Brian decides to offer all of his friends with kids a kid-free dinner. No kids, no screaming babies, no dirty diapers -- only five-star food and a charming host. But can our super chef deliver a delicious dinner and play Super Nanny? Find out.
Back to take it! Four previous Chopped runners-up compete to see which one can finally walk away the winner. The competition gets off to a sweet start, with sweetbreads. But in the entree round, root beer schnapps in the basket proves very problematic for one chef. And the judges are on the edge of their seats for a very tense dessert match-up.
Join Chef Michelle McKenzie as she takes us to the people, places and processes behind her dishes. From her hub in San Francisco, she'll visit the farms, markets and locally-owned shops that make food special, with plenty of fresh food adventures along the way. Michelle surrounds her life with food, and her life always travels Beyond The Plate.
A delicious piece of blue cheese has Ted Allen wondering -- what makes moldy cheese okay to eat? And when you burn your tongue, does it cause any permanent damage? Finally, the Food Detectives team hits the street to find out if so-called "dirty water hot dogs" are as dirty as you think.
Jaime Martin Del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu are living the California Dream with their restaurant, La Casita Mexicana. They serve authentic Mexican food and are on a mission to revive precious recipes that have been passed down to them from their ancestors. Their specialty is the Chile Relleno -- a stuffed and fried Poblano Pepper, served with a mouth-watering tomato sauce. Jaime and Ramiro think the Food Network is in town for a series on family food traditions from around the world. Little do they know that their lesson on home cooking is just a cooked up disguise for a Throwdown with Bobby Flay! Will their renowned, authentic Chile Relleno recipe be bold enough to beat Bobby's alternative take on tradition? Watch and find out!
Twenty-four of the country's worst home cooks come to New York City, in hopes of participating in a ten-day Culinary Boot Camp with Chefs Beau MacMillan and Anne Burrell. The eager applicants must prepare a sample of their terrible cooking, and then each chef chooses a team of six for the other chef to teach. Only one "recruits" from each team will make it to the final challenge: to cook a three-course meal for a panel of food critics who think the chefs did the cooking. The winner will receive $25,000. Boot Camp begins, and for their first challenge, each chef demonstrates a dish which the recruits must replicate exactly. The least successful recruit on each team is eliminated.
Andrew travels to Seattle, a city with a spirit of invention when it comes to dining out. He visits the International District for a bite at Seattle's oldest sushi restaurant, then he ends the trip with the essential clams and chowder meal.
Andrew Zimmern visits Seattle, where the food scene is a contrast of high-tech sophistication and rugged simplicity, like complicated gadgets that give classic foods like coffee an all-new taste. Andrew is even introduced to some foods and flavors that he's never experienced before!
Alton Brown tells everything you need to know to get dates into your culinary life, including three recipes for the 1960s classic "Devils on Horseback" and a very "scrummy" Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Casey Webb lands in Worcester, MA, where he slurps down some radical ramen, indulges in peanut butter cup French toast and takes on a rack of deep-fried ribs with the heat of a million Scoville units.