For Christmas, Ree Drummond is giving edible gifts and kitchen cookware to four dear friends. First, she fills a casserole dish with Chai Spiced Orange Rolls in a new take on a festive classic. Then, Red Wine Onion Jam stars in a beautiful, seasonal charcuterie board, and a kit for Coconut Cherry Almond Cookies has everything needed to bake the holiday treats. Finally, Ree makes Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Soup for a super comforting homemade gift.
The Kitchen kicks off the fall season with Sunny Anderson's Cornbread Stuffed and Fried Pork Chops, then cozies up with a recipe for homemade pumpkin spice latte mix. Nutritionist and author Joy Bauer reveals all the food trends for fall, and decorating pumpkins gets much easier with some no-carve pumpkin hacks. Plus, apples get the star treatment with Marcela Valladolid's Apple Slab Pie, a Dutch Apple Pie cocktail from Geoffrey Zakarian and a slow cooker caramel apple bar.
The Kitchen is kicking off winter with Sunny Anderson's slow cooker Beef Stew and two new ways to enjoy oatmeal: Katie Lee's Oatmeal Latte and Geoffrey Zakarian's Savory Oatmeal Risotto with Mushroom and Mint. The Today Show's Natalie Morales stops by to make her Chocolate Winter Flan, and the Kitchen Helpline is open to help solve winter cooking mistakes. Plus, learn how to make the most of leftover holiday sweets and warm up with Geoffrey's Black Russian cocktail!
Inspired by her trips to France, Ina creates the perfect French dinner party. There's an incredible slow cooked 4-Hour Lamb and Provencal French Beans inspired by a dish her friend Barbara Lieberman tasted in Provence. Plus fantastic tips on how to create the perfect French dinner party setting. Then, Ina is in the hot seat sharing her French cooking secrets and techniques in Ask Ina.
Ree Drummond's father-in-law, Chuck, is spearheading a big fence fixing project on the ranch, so Ree's saying "thank you" by delivering him and his crew a rib-sticking Tex-Mex lunch. There's slow-cooked Spicy Shredded Pork with all the fixings, Cheese Enchiladas with heaps of homemade sauce and on the side, cool and crunchy Chipotle Slaw. Then for a treat, portable delicious Lemon Bars.
Host Curtis Aikens visits a woman in Las Vegas for a lesson on making Swedish Meatballs with a secret Indian spice, cardamom. Curtis also travels to Bellwood, Illinois, for family holiday hors d'oeuvres: Stuffed Mushrooms, Clam Puffs and Bruschetta.