Giada De Laurentiis hosts a party for her large extended family to celebrate Christmas, where everyone brings a wrapped gift to add to the grab bag and a dish to add to the table. Food is served family style and includes Roasted Fennel with Parmesan, Creamy Lobster Pasta, Chocolate Almond Cheesecake and a Citrus Berry Vermouth Spritz.
The Kitchen is sharing delicious recipes for a saucy Valentine's Day meal. Jeff Mauro sears up steaks to pair with Sunny Anderson's Easy Red Wine Peppercorn Sauce and Geoffrey Zakarian's Bearnaise Sauce. Geoffrey makes his Roasted Potatoes with Warm Blue Cheese Sauce as the perfect side dish, and Jeff shares a saucy dessert with his Butterscotch Sauce Sundae. Sunny, Jeff and Geoffrey work together on Katie Lee's Spicy Lobster Pasta and then make a romantic Melting Heart Cake. Geoffrey also shakes up a Chocolate Blood Orange Martini, and the hosts play a match game with cheese and chocolate pairings.
Emeril Lagasse stops by to make a holiday Rack of Lamb with Apple Mint Puree, then take holiday parties up a notch with Katie Lee's Christmas Tree Cheese Ball and Marcela Valladolid's Snowman Cheese Ball. Plus, two ways to serve ham for the holidays, the quickest tricks to create a classic Yule Log Cake, and new tips on how to decorate a store-bought gingerbread house. Geoffrey Zakarian warms everyone up with Peppermint Hot Chocolate while carolers amp up the holiday spirit!
Mentioned in this episode:
Holiday Cheese Balls
Gingerbread House
Yule Log Hacks
Whether you're a newbie baker or a pro who wants to take it easy, Mary Berg has recipe hacks to raise your baking game. Mary's Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes feature a sneaky surprise center thanks to a roll of cookie dough from the refrigerator aisle, and store-bought pie crust is the perfect texture for Blondie Pie with apricot jam filling. Hummingbird Cake is an impressive dessert that tastes as if carrot cake and banana bread had a baby. Mary jazzes it up with canned pineapple, cream cheese peanut butter frosting and crunchy Peanut Butter Feuilletine-like topping made from breakfast cereal.
This trip, Guy's gettin' a taste of traditional recipes, with a kick. In Chesterfield, Mo., the Mexican joint serving up a turn on mom's pork chile verde. In Boston, a second generation lobster shack turning heads with cod cakes and lobster mac and cheese. And in Syracuse, N.Y., the real deal Irish pub stuffing the Rueben into fritters and layin' out an Irish meatloaf.
This trip, Guy's pullin' in for a mishmash of comfort food. In Philadelphia, the low country joint dishing out unique North African chicken and sour cream pound cake. In Leucadia, Calif., the roadside taco truck going organic, stuffin' tacos with locally sourced meat, fish and vegetables. And in Phoenix, the boxing gym slash restaurant servin' up mac and cheese muffins and chicken pot pie in glass mugs.