Ted Allen invites Richard Blais to the Food Lab to demonstrate how to make some really cool cocktails using a tank of liquid nitrogen. Dr. Brian Wansink teams up with the food detectives to find out how much of taste is influenced by elegant decor or flowery menu descriptions. Finally, have you ever heard that drinking ice water can burn calories?
Chef Bobby Flay creates a brunch that's fresh from the apple orchard, featuring Cheddar Black Pepper Waffles topped with Sausages and Apples tossed in a Maple Agro Dolce Sauce, Apple Pancake Bars with a nutty Brown Butter Crumble drizzled with Apple Syrup, and Sparkling Apple Cider Sangria.
Memphis is home to Elvis, the birthplace of rock and roll, and some of the best things we ever ate! From sweet deals on steak dinners at The Butchershop, to the guilty pleasure of indulgent surf and turf at Iris, Memphis will have you singing with joy. And what's a southern city without barbecue! We found some of the best at Rendezvous, where the pulled pork sandwich will make you feel like the king.
Skipping breakfast is really not an option: Breakfast gives you energy and allows you to stay fuller longer, and it helps to maintain a healthy weight ... if you do it the HG way. Lisa shares her go-to breakfast dishes including Denver Omelette-in-a-Mug, Double-O-Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Bowl, Cannoli-Stuffed French Toast Nuggets and her amazing Growing Oatmeal Bowl -- you have to see it to believe it. And not enough time to make breakfast at home? No worries! HG shows you how to make good decisions everywhere, even from a convenience store. Lisa also heads to the supermarket to share her top breakfast tips.
Michael McKean skips breakfast and forgets about lunch so he can get to the bottom of brunch. He discovers how eggs Benedict was blessed by a pope and that we may have a melty mishap to thank for the croque monsieur. Michael concludes his mid-morning meal investigation by explaining how a saucy starlet named the bloody mary.
It's time to "Go! Fight! Win!" as Perez Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Lea Thompson and Nick Young battle for cupcake dominance and compete to have their cupcakes at the center of a party celebrating the nation's champion cheerleaders and their coaches. Kristine Cather, director of marketing for the United Spirit Association, will help decide which celebrity takes home bragging rights and a donation to their favorite charity.
Celebrity chef Aaron Sanchez is heading to Nash-Vegas to get down on some very Southern takes on his beloved taco. At Mas Tacos Por Favor, we'll get a 2-for-1 with their Deep-fried Avocado Taco and their Sweet Potato taco. At Smoke Et Al, their House-Smoked Pork Belly and BLT Taco will have you reaching for a sweet tea. Delta Bound is throwing down Deep Fried Catfish Tacos with Creole flavors straight from the Mississipi Delta. And finally Taco Mamacita is throwing down Peruvian Chicken Chorizo tacos - and we'll be washing 'em down with Black Cadillac Bourbon margaritas!
The main cake this week is a replica of a row house in the Hampden neighborhood for an 80-year-old woman who's a grandma to the whole city. By making this cake, the bakery staff is honoring the traditions of their city with their typical attention to meticulous detail.
Duff decides to take the staff on a field trip to another Baltimore institution, the Baltimore Tattoo Museum. The Charm City staff just might have more ink than any other bakery anywhere, and what better way to kick off a new season than by getting tattoos?
Other cakes we are following this week is an amazing cake in the theme of a Duck Hunt - complete with a pond, hunter and dog, a Red Velvet Cake in the shape of an Armadillo dressed in an EMT uniform and a 4 Tiered birthday cake decorated with Frogs and Lilypads.