Giada De Laurentiis and her Aunt Raffy love to get together in the kitchen and create some of their favorite family recipes. In honor of Nonno Dino's upcoming 100th birthday, they create a multi-step Italian dish that was one of his favorites, a Timballo Genovese.
Giada De Laurentiis shows us how to make good, old-fashioned Italian pasta from scratch. Then, she tops it off with three homemade pasta dish recipes; Creamy Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna, Roasted Tomato Soup with Halibut and Fresh Pasta, Fresh Fettuccine with Figs, Prosciutto and Goat Cheese.
Guy takes some breakfast staples and re-introduces them into lunch and dinner. Recipes include Grilled Skirt Steak Hash with a Roasted Red Pepper Hollandaise that has never been so foolproof. For dessert, a Grilled Fruit Salad served with Toasted Pound Cake and Lemon Whipped Cream.
Whether filling in for your French teacher or your favorite spice, substitutes can be every bit as successful as the original. Join host Alton Brown and a handful of substitute chefs as they take on a few good recipes with one ingredient tied behind their backs.
Guy Fieri checks out some great family-run joints including a Baltimore favorite for pit beef with Ace of Cakes Duff Goldman. Next in Miami, visit a stop with recipes all the way from Puerto Rico and in Salt Lake City, a classic drive in burger joint.
Ree Drummond is sharing four vibrant recipes to celebrate the colors of summer. There's crisp, delicious Asian Noodle Salad, Blueberry Nectarine Crisp that's always a hit at summer parties, fabulous Strawberry Ice Cream and for sunshine in a glass, you can't beat her Ginger Lemonade Fizz.
Things are heating up in the kitchens of Susan Feniger, Sunny Anderson, Aaron Sanchez, and Curtis Stone as they cook up their favorite SPICY dishes. Crispy Potato Tacos, Chicken Wings, Steak with Chiles Verdes, and Chili Pepper Crab are the recipes they say are HOT STUFF!
Sandra has come up with an entire menu of recipes that include chocolate. With a White Chocolate Polenta, a rich Beef Stew w/ Chocolate served w/ a Spinach Salad with Mangos, Dried Cranberries and Chocolate Vinaigrette, a Creamy Chocolate Pudding Parfait and Tall, Dark and Handsome cocktail.
How do restaurants get veal to be so moist and flavorful? Anne shares her tricks to preparing the delicate meat with her Grilled Veal Chop With Mushrooms and Cherry Peppers recipe. For dessert, Anne's creative twist on a classic dessert: Goat Cheese Cheesecake With Vanilla Poached Pineapple.
Anne Burrell shares her recipe for Swiss Chard & Ricotta Crostata. With the right tips and tricks, this rustic, free-form pie is a snap to put together. Her Fava Bean Soup takes a little more TLC, but the silky payoff is well worth the effort.