It's a real barn burner in the workshop as hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson ask four countrified cookie makers to share how farm animals hoedown for the holidays at the North Pole. After this challenge, one farmhand will have to pick up sticks, while the one with the best Christmas critter cookie designs will rustle up an advantage for the next round. Then, it's time to bring in the holiday harvest as the cookie makers tinsel up festive-looking 3D Christmas tractors. They'll have to include a farm-fresh herb in their cookies: thyme, basil, lavender or tarragon. The cookie maker who crafts the most festive tractor will reap $10,000 and the Golden Ornament.
The Kitchen is throwing a pool party with everyone's summer favorites. Katie Lee and Marcela Valladolid share new ideas for hot dog toppings, while Jeff Mauro serves up a fresh BBQ Chicken Slaw. Blogger Sharzad Kiadeh stops by with her recipe for Edible Cookie Dough Pops, and the hosts share great ways to use watermelon. After a round of Try or Deny new summer food trends, Geoffrey Zakarian serves a Watermelon Shandy around The Kitchen's Kiddie Pool Fountain.
It's Thanksgiving at the barn and Ina Garten's good friend and neighbor Bobby Flay is coming over. She's making a dazzling spread, perfect for the big day with her incomparable tips, strategies and fabulous recipes. Bobby's cooking up a storm with her in the kitchen, smoking the turkey, sharing his easy 11-layer potato gratin and whipping up a seasonal heartland chopped salad. Ina completes the fabulous feast with holiday-worthy orange honey-glazed carrots, sauteed Brussels sprouts and bread pudding with herbs and apples. Also on the menu are a spicy lemon ginger molasses cake, make-ahead cranberry sauce, and a fall sangria that's sure to get the party started!
Mary Berg elevates classic party recipes to easily turn out a tray of handy hors d'oeuvres. She kicks up the standard shrimp ring with her Grilled Shrimp Cocktail, served with three dunkable dips for the spicy cocktail sauce fan, the milder herb aioli enthusiast and a crowd-pleasing mix of both. Mary pairs it with her bubbly cocktail, the Grown-Up Float, featuring frozen sorbet and sparkling wine. Rounding out the party platter is a couple of grab 'n go's made for mingling, including a Sausage Roll Wreath with homemade pork and pancetta and Charcuterie Board Popovers that turn a cheese board into pleasant parcels stuffed with meats and cornichons.
First, it's food stuffed with flavor like Marcela Valladolid's Picadillo Stuffed Peppers. Then, which popular "stuffed" tools are worth it and two recipes for easy weeknight meals: Geoffrey Zakarian's Goat Cheese and Herb Stuffed Chicken Breast and Sunny Anderson's Ham and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast. Food blogger Nicole Friday makes Apple, Pear and Walnut Stuffed French Toast, the Kitchen Helpline is stuffed with questions and answers, and Geoffrey makes a Bloody Mary with a stuffed garnish.
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Stuffed Surprises
Jeff Mauro highlights the best seafood dishes The Kitchen has ever reeled in! Geoffrey Zakarian prepares his classic Halibut en Papillote, Sunny Anderson makes Ahi Tuna Poke with Plantain Chips, Alex Guarnaschelli goes fresh with Crab Louie and Katie Lee Biegel tosses a Lobster Roll Panzanella! Then, Jeff offers tips, tools and recipe ideas for the perfect seared salmon before reinventing a classic with Fried Shrimp with Atomic Cocktail Sauce, and Geoffrey does flavorful Fish Tacos with Papaya Slaw, Iron Chef style.