Turn your kitchen into a spa with our absolutely sinless, flavor-packed meal. Not only will everyone love the food, but they will get a head start on looking great for beach weather.
Gameplan
Day Before Party:
Mix cardamom yogurt sauce for Zinfully Delicious desert, refrigerate.
Whisk together vinaigrette for Zucchini Papardelle, refrigerate.
Assemble, roll and refrigerate steaks for Skirt Steak Saltimbocca.
1 Hour Before Party:
Take Steak Saltimbocca out of refrigerator to bring to room temperature before cooking.
Simmer peaches and reduce pan sauce for Zinfully Delicious desert.
Marinate and broil zucchini and cherry tomatoes for Zucchini Parpadelle.
Sauté steaks for Steak Saltimbocca, finish in oven and then let rest before carving into pinwheels for serving.
Assemble Zucchini Parpadelle.
Fry sage leaves to garnish Saltimbocca.
Combine remaining parpadelle vinaigrette with steak pan juices to make sauce for sliced Saltimbocca. Drizzle over plated Saltimbocca.
At the party:
Top peaches with cardamom yogurt for Zinfully Delicous desert.
Eat and Enjoy!
It's pasta three ways in an inexpensive party featuring everyone's favorite Italian food served in ways you'd never expect! With recipes for Lasagna of Roasted Butternut Squash; Crispy Pasta Salad with Warm goat cheese and pancetta; Baked Pastina Timbale
Gameplan
1 Day Before Party:
Grind fennel-cinnamon spice mixture for Butternut Squash Lasagna.
Peel and dice butternut squash. Season and roast squash then puree for lasagna. Blend puree with cheeses and set aside in refrigerator.
Roast tomatoes and jalapeños for Pastina Timbale Sauce.
Dice roasted peppers for Pastina Timbale Sauce.
Cook lasagna noodles for Butternut Squash Lasagna.
Dice and sauté remaining ingredients for Pastina Timbale Sauce. Finish Timbale Sauce. Cool and store overnight in refrigerator.
Prepare and finish béchamel sauce for Butternut Squash Lasagna.
Assemble Butternut Squash Lasagna.
1 Hour Before Party:
Bake Butternut Squash Lasagna.
Cook pastina for Pastina Timbale.
Poach and sauté sausage for Pastina Timbale.
Sauté garlic and breadcrumbs for Pastina Timbale. Prepare bowl to mold Timbale.
Combine pastina with Timbale sauce, pour into bowl and rest until service.
Cook angel hair pasta and fry for Pasta Cakes.
Assemble and dress Pasta Cake Salad.
At the Party:
Un-mold Pastina Timbale.
Eat and Enjoy!
Tiny versions of your favorite foods make fun cocktail party fare. Mini hamburgers on a bun, tiny soups in espresso cups. Everything pops in your mouth! With recipes with Tiny hamburgers; Tiny pizzas; Asparagus Soup with Parmigiano Zabaglione
Gameplan
1 Day Before Party:
Sweat onions for Asparagus Soup.
Caramelize onions for Onion Relish.
Finish Onion Relish with mustard, ketchup salt and pepper. Cool and store in refrigerator overnight.
Add potatoes, bay, stock to onions for Asparagus Soup.
Puree and mash fruits for Tiny Banana Split Fruit Sauces. Finish Fruit Sauces and store in refrigerator overnight.
Prep asparagus. Cook, finish and puree Asparagus Soup. Chill and store overnight in refrigerator.
Blend and cook egg mixture for Parmesan Zabaglione. Finish with Parmesan. Cool and store overnight in refrigerator.
Blend and form burgers. Refrigerate overnight.
Scoop ice cream with mini scoop for Tiny Sundaes. Freeze overnight.
1 Hour Before Party:
Cut out pizza rounds for Tiny Pizzas.
Heat jarred tomato sauce and assemble Tiny Pizzas. Top with cheese and bake.
Reheat Asparagus Soup.
Finish Parmesan Zabaglione with heavy cream.
Pour Asparagus Soup into mini cups and top with Zabaglione and serve.
Platter Tiny Pizzas. Finish with basil and Parmesan and serve.
At the Party:
Grill Tiny Hamburgers. Assemble burgers with Onion Relish, pickles and serve.
Slice bananas and assemble Tiny Sundaes with Fruit Sauce, Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce, Nuts, Cherries and Whipped Cream.
Eat and Enjoy!
Giada joins the cast & crew of The Sopranos to celebrate the launch of their final season. The gang will be gathering at one of New York City's landmark venues for the kickoff bash, and needless to say they'll be expecting a feast! As the design team transforms the space into an Italian street fair, the catering team will be busy bringing new spins to Italian favorites like Mama's Baked Ziti, Sausage & Peppers and a very special "Soprano" Cake. Knowing the potential consequences, the catering team is on their toes to pull off this monumental bash.
