Ree Drummond is throwing a surprise birthday lunch for her son Todd, complete with his favorite food and best friends. While Todd is being occupied with the cattle, Ree makes cheesy Smashed Burgers with Beer-Battered Onion Strings and Kicked-Up Fry Sauce. For dessert, Ree makes Dark Chocolate Brownies along with fresh Strawberry Sauce and Hot Fudge Sauce, which all get turned into an amazing 6-foot sundae, the perfect way to say "happy birthday" to this cowboy.
Ree Drummond's sharing the fundamentals of care packages and putting one together for her college kid, Alex, along the way. She's packing up an utterly delicious Lemon and Raspberry Pound Cake, wrapping up Snickerdoodles in the best DIY way, including something healthy with Brown Butter Granola Clusters, stuffing in Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups that always travel well and throwing in custom-made Hot Chocolate Mixes. It's a care package journey with lots of fun ideas for that special someone.
It’s raining, it’s pouring, and host Marc Summers is eating?. foods perfect for a Rainy Day. Nothing warms your tummy like Chili and check out how Calphalon forms stockpots to cook it up. Head to Tank Town and watch a rain wrangler make bottled water and get the inside scoop on making a perfect Pot Roast. Then, swing over to the Rainforest Café for an entertaining meal, plus see what’s so tasty about Chef Hilly’s hot chocolate.
Ayesha Curry loves to entertain her friends and family with good eats at her home, but when her husband Stephen's friends let her know they're expecting dinner and not just the snack of Maple Bacon Popcorn she has prepared, she must think on her feet and come up with a quick meal plan! She gets some help from the boys and makes a White Chocolate Bread Pudding using leftover croissants, a Beer Bourbon Splash, Cauliflower Hot "Wings" and Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers.
Autumn in southern Louisiana has chefs Sam and Cody Carroll reinventing old comfort food classics featuring turkey and pecans. A Pecan Chocolate Cake and Turkey Neck Consomme made with turkey bones and sweet peas should draw crowds to their restaurant, Sac-a-Lait. At their other restaurant, Hot Tails, the locals usually don't eat out on Sunday night, but Sam and Cody hope to lure them in with Turkey Fricassee with Pecan Rice and Crab Boil Buffalo Turkey Wings with Cranberry Pepper Jelly.
The Kitchen zeroes in on the viewers' favorite flavors and recipes, like Geoffrey Zakarian's Branzino with Polenta, Wild Mushroom and Watercress and Sunny Anderson's Easy Smothered French Onion Chicken Thighs. The hosts face off in a round of Tool Takedown, and Katie Lee creates a new pizza crust using chickpeas. Food blogger Kim Lange joins the gang to make her viral recipe for Apple Fritter Bread, and finally, the hosts share four ways to make a trending dessert, Hot Chocolate Floats.
Entertaining can be a breeze with this easy, tasy menu. Roasted Feta with Olives and Red Peppers; Mortadella-Stuffed Pork Loin; Frozen Chocolate Caramel Parfaits w/ Hot Fudge Sauce
Gameplan
3 Days Ahead:
Freeze the Parfaits
2 Days Ahead:
Bone, Roll, & Tie the Loin
1 Day Ahead:
Assemble the Saganaki
On the Day:
Roast the Pork
Make the Sauce
Broil the Saganaki
Invert the Parfaits
Emeril Lagasse stops by to make a holiday Rack of Lamb with Apple Mint Puree, then take holiday parties up a notch with Katie Lee's Christmas Tree Cheese Ball and Marcela Valladolid's Snowman Cheese Ball. Plus, two ways to serve ham for the holidays, the quickest tricks to create a classic Yule Log Cake, and new tips on how to decorate a store-bought gingerbread house. Geoffrey Zakarian warms everyone up with Peppermint Hot Chocolate while carolers amp up the holiday spirit!
Valerie Bertinelli enjoyed many pop-up camper vacations as a kid, sandwiched in between her brothers, and now it's her nephew Enzo's turn to experience camping the Bertinelli way! Valerie is bringing the best of the outdoors inside for a festive picnic without bugs, and she's joined by Enzo and her brothers, Patrick and David. On the picnic table are Baby Back Ribs, Arugula Corn Salad, Cheesy Nacho Tots and, for dessert, a Peanut Butter S'mores Pie and Cinnamon Hot Chocolate.
Ayesha Curry loves to entertain her friends and family with good eats at her home, but when her husband Stephen's friends let her know they're expecting dinner and not just the snack of Maple Bacon Popcorn she has prepared, she must think on her feet and come up with a quick meal plan! She gets some help from the boys and makes a White Chocolate Bread Pudding using leftover croissants, a Beer Bourbon Splash, Cauliflower Hot "Wings" and Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers.