Lyn can't cook or bake! But it's Andy's birthday and she wants to bake him a cake from scratch. Step-by-step, Tyler guides Lyn through the perfect homemade cake recipe. He also give pointers on how to avoid the pitfalls of baking and decorate like a pastry chef.
Jamie goes home to Essex to celebrate his birthday. He visits his dad at The Cricketers, the lovely country pub where Jamie learned to cook as a little boy. After raiding his mum's herb garden, Jamie puts together a brilliant summer BBQ for all his old friends.
Casey Webb's appetizing adventures take him to Hoboken, New Jersey, New York's neighbor to the west and the home of the great Frank Sinatra. He munches on homemade mozzarella, takes a bite out of a bagel behemoth and comes face to face with a slice of pure fire.
This trip, Noah Cappe celebrates Memorial Day weekend at suburban DC's ViVa! Vienna! festival, where the fastest way to his heart is through divine Soul Food. He springs for Loaded Perogies, learns a new spin on an old favorite with Philly Cheese Steak Fries and sees food and eats it with Baltimore-style Crab Dip. Then, he sets course for the bayou where he uncovers some tasty treasures at the pirate-themed Contraband Days festival in Lake Charles, La. There, he gets a lesson in down-home Cajun cooking with Chicken and Crawfish Gumbo, fancies up funnel cake with maple and candied bacon and goes nuts for Creole-style Praline candies with Miss Rita.
With just a few weeks until Geoff and Brittany's wedding at Brittany's spectacular family home on the Potomac River, the couple still can't agree on their perfect cake. Geoff wants a nautical theme to match the riverfront setting, while Brittany is all about elegance -- plenty of lace and pearls. Is there a cake designer who can please them both?
Using a variety of leaves from the garden, Jamie forms the basis of a lovely roasted peach and bresaola salad with feta and a yogurt dressing. The wood oven at Jamie s Essex home looks like Tuscany on this beautifu summer's day and the rustic Caesar salad Jamie makes in it is a perfect shared lunch.