Molly Yeh and husband Nick are swapping a trade for a trade! She is teaching him to make Brown Butter Buttermilk Donuts in exchange for a welding lesson. Then, she makes a cozy Midwest dinner of Chicken Wild Rice Hotdish, Deep Fried Broccoli and Monster Cookie Bars for dessert.
A cup of tea makes everything better, especially when it's a Cherry Green Tea Cocktail shared with Tiffani Thiessen's mom friends, Vanessa Lachey and Bree Turner. Tiffani whips up her scrumptious Blueberry Lemon Scones topped with Honey Butter and Blackberry Jam, followed by an earthy Roasted Beet Salad and three types of delicious tea sandwiches, Truffled Egg Salad, Curried Chicken Salad, and Goat Cheese with Pecans.
Nancy Fuller's daughter Nita and her kids are visiting for the weekend, so she wants to treat them to a special, scenic ride on the Catskill Mountain Railroad. She's making Honey Fried Chicken, Cobb Salad with Bacon Buttermilk Dressing, Chocolate Chip Cookie Icebox Cake, Frozen Basil Lemonades and Sweet and Salty Conductor Corn for a salty snack on the train.
Like many of their neighbors, Amy Thielen and her husband, Aaron, make fires in their central wood stove for atmosphere, heat and cooking. In this episode, Amy prepares a warm meal of Midwestern Fried Chicken and Gravy With Whipped Potatoes and Swiss Chard With Honey-Roasted Garlic, followed by Indoor Buttercup S'mores made bruschetta-style with roasted marshmallows and dark chocolate.
There's no better way to enjoy summer than outdoor eating and gathering, so the Kitchen hosts are serving up perfectly packable eats for the beach, park, pool or a hike! Jeff Mauro fries up an iconic Picnic Fried Chicken with Honey Giardiniera Butter, and Geoffrey Zakarian puts his Iron Chef spin on Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Grilled Green Onion-Crushed Olive Vinaigrette. Katie Lee Biegel whips up Curried Chickpea Salad Pitas to bring to the picnic, and Sunny Anderson shares tips and tricks for feasting in the great outdoors. Finally, Alex Guarnaschelli freshens up the outdoor feast with her Chilled Melon, Cucumber and Mint Salad.
The Kitchen hosts celebrate a Southern culinary tradition by serving up a delicious plate of food with meat and three yummy sides. To get things started, Geoffrey Zakarian makes his porch-worthy Bourbon Peach Iced Tea, and Katie Lee Biegel uses that tea in her family's recipe for Classic Sweet Tea Oven Fried Chicken. Then, GZ makes his version of Squash Casserole with an herby breadcrumb topping, and Jeff Mauro honors his mother-in-law's Kentucky roots by sharing her recipe for Skillet Cornbread with Pepper Relish Honey Butter. Finishing off this Southern meal, Sunny Anderson puts her twist on mac and cheese with an Easy Paccheri and Cheese.
Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey stop by Ajumama -- a funky food truck in Columbus, Ohio -- to grill up a top-secret cheesesteak with a Korean twist. A sweet and flaky dumpling that is out-of-this-world incredible is also on tap. At Betty's Pie Whole in Encinitas, Calif., the guys go belly-up for Mama Joe's Meatball Pie -- a savory dish with a pizza dough crust that puts all other pie crusts to shame. Still hungry, they pay a visit to Chicken and Farm Shop in Chicago where they go nuts for an eye-opening fried chicken sandwich locals claim is the best chicken sandwich bar-none.
Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, but let's not forget about lunch! Trisha Yearwood is teaming up with the Sandwich King, Jeff Mauro, to make some easy and delicious lunch recipes that save time AND money. Whether it's a Green Goddess Chicken Salad Sandwich, Tahini Honey Farro Salad or Crispy Eggplant with Fried Chickpeas, midday meals will never be the same!