1·E2

This Spud's For You

Jul 14, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E3

The Egg-Files

Jul 21, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E4

Salad Daze

Jul 28, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E5

A Bird in the Pan

Aug 4, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E6

Churn Baby Churn

Aug 11, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E7

The Dough Also Rises

Aug 18, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E8

Gravy Confidential

Aug 25, 1999 · 21 min

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

S1·E9

A Bowl of Onion

Sep 1, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E10

Hook, Line and Dinner

Sep 8, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E11

Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle

Sep 15, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E12

Power to the Pilaf

Sep 22, 1999 · 21 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

S1·E13

The Art of Darkness

Sep 29, 1999 · 21 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