Michele Albano of Michele's pies in Norwalk, Conn., is taking the traditional Thanksgiving pumpkin pie to new heights with her newest creation, the decadent Maple Pumpkin with Pecan Streusel Pie. Michele has won many awards for her delicious pies, but she has never had to compete against an Iron Chef. Whose pie will squash the competition?
Alton Brown claims we won't be satisfied with pizza until we've taken matters into our own hands. Rise high into the world of yeast and learn how (and why) to lay tiles in your oven. With Alton's recipe for Pizza Pizzas.
Brigitte Nguyen discovers the story of the accidental discovery and creation of the Kellogg's Corn Flake. Back in her kitchen, Brigitte and cereal expert Melissa Cash from Kellogg create Double-Coated Chicken, Black Bean Salad with Spicy Crispix Croutons, Salmon with Flakes and Almond Topping paired with Sautéed Spinach, and Rice Krispies Nutty Butterscotch Squares.
With the order book full, the team at Choccywoccydoodah must overcome two very different wedding cake challenges. First, the team must create a wedding cake that's dripping in designer shoes. Then the team gets an unusual request for a cake designed around the tragic tale of Miss Havisham, who was jilted on her wedding day!
Iron Chef Bobby Flay faces off against Challenger Chris Hastings, Executive Chef at Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, Alabama. Judges are Anthony Anderson, Donatella Arpaia Stewart and Simon Majumdar.
On this mission, Chef Robert Irvine is faced with a shipping terminal full of food and an empty parking lot in which to cook it. Robert lands at the Packer Avenue Marine terminal, one of the busiest importing ports in the country. Spread out over 100 acres are thousands of tractor-trailer size containers, each one packed with goods imported from all over the world. From these containers Robert must gather his ingredients and prepare a hearty lunch for 150 hungry longshoremen in just seven hours.
Ted Allen and the Food Techs investigate the best home remedy for heartburn. Could relief be sitting in your kitchen cabinet? And you might have heard that the "last sip" of a bottle is mostly backwash. But is it true? Ted puts this urban legend to the test. Finally, we'll find out if it's really possible to poach salmon in your dishwasher and fry an egg on your car's engine block.
This week on Food Detectives, Ted Allen is on a mission to find out what stains your teeth the fastest? Is it tea, cola, coffee or wine? And Ted invites an olfactory expert to sniff out the best cure for the food techs' bad breath. Plus you may have heard that it's impossible to drink a gallon of milk in an hour, but is it true?
Michael Symon visits his hometown of Cleveland, where a lamb burger with kalamata olive salt gives him a nostalgic taste of his Greek heritage. In Buffalo, the place where the original, iconic Buffalo wings were invented over 50 years ago offers a taste of all their saucy glory. Finally, wild boar baby back ribs and a duck sausage pig-in-a-blanket are innovative takes on smoky, succulent 'que in Indianapolis.