Ree Drummond shares perfectly portioned quick and easy meals for two. She has a one-pan meat and potatoes wonder, Apple Cider Pork Chops, with a sweet, sticky sauce and speedy Easy Corn Pasta that's a 16-minute marvel. Then, she serves fast comfort food with her Meatloaf Patties and a shortcut side of Instant Cheesy Mash that's good enough for company.
Ree Drummond has a line-up of the best bits of food, starting with an awesome Stuffed Pizza Crust with Arrabiata Sauce. Then, there's divine Orange Blueberry Muffin Tops and a double layer of the good stuff in A Little Fruit With My Crisp. Finally, Ree whips up a culinary revelation, Crispy Chicken Skins, and an incredible CLT Salad with Simple Ranch Dressing.
Valerie Bertinelli's good friend, chef and Food Network personality Alex Guarnaschelli, is visiting from New York. To celebrate her being in town, Valerie brings the experience of Little Italy home by preparing some of her favorite classic Italian dishes. On the menu: Sausage and Pepper Sliders, Mom's Spaghetti and Meatballs, Prosecco with Limoncello and Candied Lemon slices, and fresh homemade Cannolis.
Today is all about really good pub food, some pure fun food. When Alex walks into a pub, the first thing she orders is a juicy burger. Alex's version of a burger involves her secret blend of ground beef mixed with caramelized vegetables and topped with melt-y cheese. To go with that burger, a charred tomato soup topped with a crouton and way too much melted cheese bubbling over the edges. For sides, some tangy red cabbage coleslaw and golden fried zucchini spears.
Host Guy Fieri welcomes his friends to the Flavortown Lounge for an epic night of games and food, including a crazy cake decorating challenge and ridiculous-but-true food trivia! He and Chef Antonia Lofaso bring in the legendary actor/comedian Cheech Marin, host extraordinaire Maria Menounos, comic actor Billy Gardell and their friends for a competition that's all in good fun while raising money for charity. Only one team will leave with the coveted golden frying pan, and the rest will go up in smoke!
In a circus-themed competition, a new bunch of 10- and 11-year olds dare to make appetizers using corn and playful cookies. The entree basket reveals a finger food and some beautiful produce, then in the dessert round, the chefs tackle a baked good and a something covered in caramel. Actor Ryan Guzman joins The Kitchen's Sunny Anderson and Geoffrey Zakarian on the judging panel.
Willie helps first-time owner, Michael, fix his struggling Mexican restaurant, Taqueria Autentica, in Bloomfield, N.J. Opening just one year ago, Michael's restaurant has wrestled with novice mistakes, botched food orders and a young staff behaving inappropriately. Now, a wave of negative customer reviews is seriously threatening the restaurant's bottom line. If things don't change fast, the restaurant may have to close its doors for good.
When Chef Robert arrives at the Coach Lamp Restaurant & Pub in Louisville, Ky., he's baffled; the restaurant looks nice, the food tastes good and the owners are smart and knowledgeable. Robert has to sift through the puzzle pieces to discover why this restaurant is failing, and (over the owners' protests) come up with a completely outside-the-box plan to make the Coach Lamp shine.
Ree Drummond is elevating four mundane, store-bought ingredients. She's turning a ready-made angel food cake into a stunning Baked Alaska, then she's taking a package of cookie dough and conjuring up Fruit Tarts. Ree's changing up a round white loaf into Roasted Garlic Four Cheese Pull-Apart Bread, and finally some humble can of tomato soup becomes beyond-good Tomato Soup 2.0.
Who doesn't like ice cream? It's everyone's feel-good food. But few people realize that our passion for ice cream began centuries ago, long before the invention of freezers and refrigerators. Here, we present the "cold facts" about this delectable dessert: From its colorful beginnings when ice was something only nature could make, to the birth of the ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair.