Chefs Stuart and Sasha get put through the wringer when one of their most notoriously demanding clients, Melissa, (aka Foodzilla), asks them to prepare a spellbinding "princess party" for her 7-year old daughter. Chefs Jesse and Brian are hired to "baconize" every entree in a meal for a national food chain developer. And a pair of Dolly Parton-obsessed film makers hire Chefs Brooke and Manouschka to create a Dolly inspired menu to impress potential investors for a new Dolly-Documentary project.
Buying food — especially meats — in bulk can be a great deal. But once you buy it, you gotta use it — so Rachael Ray is getting two completely different but equally delicious meals out of pork shoulder, and two more out of chicken thighs, plus a tasty meat-free menu to lighten things up midweek. Recipes include Hungarian Pork One Pot, Pork and Cider Stew, Broken Spaghetti Soup With Escarole, Green Harissa Chicken Thigh and Chicken With Porcini Gravy and Polenta.
Chef Jet Tila breaks down two classic Chinese takeout dishes. From shopping at the market to plating at the table, Jet walks through every step of these mouthwatering recipes. First, he makes a flavorful feast of Yang Chow Fried Rice, a combination fried rice that makes for an all-in-one meal. Then, Jet cooks up a crunchy flavor-bomb dish of Kung Pao Chicken, showing how to velvet the meat to achieve that perfect tender texture in your home kitchen.
Host Jeff Mauro and three chefs roll into Harrington Park, N.J., to turn a neighborhood's annual Battle of the Block Party into a world-class cooking competition. The chefs convince unsuspecting homeowners to let them crash their kitchens for ingredients, and Chef Cliff Crooks helps Jeff judge as the chefs make a triple-stacked sandwich, a quick and easy dessert and finally a 5-star meal. After a final battle, one winning chef splits a cash prize with their lucky local family.
Mary Berg is making low-effort recipes that cook slowly while filling the house with the most delicious aromas. Porchetta is two meals in one, starting with a pork dinner with sausage and pancetta filling slow roasted over a bed of fennel. Then, enjoy Porchetta Sandwiches the next day with zesty caper and herb mayo. With Slow Roasted Squash, Mary proves that low and slow isn't just for meat, and a Classic Pot Roast is everything you want in one pot.
Making an entire meal from scratch is a challenge -- now imagine doing it in only 30 minutes! Four chefs who specialize in scratch cooking take on two grueling rounds, making everything from the bottom up. First, the chefs have to make a sandwich and side incorporating ingredients from Guy Fieri's grocery list. Then, in the final round, the chefs have a $20 budget to make their best pasta dish out of practically nothing to win a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
Trisha Yearwood invites her longtime friend and fellow artist, Ricky Skaggs, and his wife, Sharon White, over for a meal filled with laughter and song. They cook beloved Southern comfort foods and reflect on their shared decades-long careers in country music. The menu includes a spin on the classic PB and J, Cherry and Boiled Peanut Bruschetta. They also make Roasted Sweet Vidalia Pork Loin, Collard Cobbler and a final nod to the South, Mini Georgia Peach Cheesecake, for dessert.
In our busy lives we often have so much on our plate, we don't have time to spare, much less time to cook. But like clockwork, we all get hungry, and to ensure that our food is still filling, nutritious and delicious, we turn to many time-saving measures and kitchen shortcuts that help bring meals to the table lickety-split! Modern technology meets the sophisticated palate when Jim O'Connor explores the delicious varieties that are available for diners in a hurry.
Enjoy an authentic Irish meal, prepared Chef Kevin Dundon, a man with Irish pub credentials. Colcannon Soup; Kilmore Quay Fisherman's Pie; Wexford Oatmeal Strawberry-Apple Crumble.
Gameplan
3 Days Ahead:
Make the Soup
2 Days Ahead:
Make the Pie Filling
1 Day Ahead:
Prebake the Tart Shells
Assemble the Crumbles
On the Day:
Bake the Pies
Reheat and Finish the Soup
Bake the Crumbles
The Kitchen goes back in time to give "oldie but goodie" Turkey Day staples a tasty update. Dynamic duo Jeff Mauro and Geoffrey Zakarian team up for Thanksgiving's power couple: the Classic Thanksgiving Turkey and Vintage Cranberry Sauce Mold. Then, Katie Lee Biegel's spectacular sides -- Grits Dressing and Broccoli Casserole -- are not to be missed, Sunny Anderson gives her Grandma Williams' Squash Pie a citrusy makeover with Lemon Whipped Cream and Geoffrey finishes off the meal with the perfect Pan Gravy.