Plan a Sopranos Party Sad this season of The Sopranos is over? Enjoy one more night with your favorite Italian family when Giada goes behind the scenes at one of their premiere parties. Use our Italian wine primer to pick out a perfect wine, and plan a multi-course Italian meal that would make Carm proud. Then kick back and enjoy the show!
• Italian wine primer • Menu ideas
Play cupid by asking all of your single friends over for a cocktail party. Our food is delicious and easy to make, plus simple to manage as you meet and greet. And there’s always something to talk about at our special ice cream mix in station.
Gameplan
Day Before Party:
Place tray filled with water in the freezer for Ice Cream Mix In Station
Prepare tomatoes, peppers, mix with seasonings and place in the oven to broil for Roasted Tomato and Pepper Sauce
Mash together and refrigerate Mint Salt for Lamb Lollipops
Pull tomatoes and peppers out of the oven, and puree for Roasted Tomato and Pepper Sauce
Precook pastina for Pastina Risotto with Roasted Tomato and Pepper Sauce
Saute and crisp prosciutto for Crostini of Prosciutto to accompany Melon Soup
Peel, puree and strain Melon Soup, place in pitcher and refrigerate
Strain pastina, cover with olive oil and refrigerate for Pastina Risotto with Roasted Tomato and Pepper Sauce
1 Hour Before Party:
Season with mint salt, and brown frenched lamb in sauté pan for Lamb Lollipops with Mint Salt
Begin to slice day old bread for Parmesan Crostini
Remove lamb from stove top, place in oven for Lamb Lollipops with Mint Salt
Top and coat Parmesan Crostini and place in oven to brown
Add merlot to browned lamb rack sauté pan to create a glaze to top Lamb Lollipops with Mint Salt
Finish pastina, combine with spinach and prepared sauce
Carve lamb racks, top with glaze
At Party:
Pour Napastyle Sunset Cocktails
Pour Melon Soups, top with Prosciutto Crostini
Place Pastina Risotto with Roasted Tomato and Pepper Sauce in spoons for serving
Eat and Enjoy.
At Party:
Prepare ice cream mix in ingredients, crushed candy, chocolate sauce etc
Place frozen tray on counter, cover with another, inverted tray. Cover both trays with plastic wrap
Slice up vanilla ice cream with spatula, and use toppings to mix in
Eat and Enjoy.
Jeff Corwin uncovers tantalizing foods on his culinary quest through the Louisiana bayou, starting his journey by scouring the banks of Lake DesAlmond in search of busters, the holy grail of blue crabs. He learns local cooking methods as he prepares a spicy wild boar in a special Cajun microwave and deep fries savory gar balls made from a prehistoric looking fish. He hops on a boat with a sustainable shrimper in Terrebonne Bay to harvest shrimp they fry and eat whole on the water. Then, Jeff canoes down the Pearl River in search of wild rice to use in a goose gumbo. He gets down with the locals at a ragin’ house party with moonshine and a crawfish boil with piles of spicy seafood.
Black jack, roulette, and a whole lotta winning foods to help you keep your head in the game. All bets are on this elegant meal, served buffet style so you can move around from table to table while you eat. A classy meal made for a gamer.
Gameplan
2 Days Before Party:
Mix Focaccia dough and allow to rise for Country Focaccia with Blue Cheese and Honey.
Salt eggplant and set aside to soak for Roasted Eggplant Tomato Stack.
Continue to knead Focaccia dough and mix in the rest of the flour for the Country Focaccia with Blue Cheese and Honey.
Stuff and coat olives for Fried Olives, refrigerate to set coating.
Spread out Focaccia dough into a cookie sheet and allow to rise final time for Country with Blue Cheese and Honey.
Fry coated olives for Fried Olives.
Cover Focaccia with rosemary and olive oil and place it in oven to bake for Country Focaccia with Blue Cheese and Honey.
2 Hours Before Party:
Season swordfish and brown over stove top for Swordfish Prime Rib, place in oven to roast.
Toss eggplant and tomato with seasonings for Roasted Eggplant Tomato stacks, place them in oven to brown.
Stack Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Stacks to ready for serving.
At Party:
Top baked Focaccia with blue cheese and honey for Country Focaccia with Blue Cheese and Honey.
Mix Dirty Martinis and serve in pre-chilled glasses.
Eat and Enjoy!
Are you ready for some chips, dips and a hearty meal that will score with your friends? It's easy. Bring your team spirit and your appetites; we're watching the big game from the back of the pickup!
