Episode
Good Eats: Sub Standards
Overview
Whether filling in for your French teacher or your favorite spice, substitutes can be every bit as successful as the original. Join host Alton Brown and a handful of substitute chefs as they take on a few good recipes with one ingredient tied behind their backs. Recipes: The Chewy Gluten Free Southern Biscuits Faux Peanut Sauce
Details
- Series
- Good Eats
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2007-07-16
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Sub Standards is Episode 4 in Season 11 of Good Eats. It aired on 2007-07-16. The runtime is 21 min.
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