Curtis Aikens travels to Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where a niece/aunt cooking team come up with a recipe for Halibut cheeks as a result of a game. Ceci Carmichael joins a cook and her twelve friends for Cr�me Brulee.
The Kitchen hosts are putting new and delicious grown-up spins on favorite childhood comfort foods. Jeff Mauro updates a childhood classic with his Mortadella and Fig Pizza Bagel and Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza Bagel. Alex Guarnaschelli takes the ultimate kid party food to the next level with her Pretzel-ish Pigs in a Blanket with Mustard Sauce, and Katie Lee Biegel shares a mashup with her Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joe. Geoffrey Zakarian elevates everyone's favorite childhood sandwich with his PB&J Creme Brulee. Plus, brilliant ways to up your cereal game, and Molly Yeh stops by!
The Kitchen eases back into entertaining with a full menu for the perfect easy but still impressive gathering. Geoffrey Zakarian stirs up a Maple Old-Fashioned, and Katie Lee Biegel makes a simply delicious Creamy Burrata and Sweet Fig Appetizer. Sunny Anderson whips up her Easy White Bean and Mushroom Soup, and Geoffrey raises the "steaks" with his Pan Roasted Filet Mignon with Green Peppers. Alex Guarnaschelli makes a standout side dish of Sweet and Sour Flowering Red Onions. Jeff Mauro fires up his Coffee and Creme Brulee with a Little Flambe Finish, and the hosts debut a fun conversation-starter game to get guests laughing.
Adam Gertler is hot on the trail of some of the most unusual cakes ever to be baked, fried or frosted. Line up at New York City's popular Doughnut Plant, where the traditionally round pastry turns square, made with fresh cranberries and coconut. Or get fired up with the house specialty, the Creme Brulee Doughnut. Take a trip to the Danish village of Solvang, CA to scale the Kransekage, an Old World 16-layer tower of cake that is making a comeback. Then in Monroe, WI, find out how the bakers at The Swiss Colony are remaking traditional red velvet by rolling a 60-foot pastry into a Red Velvet Swirl Cake.