Any day is a perfect day for a beautiful Desert Dinner Party. Sandra's house is decked out in an exotic palm tree motif, and her recipes are just as decadent. But she made them super simple and super delicious. Your guests are going to love this dinner party! First up, Sandra's Broccoli Slaw, which is light, crispy and perfect for a party. Then, her steamy Bourbon Baked Beans, which are both sweet and smoky. On to the main course: Chili-Rubbed Pork Chops With Warm Mango Salsa—hot, spicy and simple. The dessert, Cranberry Vanilla Can Cakes, is fun to make and just as fun to eat. Then it's cocktail time! Sandra has two tropical drinks: an Oasis Martini that's tart and sophisticated, and her Palm Springs Punch, which whisks you away to the calm of the desert.
George is in a most magnanimous mood, as he offers up his unique take on the delicious tradition of gift foods. The infamous fruitcake gets a HOTS update as George creates a kid-friendly version, then pits it against the classic in an elementary school taste test. Sand art gets taken out of the crafts fair and into the kitchen with George’s ingenious chocolate version that’s really a cake mix! Think you know your brittle? Then step up to the candy dish for a special presentation of "Name That Nut." Then, everyone loves homemade cupcakes. Whip up a batch from George’s hot new recipe and use his highly scientific cupcake carrier test to make giving them as a gift with less of a mess. Last, nothing adds warmth to holiday tipping like George’s cash-packed gift bread!
Noah Cappe heads to Pacific Northwest for the Washington State Spring Fair to take in the seafood scene with the Seattle Crabby Dog loaded with cream cheese, sauteed onions and native Dungeness crab, plus Bowtie Prawn Pie -- an alfredo prawn pizza topped with farfalle pasta. Then, Noah stops and smells the flowers at the Meriden Daffodil Festival in Connecticut. Local Italian Americans carnival-fy family recipes to create perfect comfort foods like the Italian Chili Dog that tops a classic Italian sausage with pasta e fagioli and Lasagna Nachos that deep fry lasagna sheets covered in parmesan, mozzarella and marinara. For dessert, Noah grabs the Lemon Meringue Funnel Pie, a classic funnel cake loaded with tart lemon curd, buttery shortbread and crunchy meringues. Finally, it's off to the Four States Fair in Texarkana, Arkansas, for rocky road-ified fries and the Mud Bug Roll -- a sushi roll stuffed with local crawfish wrapped into spring roll and deep fried.