Kardea Brown puts together a seasonal Southern meal with staples from her kitchen and pantry. She's cooking up Grilled Country-Style Pork Ribs with a cola glaze, Red Beans and Rice, and Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Buttermilk Ranch. For dessert, a Cherry Cola Chocolate Cake is topped with a warm cola-fudge frosting. Sometimes, cooking with what you've got makes the best meals!
There's no better way to celebrate the end of summer than with some great food and great friends in the backyard! Kardea Brown hosts a summer BBQ on the porch with a menu of Steak Burgers with Hot Pepper Bacon Jam and Beer Cheese, Grilled Corn with Garlic Butter, Spicy Sausage Baked Beans and Homemade Pineapple Whip with Toasted Coconut and Macadamia Nuts.
Chef Bobby Flay's proving there's more to grilling than just burgers and hot dogs. His light and healthy menu features Grilled Halibut finished with a flavorful drizzle of citrus-brown butter vinaigrette, a versatile grilled veggie and bread salad tossed in an herb dressing and crunchy chilled green beans with a basic vinaigrette. And to get the party started -- blackberry-flavored shooters!
The "Big Game" is just another excuse to lure some friends over for a party and Chef Bobby Flay knows how to bring them in. Bobby makes a Lamb and Black Bean Chili with Cumin Crema, a Red Onion Relish, an Avocado Relish, Spicy Pumpkin Seeds with chile de arbol and ancho chile powders, and a Native American Fry Bread.
Ina is hosting a surprise dinner party with an Italian theme for a friend. She's sharing her dinner party know-how and strategies, from menu planning and shortcuts to setting the scene with the help of a florist. Recipes include Parmesan Crisps, Rossinis, White Bean and Arugula Salad, Balsamic Roasted Beef, Parmesan Fennel Gratin and for dessert, Limoncello and Ice Cream.
Gesine Prado creates some clever ways to bring baking to the grill while hosting an outdoor party to celebrate warm weather and good friends. She's grilling Pizza Two Ways with homemade pizza dough along with a zesty Italian-style Green Bean and Potato Salad. For dessert, she's making homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches and a Grilled Creamsicle Cake baked right over the coals.
This week Mary Alice is a nervous wreck trying to keep everything straight without spilling the beans - a bride and groom have BOTH ordered surprise cakes for each other on the day of their rehearsal dinner. Ben and Elena work on a huge Humpty Dumpty bridal shower cake and the bakery staff muses on the consequences of National Egg Day.
It's time to barbeque - Mexican-style! As Marcela shares ideas for spicing up everything from rib-eye with buttery roasted garlic and ancho chiles to grilled tostadas paired with mexican cheese and pickled jalapeños, onions, and carrots! Throw on some grilled zucchini and bean salad and tequila drenched b-b-q peaches and you've got a mexi-grill to remember!
A new set of four kid barbecuers heads back to pioneer times creating hearty chuckwagon meals for hosts Eddie Jackson, Damaris Phillips and guest judge Kent Rollins. They'll elevate classic pork and beans in the first round to battle for a spot in the final three, where they have a chance to win $10,000 with their take on a bison steak cowboy challenge!
Country music star Martina McBride has assembled the perfect fiesta-themed menu for her daughter's 24th birthday. She's whipping up Fresh Salsa and Avocado Hummus for an appetizer and Tasty Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas with colorful Confetti Rice for a mouth-watering main course. She's topping off this delicious birthday dinner with a decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake adorned with powdered sugar.