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.
Chef Bobby Flay is cooking a "buzz"-worthy brunch with the one ingredient he can't live without: honey! He highlights honey's versatility with Grilled Stone Fruit with Farmer's Cheese and Spiced Honey Almonds, Chocolate Chip Pistachio Pancakes with Salted Honey Caramel Syrup, crisp Honey-Bourbon Glazed Bacon and a White Tea Rum Cocktail with Honey-Lime Syrup.
Adam Gertler skewers the myth of the ordinary sucker, finding fresh new ways to get a handle on portable confections. At Hammond's Candies in Denver, CO, gargantuan spiral lollipops grow to five pounds, and come in funky flavors like pear, pumpkin and birthday cake. Gourmet candy apples fall very far from the tree in Hollister, CA, where the DeBrito Chocolate Factory covers bushels of Granny Smiths in more than 40 different creative candy coats, from espresso-infused toffee to chili-lime salt. And at the Tootie Pie Co. in San Antonio, TX, cutting-edge slices of frozen Key Lime Margarita pie are dipped in chocolate and served stuck on a stick!
You never have to settle for just a scoop again when chocolate-dipped pops can be whipped up in 10 minutes. Take a pint of your favorite ice cream flavor, slice it into frozen rounds, dunk it in a chocolate shell and wait a few seconds for it to harden.