On this trip, old friends are whippin' up new flavors. First up, in New York City, Guy Fieri follows a Triple D alum to his new place to check out old-school pizza and a new level of lasagna. Then, in Potterville, Mich., a place known for gizzards is frying everything from burgers to breakfast sandwiches. Plus a Belgian bistro in Cincinnati is serving waffles every which way.
Tiffani Thiessen prepares a manly meal for her husband, Brady Smith, and friends Matthew Lillard and Eric Close. She starts with the juiciest, blue cheesiest, bacon loving Ultimate Lux Burger and crispy Beer Battered French Fries. On a lighter note she's preparing a hearty, crispy Wedge Salad with homemade Ranch Dressing. Then for dessert, Salted Caramel Snickerdoodle Ice Cream Sandwiches so good it will make grown men cry.
Fire up the counter top grills for a night of poker and paninis. What could be simpler than having the guests make their own mouth watering grilled sandwiches, while the host stars with Caesar salad made right at the table. Double down!
Gameplan
Day Before Panini Poker Party:
Make Biscotti for dessert
Buy fresh dough from local pizza restaurant
Morning of Panini Poker Party:
Make Pizetta’s
One Hour Before Panini Poker Party:
Cut bread for panini sandwiches
Prepare trays for three different kinds of panini sandwiches
Assemble ingredients for Mozzarella & carrozza tray
Assemble ingredients for PLT tray
Cook pancetta for PLT tray
Assemble ingredients for Ham & Teleme tray
Assemble ingredients for Caesar’s salad tray
Set up stations with ingredients near electrical outlets for panini grills
Panini Poker Party:
Serve red zinfandel and pizetta’s
Everyone makes their own panini’s
After dinner make pain au chocolate panini
Heat up pistachio’s and pour port wine for guests
Wine Recommendation
Red Zinfandel
This week: a round of quick fix meals that won’t break the bank, and they’re all based on the low fat, nutrition packed favorite, ground turkey. We’ll stuff it with blue cheese for tasty burgers, work it into a hearty stew and turn it into Souvlaki sandwiches. With hearty sides and a pretty parfait for dessert–sublime and just too easy!
Chef Jordan Andino celebrates the burgeoning food boat trend all across America's oceans, inter-coastals and lakes. This tour of fantastic floating eateries includes tropical pizzas in St. Thomas and waffle cones in Virginia Beach as well as shrimp BLTs and Maryland crab cakes in Jupiter, Florida. There's also squid ink pasta in Panama City, Florida, pork sandwiches in Kentucky, spicy shrimp ceviche and plantains in Illinois and finally, an island burger in Naples, Florida.
For this trip, Guy Fieri's chowing down on South-of-the-Border bites throughout California. First up, Guy's swinging through Victorville to check in on an O.G. DDD truck stop servin' monster-sized sandwiches and scratch-made salsa. Then in Garden Grove, a generational joint is dishin' out chile verde by the vat, and a Salvadorian spot in Los Angeles may have changed hands, but the top-notch tampiquenas are still the same.