About this season
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.
Episodes (14)
1. American Pickle
Aired 20 September 2000 • 21 min
There is no good reason that people do not make their own pickles. They are easy and delicious. Let Alton show you simple joys of pickling.
2. Mussel Bound
Aired 11 October 2000 • 21 min
Alton explains the simple pleasures of mussels.
3. The Egg Files II: Man With a Flan
Aired 18 October 2000 • 21 min
AB, in his second egg show, is out to show eggs don't have to be scrambled or an omlet.
4. What's Up, Duck?
Aired 1 November 2000 • 21 min
Watch as Alton proves to us Americans that Duck can be a regular dish.
5. Behind the Bird
Aired 18 November 2000 • 21 min
AB is out to show you can make a great meal with Thanksgiving leftovers.
6. Three Chips for Sister Marsha
Aired 13 December 2000 • 21 min
Alton uses time travel to explain the mystery behind cookies with three kinds: the thin, the puffy and the chewy.
7. Flap Jack Do It Again
Aired 27 December 2000 • 21 min
Great pancakes (flapjacks) don't have to come from a box...
8. The Case for Butter
Aired 3 January 2001 • 21 min
AB goes to court to defend butter against its bad wrap.
9. Flat Is Beautiful
Aired 10 January 2001 • 21 min
AB claims we won't be satisfied with pizza until we take matters into our own hands.
10. Pantry Raid III: Cool Beans
Aired 17 January 2001 • 21 min
AB takes us through what it takes to turn beans into a great meal.
11. Mission: Poachable
Aired 31 January 2001 • 21 min
Alton must pit his poaching skills against those of the evil ""Frenchman"".
12. Tofuworld
Aired 7 February 2001 • 21 min
Alton makes what once seemed foreign into an understandable all American classic.
13. Head Games
Aired 21 February 2001 • 21 min
Alton Brown gets inside a cabbage's head and comes out with a better understanding of what makes this potentially troublesome vegetable tick.
14. Grill Seekers
Aired 7 March 2001 • 21 min
Watch as AB shows the grill can be a great tool in making a great meal.