The Alton Browncast

Alton Brown and Simon Majumdar sit down for a talk that ranges from reading the New Testament in Greek to a lifesaving dal recipe, a goal to go everywhere and eat everything, and adventures in frogging. Along the way Simon lists places he thinks Alton should travel and describes the ultimate food experience. 

After watching each other on TV for years, Alton Brown and Valerie Bertinelli meet for the fist time. Valerie talks about how characters she’s played have affected her, shares thoughts on food and body image, and gets advice on how to judge Iron Chef America.

This week, Alton Brown interviews his trainer, Roger Scott, and nutritionist Carolyn O’Neil (aka The Lady of the Refrigerator). 

Alton Brown hosts Lucky Yates (aka Archer’s Dr. Krieger aka The Dungeon Master) on his podcast this week. They reminisce about Good Eats, debate the clones vs. robots, and talk tattoos, broken bones and puppets. Then, in honor of Lucky’s award-winning role as Sylvester Graham, Alton reexamines the graham cracker.

Santa Claus has stopped by The Alton Browncast to help Alton answer some of your holiday questions. Find out what they do with instant potato flakes, whether you should cream butter for an hour, and what Alton’s two favorite Christmas memories are.

Alton Brown welcomes a familiar face…er, voice…to the podcast this week, actress and Woopie Pie Wizard, Widdi Turner. They reminisce about Widdi’s classic performances, talk belly dancing and whoopie pie reconnaissance. As an homage to Widdi’s take on Frances Andersen, Alton talks potatoes.

You’ve heard Alton mention these folks numerous times, and today Tom and Patty Erd of The Spice House join Alton on the podcast. Inspired by their chat, Alton examines vanilla, cinnamon, and paprika.

The Thanksgiving trilogy comes to an end this week as Alton Brown and Patty Catalano talk Thanksgiving leftovers, Black Friday food (is there such a thing?), and preparing for Christmas. Alton shares a perplexing family recipe and tells you how he takes his coffee.

Alton Brown and his podcast producer, Patty Catalano, are back again, this time answering your questions about the Thanksgiving turkey. Alton also tackles the tricky topic of intruding in-laws.

Alton knows you are already panicking about Thanksgiving, so he and The Alton Browncast producer, Patty Catalano, wade through your tweets, Facebook posts, and email inquiries trying to make sense of it all. This week it is all about Thanksgiving history, gravy, sides, dessert and the great stuffing v. dressing debate.

Join Alton Brown and Inevitable Edible tour soundman, Patrick Belden, as they talk everything but the music. Learn the history of the Good Eats theme song.

Join Alton Brown from the road in El Cajon, California, as he tours Taylor Guitars and interviews this legendary guitar maker’s founder.

We’ve hit the road for Alton Brown’s Inevitable Edible Live Tour! Straight from tour dress rehearsals, Alton sits down with Tour Producer Jim Milan and chats about Palm Dessert and what it takes to produce a multi-city live tour. For more on the Inevitable Edible Tour, schedule and tickets, visit altonbrowntour.com.

Alton Brown sits down with Adam Schoenberg and Cory Rosenberg of hook + ALBERT to discuss their creative take on men’s fashion accessories and how it all started with a pair of socks. The three try to figure out why a flower in the lapel is OK, while a pocket square is too outrageous for some. Find out what Alton is cooking up with hook + ALBERT, and what it has to do with salmon.  You can find the hook + ALBERT & Alton Brown bow ties can be found on hookandalbert.com on October 21st

Alton travels to the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery in Kentucky to talk with Julian Van Winkle. Then Alton sets up quite the scientific bourbon tasting for friend, pilot, and bourbon-lover Joe Gravalec, where the results shock and awe.

This week fashion is the main course as Alton Brown talks with Sid Mashburn about what to look for in a suit jacket, style icons, movies and fashion. Alton also takes style questions from fans.

Alton Brown talks to the only actor who made him laugh so hard he couldn’t get through a scene. Bart Hansard describes a courtroom drama you just won’t believe and reminisces about how he saved the day from a “Russian” actor. Alton answers your questions and tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Brussels sprouts.

Giada De Laurentiis joins Alton Brown on this week’s podcast. Giada reflects on family, goals, beauty and how appearing on Iron Chef America affected her—plus find out what Alton realized about Giada that kept her curious for months. Alton answers some of your questions and talks meatballs.

Join Alton Brown and Geoffrey Zakarian as they drink martinis, talk cruise ships, breakfast, and how this chef got his start. Inspired by Iron Chef Zakarian’s love of soufflés, Alton takes a closer look at the dish

Alton Brown and Ted Allen dish on food competition shows and compare commencement speech strategies. Ted also tells us why you should read and not sniff wine corks and what a chihuaua has to do with Chopped. Then, Alton rifles around the pantry to concoct weird food combos from your Twitter suggestions.