Autumn flavors are in the spotlight as The Kitchen serves a plate of Fall favorites like Geoffrey Zakarian's Apple Cider Salmon and Katie Lee's Brown Butter Sage Butternut Squash Bake. Learn easy Fall apps like Sunny Anderson's Easy Cranberry and Goat Cheese Crostini and Geoffrey's Marinated Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini. Chef Ronnie Woo makes an Easy Apple Tart Tatin. Shredded Brussels sprouts are the star of Jeff Mauro's Crispy Asian Brussels Sprouts Salad and Katie's Brussels Sprouts Salad with Dates, Manchego, and Almonds. Finally, the hosts go head-to-head in a Fall Float-Off with Katie's Ginger Beer and Pumpkin Ice Cream Float, Jeff's Green Apple Soda and Cinnamon Ice Cream Float, and Geoffrey's Dark Rum and Cherry Ice Cream Float.
Happy Holidays - It's the most wonderful time of the year, especially if you like to indulge in delicious holiday treats. Host Marc Summers will discover once and for all what is in Grandma's Fruitcake and why it enjoys such a special reputation. We'll see how Spanglers makes millions of candy canes every day while still producing some parts by hand. Of course we don't neglect the main dish-Glazed Honey Hams are sweetened and torched in a process you have to see to believe. Also, what's the story behind "gelt," those chocolate coins encased in bright foil? In an hour special, we'll deck the halls with everything from Korbel champagne to Sara Lee pumpkin pie, from peanut brittle to amazing gingerbread houses.
Haunted houses, ghostly pumpkins and edible eyeballs make for a Halloween thriller, when five top cake teams gather for an intense cake and candy competition. Elaborate cakes, some weighing 80+ pounds, must impress a panel of tough judges with their delectable craftsmanship and creative use of candy decorations.
COMPETITORS:
Cheryl Lew
Owner, Montclair Baking
Oakland, Calif.
Bronwen Weber
Executive Chef, Frosted Art Bakery & Studio
Dallas, Texas
Duff Goldman
Owner, Charm City Cakes
Baltimore, Md.
Norman Davis
Owner, The Sweet Life
Annandale, Va.
Carol Murdock
Owner, Classic Cakes
West Hartford, Conn.
Ho-Ho-Hike! When the weather turns icy, the magical folks who live at the North Pole love gathering together to play winter sports. Hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson ask four competitive cookie makers to tackle making two winter sports cookies. One cookie maker will suffer the agony of defeat, while another will advance with an advantage for the next round. After a big game, the merry residents of the North Pole gather in the town's gazebo to socialize, so the cookie makers craft their own towering 10-foot tall Christmas gazebos complete with classic pitched roofs. Their cookies will have to incorporate comforting drinks perfect for sipping at social occasions, like peppermint mocha, pumpkin spice, chai or apple cider. The cookie maker who creates the gazebo most worthy of the North Pole's town square will paint the town red with $10,000 and the Golden Ornament.