Gesine Prado creates some clever ways to bring baking to the grill while hosting an outdoor party to celebrate warm weather and good friends. She's grilling Pizza Two Ways with homemade pizza dough along with a zesty Italian-style Green Bean and Potato Salad. For dessert, she's making homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches and a Grilled Creamsicle Cake baked right over the coals.
No need to cry for Argentina in Bobby Flay's amazing Argentinean style barbecue. Perhaps nothing screams Argentina more than Grilled Skirt Steak With Green and Smokey Red Chimichurri Sauce. And to go along with the spice, Bobby grills up a Tomato, Red Onion and Rocket Salad With Fried Egg, Grilled Chorizo and Grilled Provoleto Crostini. Plus a Pisco Sour Wine Sangria Bobby style.
Nancy and David are hosting a cookout. Nancy heads to town to get delicious chocolate candies for her Grilled Banana Boats dessert. They're a sweet treat that follows their dinner of Grilled Salt and Pepper Crusted Rib Eye and Garlicky Green Salad. After the cookout, the family enjoys Creamy Orange Soda Floats as they release flying lanterns into the sky.
Ree Drummond welcomes her mom and sister Betsy to a mother-daughter dinner. She starts with fabulous Fried Mushrooms & Onions with Lemon Dill Cream paired with some marvelous Lemon Drop Martinis. For the main course, Ree prepares her mom's Seafood Casserole with a Simple Green Salad and serves up a fabulous dessert finale of Dark Chocolate Lava Cakes topped with Raspberry Whipped Cream.
Ree Drummond celebrates Thanksgiving by putting her own spin on classic dishes. First, she makes Legendary Green Bean Casserole from scratch and bakes retro Sweet Potato Rolls, the perfect accompaniment for the big feast. Then, an incredible Molded Cranberry Salad is as good now as when Ree was a kid, and a fabulous Old-Fashioned Custard Pie puts the spotlight on dessert.
Things are getting very cheesy in Ree Drummond's ranch kitchen, with four recipes and eight different cheeses! She takes Italian food to the next level with 5-Cheese Pasta, and fresh mozzarella stars in her Fried Green Tomato Caprese Salad mashup. Her goat cheese-topped Fiery Goat Dip is beyond delicious, and for dessert, there's a marvelous Mascarpone Berry Bowl.
Valerie Bertinelli loves the unique flavors of New Orleans, so she's inviting Louisiana native and actress Faith Ford over for a brunch that makes them feel like they're in the Big Easy. Valerie makes Green Tomato Benedict and Easy Cajun Hollandaise along with Olive Salad, and she and Faith sip Hurricane Mimosas. Valerie also prepares Bananas Foster for a sweet finish.
Get tips from Jeremiah Tower on preparing authentic Californian cuisine. Sweet Pear and Gorgonzola Salad w/Rocket, Watercress, Walnuts, and Orange-Flower Honey; Fast and Easy Plate-Cooked Fish Paillard w/Ginger, Garlic, and Tomatoes; Warm Fruit Stew.
Gameplan
3 Days Ahead:
Make the Syrup
2 Days Ahead:
Wash and Dry the Greens
1 Day Ahead:
Bake the Pears
Pound the Fish
On the Day:
Arrange the Salad
Make the Sauce
"Plate" the Fish
Stew the Fruit