Episode
Good Eats: Whithering Bites
Overview
Dried fruit may not be glamorous, but what it lacks in fashion it more than makes up for in flavor and versatility. Recipes: Dried Fruit Individual Fruit Compote Pies Sweet Dried Fruit Compote Trail Mix
Details
- Series
- Good Eats
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2007-08-08
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Whithering Bites is Episode 6 in Season 11 of Good Eats. It aired on 2007-08-08. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 5: Fishing Whole
Scales, tails and eyes oh my! Who's afraid of whole fish? Not Alton Brown. Confront your fishy phobias head on with the fearless host as he roasts, planks and fries up a few good (whole) fish.
Recipes: Pan-Fried Smelts Plank Grilled Whole Trout Whole Striped Bass
Episode 7: Stew Romance
If great stew, like great music, is a commingling of ingredients to create culinary harmony, why do so many stews taste less like beautiful music and more like a murky dirge?
Recipes: Good Eats Beef Stew
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Recipes: Coconut Cake with 7-Minute Frosting Coconut Milk and Cream Coconut Extract
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Recipes: Best Ever Green Bean Casserole
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