The Kitchen is getting ready for Thanksgiving with dishes like Katie Lee's Maple Sage Roasted Turkey and Geoffrey Zakarian's Hawaiian Sweet Roll Stuffing. Katie then shares her Sweet Potato Hummus on Endive appetizer that pairs perfectly with Sunny Anderson's Maple Sage Roasted Bourbon Punch. Finally, the team gives their best tips for mastering mashed potatoes and creating fool-proof gravy and Chef Jerome Grant joins in to make a Pecan Pie.
Giada De Laurentiis celebrates the flavors of fall with elegant Thanksgiving side dishes. Some are family favorites, while others are a fun spin on the traditional. Baked Mashed Potatoes With Peas, Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs; Sweet and Savory Root Vegetable Stuffing With Apples and Dried Cranberries; Persimmon-Pumpkin Pie With Mascarpone Shortbread Crust are all perfect with the big turkey or as a great finish to a holiday meal.
Pat and Gina are getting into a slimmer supper with their good friend Belinda Anderson. They keep it light and delicious with Grilled Salmon topped with a Citrus Butter and they're remixing mashed potatoes with their Crispy Mustard Potato Cakes. Then it's off to the perfect complement for any meal, a Crunchy Chopped Green Bean Salad. And to wash it all down, a refreshing Raspberry Basil Iced Tea.
Trisha Yearwood's center stage with her backup singer, Robert Bailey! She recalls one of her favorite food stops in Portland, Ore. and creates a menu based on her experience, including Filthy Dirty Martinis with Blue Cheese-Stuffed Olives, Mashed Potatoes, Creamed Spinach, Cherry Almond Skillet Shortbread and a Well-Done Steak. After the meal, Trisha and Robert perform a soaring a capella rendition of "How Do I Live."
Trisha Yearwood and her sister, Beth, return to Nashville Food Project, a local nonprofit that farms and feeds Nashville's local communities, to use fall crops from the community garden in a meal for the staff and farmers. The menu includes Creamed Farmstand Veggies, mouthwatering Georgia Peach BBQ Turkey Wings and Mashed White and Sweet Potatoes with Parsley Butter. They also bake a Vanilla Apple Sheet Pan Pie for dessert.
The Kitchen co-hosts celebrate the best regional Thanksgiving traditions. Sunny Anderson goes big and bold with her Texas Two-Step Turkey. Alex Guarnaschelli creates a mouth-watering Antipasti Platter using her favorite Little Italy bites. Geoffrey Zakarian shares a Roasted Autumn Vegetable Clafoutis with New England's best produce. Katie Lee Biegel's going to West Virginia with Pimento Cheese Mashed Potatoes. Jeff Mauro's got a Midwestern Butterscotch Apple Gooey Butter Cake.
In the second Alton's Challenge battle, there's a dehydration theme for the baskets, and Alton Brown demonstrates a home hack that makes removing moisture from food a breeze. The first round has the chefs making quick use of instant mashed potatoes, then an Alton specialty is one of the mandatory ingredients for the entree round. A diabolical dessert basket has the chefs scrambling to make dehydrated eggs work in their final plates.
Turkey-themed baskets keep the kid chefs in the right state of mind as they try to make a meal that guest judge David Dobrik will gobble up, starting with a bucket of turkey meatballs in round one. A rare form of mashed potatoes makes for a hearty hurdle in the entree round, but will the two remaining kids be thankful for or fearful of the dessert goodie in the third basket?
We're going to Philadelphia to show you some of the best things we ever ate. There's impossibly delicious pasta at Vetri and perfect mashed potatoes at Parc. Check out the crepes at Creperie Beau Monde for one of our favorite Francophile treats, but leave room for the Mexican tiramisu at Lolita. From the namesake Philly cheesesteak at Tony Luke's to the down, dirty, and delicious Junkyard Special at Sarcone's Deli, Philly's got it all.
Kelsey shows you a genius technique using one ingredient and rolling it over into four fantastic meals. She starts with a simple Roasted Pork Loin slathered with Peach BBQ Sauce and mashed potatoes. She then takes that same pork loin and transforms it into a flavorful Asian-style Stir Fry. Next, she uses the pork to flavor a delicious Poblano Soup. And last, Kelsey makes some tasty Cuban Sandwiches with the same pork loin.