These days, breakfast can be so much more than cold cereal and toast. On the sweet side: the Boston sweet treat so otherworldly, it beat Bobby Flay; in Philadelphia, waffles meet with cake and in the Twin Cities, a hot and hearty pancake that's an engineering marvel. Savory breakfast fans, get a look at the egg and cheese in Los Angeles with real star quality, the Vietnamese twist on bacon and eggs in Austin and the classic New York bagel gets an update with beets. Plus, the breakfast special in Atlanta which is like a buffet on a plate! Get ready to start your day with a bang with these best breakfasts ever.
Tom Papa takes a trip to Detroit to visit chefs and bakers helping to revitalize Motor City and its food scene. At Kuzzo's Chicken and Waffles, a former NFL player serves up decadent, cake-like, red velvet waffles with spicy fried chicken. Sister Pie, a sweet corner bakery, whips up roasted banana chess pie topped with mountains of meringue and crumbled cinnamon cookies. Tom heads to Dearborn, Mich., to make amazing Middle Eastern food like fresh-baked pitas filled with roasted lamb and a fine-spun pastry topped with gooey, melted, sweet cheese. At Chene Modern Bakery, Tom learns how to make paczki, the Polish take on a rich, buttery, filled doughnut.
This trip, Noah Cappe celebrates Memorial Day weekend at suburban DC's ViVa! Vienna! festival, where the fastest way to his heart is through divine Soul Food. He springs for Loaded Perogies, learns a new spin on an old favorite with Philly Cheese Steak Fries and sees food and eats it with Baltimore-style Crab Dip. Then, he sets course for the bayou where he uncovers some tasty treasures at the pirate-themed Contraband Days festival in Lake Charles, La. There, he gets a lesson in down-home Cajun cooking with Chicken and Crawfish Gumbo, fancies up funnel cake with maple and candied bacon and goes nuts for Creole-style Praline candies with Miss Rita.
It's Sunday Funday every day in Food Paradise so we're checking out the most extreme brunch spots in the United States! First, there's a doughnut burger that's bringing both sweet and savory to California and a restaurant in Arizona that offers a Bloody Mary with more options than a new car. We're indulging our sweet tooth with cookie pancakes in New Jersey, playing jazz with chicken and biscuits in Virginia and pairing chicken with funnel cakes in Washington, DC. Next, we're getting steak and eggs in pizza form in Detroit before smothering biscuits with mac and cheese in Orlando. Finally, we're enjoying brunch by the bay with Fried Oysters Benedict on Hilton Head Island.
Geoffrey Zakarian hosts a look back at some of The Kitchen's most elegant, romantic dishes that create a restaurant-worthy experience at home. Alex Guarnaschelli whips up an Endive Salad with Candied Walnuts, Orange Caramel Dressing and Blue Cheese, and Geoffrey's Spicy Sun-dried Tomato Pesto is bursting with flavor. Katie Lee Biegel prepares Cocoa-Rubbed Hanger Steaks with Balsamic Radicchio Salad, Jeff Mauro makes Sake and Miso Marinated Salmon with Coconut Rice and Charred Broccolini, and Sunny Anderson's Melting Heart Cakes are a sweet surprise. Plus, Geoffrey makes Lobster Risotto with Champagne and Tarragon, a rich and luxurious dish that blends creamy texture with delicate flavor, perfect for making any date night feel extra special.
The Kitchen cooks up a show-stopping spread for the holidays beginning with Geoffrey Zakarian's Prosciutto-Wrapped Pork Loin. Jeff Mauro and Katie Lee wow the crowd with two takes on polenta -- a Four Cheese Creamy Polenta and a Creamy Lemon Parmesan Polenta with Roasted Tomatoes. Cookbook author Elizabeth Heiskell serves up some sweet holiday gifts with her Bourbon Balls and Salted Caramel Pecan Bites, then we put a modern spin on the Yule Log with a Stump de Noel Cake. Food Network's Amanda Freitag makes a show-stopping Kabocha and Acorn Squash side dish. Finally, Katie creates a Caprese Wreath topped with all the tasty trimmings and we toast to the holiday with a Big Batch Pomegranate Cocktail.
Bobby Flay's brunch takes a culinary trip to New England and features some of the region's best local ingredients. On the menu today is a refreshing SmoothTEA, delicious Pumpkin-Cranberry Scones and Johnnycakes each served with Whipped Maple Butter. Plus, Bobby re-invents a classic Eggs Benedict with his New England-style version: Crab Cake Benedict With Old Bay Hollandaise.
Jonathan Bennett welcomes the two remaining teams of pumpkin carver, cake artist and sugar master to the spine-tingling final challenge. The team that can best capture all the terror and fun of the ultimate horror movie "jump scare" moment and impress judges Shinmin Li, Todd Tucker and actress Marisol Nichols will be crowned Halloween Wars Champion and win $50,000!
With qualifying rounds now completed, six remaining teams of amazingly talented cake, pumpkin and sugar artists face off against one another for the first time! Host Jonathan Bennett tasks the teams with creating a scene showing what it would look like if a nightmare came to life, and judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira decide which teams will continue living the dream.
Four remaining teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator and sugar artist go to battle to create mind-blowing Halloween-themed displays that capture the horror of a two-faced monster. Carlson Young, actress from MTV's Scream, joins the judging panel to help decide which team will be eliminated and which will move on to the final battle.