Gameplan
Day Before Game:
Mix and refrigerate Spiedini sausage
Coat and caramelize meat for the Chiarello Chocolate Chili con Carne
Mix and stew broth for chili, recombine it with the meat, simmer for 1 and 1/2 hours
Strain and add black beans and chocolate to chili, simmer, cool and refrigerate
Day of Game:
Pop popcorn for both flavored popcorn
Coat and mix Basil-Parmesan Flavored Popcorn
Coat and mix Chocolate-Orange Flavored Popcorn
Mold Spiedini sausage onto soaked skewers, wrap in foil to ready for grill
Grill Avocados, mash and mix Rockamole
Heat up chili on stove, transfer to pot, that is portable, to get to party
Pack up foods and popcorns to go to party
At Game:
Grill Skewers on BBQ
Heat up chili in pot on grill
Wine Recommendation
Garguilo Vineyard Pinot Grigio; beer
Michael shows you the Chiarello version of the classic Lobster bake including recipes for Grilled Potato & Green
Onion Salad; Grilled Baguettes w/Old Bay Butter plus Cake Doughnut Bread Pudding
Gameplan
Day Before Party:
Zest lemons for Old Bay Butter
Simmer Old Bay Seasoning and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, cool in an ice water bath, and blend in food processor with sweet butter, lemon zest, gray salt, and black pepper. Cover and refrigerate.
Slice and boil potatoes for Potato and Scallion salad. Toss boiled potatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Slowly cook bacon for Potato and Scallion salad.
Whisk leftover bacon fat and olive oil, mustard, champagne vinegar, shallots, Italian Parsley, salt and pepper for potato salad vinaigrette.
Season Scallions with salt, pepper, and bacon fat mixture for potato and scallion salad.
Grill scallions and potatoes. Slice ingredients for potato scallion salad and separate onto a plate. Cover and refrigerate.
1 Hour Before Party:
Start charcoal for lobster bake.
Fill galvanized tub with seaweed, lobsters, corn, partially boiled potatoes, clams, and chardonnay. Cover with damp burlap and set tub on charcoal to bake for 45 minutes.
Break up donuts and raisins in the bottom of a pan for bread pudding.
Cream sugar and sweet butter in a food processor for custard. Mix in eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and cream. Pour custard over donuts. Cover with foil and bake.
At the Party:
Pour out the tub of lobster onto a newspaper covered table. Serve with lemon, Old Bay seasoning, and salt.
Lightly grill linguisa on the grill.
Toast baguettes on the grill and smother with Old Bay butter.
Combine ingredients for potato and scallion salad. Cover with vinaigrette and season with gray salt.
Remove foil from bread pudding and crisp in the oven for 10 minutes.
Melt butter for Rum sauce. Stir in powdered sugar and thin sauce with dark rum. Pour sauce over bread pudding and serve.
Eat and Enjoy!
Michael liberates the tired (of cafeteria food), poor (from expensive lunches) and hungry masses with a brown baggin' party where everyone gets together to make lunch. Plus, special tips on transporting these delectable dishes and keeping them fresh!
Gameplan
1 Day Before the Lunch Party:
Toast Barley for Roasted Barley Salad. Simmer barley in chicken stock.
Core and chop tomatoes for Roasted Tomato Soup. Roast chopped tomatoes with garlic, balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
Mince and sauté onions, basil, and roasted tomatoes for Roasted Tomato Soup.
Drain barley and set aside to cool.
Puree roasted tomato mixture to soup consistency and cover and refrigerate overnight until ready to serve.
Slice and roast zucchini for Frittata and Tomato Sandwich.
Blend egg mixture for Frittata Sandwich. Remove roasted zucchini from over, chop into large pieces and stir into egg mixture.
Cook frittata in a large skillet. Finish frittata by cooking under a broiler. Sprinkle with Provolone cheese. Set aside to cool. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Slice bread and line up on sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toast bread slices in the oven. Cool and set aside.
Chop and cook smoked bacon for Roasted Barley Salad.
Chop zucchini, garlic, thyme and carrots for Roasted Barley Salad. Saute chopped vegetables in leftover bacon fact. Add apple cider vinegar to the pan to create dressing for salad.
Assemble Roasted Barley Salad with barley, bacon, and dressed vegetables.
Chop parsley and set aside for Roasted Barley Salad.
Morning of the Lunch Party:
Slice bread for Frittata and Tomato Sandwiches. Pack in paper bag.
Pack toasted bruschetta slices into paper bag.
Reheat Roasted Tomato Soup and pour into thermoses.
Slice tomatoes thickly for Frittata and Tomato Sandwich. Pack into small plastic container.
Pack salt and pepper and chili flakes.
Stir reserved parsley into Roasted Barley Salad. Pack up salad.
Slice Frittata and pack into container.
Pack basil leaves into small container.
At the Party:
Assemble Frittata and Tomato Sandwiches.
Serve Roasted Tomato Soup in mugs. Top with bruschetta slices.
Serve Roasted Barley Salad.
Eat and Enjoy!