The Kitchen is decking the halls for the holidays, starting with Jeff Mauro's affordable and impressive Porcini-Rubbed Roast Beef and two potato sides — perfect for a holiday party! Actress Regina King stops by to help make Marcela Valladolid's Cheesecake with Pomegranate Sauce, and see how to switch up traditional party mix. Plus, DIY holiday wreaths made with household items, fresh design ideas for holiday parties, and Geoffrey's crowd-pleasing Cranberry Lemonade Punch cocktail.
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Host Alfonso Ribeiro is ringing in the holidays with a feast of festive foods! Find out how Ocean Spray's jellied cranberry sauce gets that famous wiggle and how Wick's pumpkin pie is so creamy. Then, discover how Dr. Praeger's potato latkes fry up just right and how they get the snap in Willa's Shortbread gingersnaps. Get inside information on stocking stuffers like Spangler Candy Company's colorful candy canes and Melville Candy's jolly Christmas tree lollipops, and see why you'll want to fill your holiday gift baskets with Long Grove's beautiful harvest bar and Valerie Confections' fruit cakes and peppermint bark. Finally, toast to the New Year with CH Distillery's smooth Chestnut Liqueur!
The Kitchen is making a week's worth of quick, easy meals that are comfy and cozy for the cool weather. Geoffrey Zakarian shows how simple lamb can be for a weeknight meal with his Harissa and Fennel Marinated Lamb Chops with Tapenade. Then, Jeff Mauro makes his delicious Thai Green Curry with Shrimp, and Katie Lee shares her Turkey Meatloaf with Cranberry Ketchup Glaze and Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges. Sunny Anderson whips up her Tex-Mex Chili Mac Skillet, and Alex Guarnaschelli shares a cheesy vegetarian dish, her Loaded Vegetable Quesadillas. Plus, actress and chef Valerie Bertinelli joins the hosts to share two ice cream sauces for easy end-of-the-week sweets.
A cornucopia of Thanksgiving favorites, all stuffed into one special Unwrapped! What's on our holiday table? The secrets to sides like Pepperidge Farm's stuffing and Ocean Spray cranberry sauce. If you can't decide between turkey or duck or chicken, "turduchen" stuffs them all into one big bird! The Jolly Green Giant's veggies are favorites but did you know the big guy wasn't always green and he wasn't always a giant? Also we visit Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts to see what really was (and wasn't) on the first Thanksgiving table. And save room for dessert-we've got Marie Callender's pies and Reddi-wip. All this plus muffins and mashers and much much more on a special hour-long "Turkey & Trimmings" edition of Unwrapped.