If you're tired of making the same old barbequed fare, let Emeril show you there's something better out there. Tonight he'll show you the beauty of smoking foods and the possibilities of great flavor using different flavored wood chips and meat rubs. Recipes include Smoked Tuna Bruschetta, Tortilla Soup With Fire-Roasted Corn and Chipotle Crema, Chickens Smoked in a Homemade Smoker, Shrimp, Chorizo and Chipotle Gravy Over Mexican Rice, and Stove-Top Smoker Baby Back Ribs.
For a comfy night in with her husband and friends, Janet whips up some scrumptious food with the help of her favorite spices. For an appetizer, she cooks crunchy Tri-Chips with Creamy Parmesan Mustard Dip with beets, sweet potatoes and yucca root. Her Chicken Fajita Pizza made with sauce featuring paprika and chili powder sings with flavor. Janet’s Paris Cheese Popcorn offers a unique take on a classic, and she completes the meal with out-of-this-world Mexican Brownies.
The meals are hand-held at these hotspots, but the unique flavors are the big attraction. Authentic Mexican cuisine pioneer Rick Bayless celebrates Mexico's most beloved street food and snacks, while two brothers bring decadent Italian toasts to one of New York's hippest neighborhoods. ATop Chef winner turns traditional eastern-european cuisine on its head with inspirations from his own Scottish-Israeli heritage. And a former fine dining chef feeds the need for cheese on the streets of LA - one gourmet grilled cheese sandwich at a time.
This trip, Guy Fieri's goin' back to some DDD flavor-makers for a mess of meat and Mexican! First, an old-school deli institution in Chicago is busy as ever, fillin' up food trays with killer corned beef hash and mouthwatering meatloaf. A Cincinnati street taco joint has expanded big time, with new menu faves like craveable carnitas taquitos and sizzlin' stuffed poblanos. Plus, a Cajun smokehouse in New Orleans has really taken off, mixin' it up with the-bomb boudin grilled cheese and an over-the-top chopped chicken sandwich.
Emeril travels to Orlando's next-door neighbor, Kissimmee. He begins the "Kissimmee" episode at "Reunion Wyndham Grand Golf & Spa Resort". "Reunion" is one of the premier tourist destinations in Kissimmee, especially for golfers. It's the only place in the world with an Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas, and Tom Watson designed golf course on the same property. They have a pretty good restaurant on property as well. It's named "Eleven" and after touring the resort Emeril will meet with Executive Chef Etienne Jehl to sample some of his signature dishes. Emeril's next stop is the Lakeside Grill at the Bohemian Hotel in Celebration. It's a boutique hotel with and Emeril will meet with a chef he mentored at his restaurants in New Orleans. Emeril will get to sample some of the chef's signature dishes and see how he's developed over the years. Next up, Emeril will visit the top-rated, and locals favorite, Mexican restaurant in Kissimmee for some authentic Mexican food. Emeril ends the episode by preparing a dish inspired by his visits to Kissimmee, Fried Catfish Po'boys.
Celebrity chef Aarón Sánchez is hitting the streets of Philadelphia on his latest search for the best Mexican food in America. No culinary tour of Philadelphia would be complete without cheese steak and at Union Taco, you get the best of both worlds in their Philly Cheese Steak Taco! Then savor a true Pennsylvania Dutch staple served up as a "scrapple taco" at Sancho Pistola's. Next up, a Philly original from Tuk Tuk Real dishing up a Thai fusion treat in a delicious duck taco. Last stop, La Calaca Feliz features a cauliflower taco so good it makes meat-craving carnivores rethink their menu choices.