THIS WEEK’S COOKING HIGHLIGHTS
SUNDAY 8:00 am FOOD Barefoot Contessa: Back to
Basics Ina Garten’s old friend, photographer Miguel joins her and her family for the weekend.
8:30 am FOOD Valerie’s Home Cooking
Valerie’s delicious treats make up for all the regrettable regifts.
9:00 am FOOD The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond gets in the holiday spirit with Apple, Brie and Mushrooms En Croute, Traditional Eggnog in a ginger crumb-rimmed glass and an Ugly Sweater Cake. She also makes Berry Basil Vodka and Festive Marinated Olives for a happy hour gift basket.
9:30 am FOOD The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond is tackling holiday questions, and the answers include outrageously cheesy Lasagna Dip and Chips and a Big Festive Salad perfect to take to any potluck bash.
10:00 am FOOD The Pioneer Woman Ree prepares cinnamon roll cookies; red velvet crinkle cookies; no-bake cornflake wreaths.
10:30 am FOOD The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond shares her top five favorite puffed pastry recipes; Ree’s marvelous Mille Feuille.
11:00 am FOOD Girl Meets Farm Molly celebrates her favorite holiday by making a festive buffet for three generations.
11:30 am FOOD Trisha’s Southern Kitchen Trisha takes inspiration from holiday traditions and invites family over for a tree-trimming party.
12:00 pm FOOD Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten is serving up her top make-ahead dishes from over the years, including Moroccan Lamb Tagine and a showstopping Chocolate Banana Cream Pie. Plus, Crusty Baked Shells and Cauliflower is perfect for weeknights. (N) 12:30 pm FOOD Barefoot Contessa: Back to
Basics Ina is shaking up the classics and sharing a fresh look at side dishes for a stunning holiday meal.
1:00 a home-cooked pm FOOD holiday The Kitchen menu The inspired hosts by create their 2:00 own pm traditions. FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship parties; Bakers dessert create with holiday candy treats cane flavor; for seasonal holiday 3:00 cocktail. pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Bakers team up to make a dozen hand pies; bakers create a holiday dessert duo.
4:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Creating a Thanksgiving dessert using a mystery canned fruit; combining two traditional desserts.
5:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Six remaining bakers use yellow cake mix to make anything but cake; holiday up nonholiday dessert.
6:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Bakers create a fiery dessert; turning a traditional holiday cheese board into cheesecake.
7:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Bakers celebrate two classic holiday traditions: Hanukkah jelly doughnuts and ye olde fruitcake.
8:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Combining last minute gifts into one impressive dessert.
9:00 pm FOOD Candy Land King Kandy and the Candy Council have generously approved upgrades for the town squares of each area of Candy Land, so host Kristin Chenoweth challenges the remaining teams to create structures and decorations for their town squares. (N)
MONDAY
6:00 pm FOOD Holiday Wars Four remaining teams of cake and sugar artists must create a Christmas party in the animal kingdom.
7:00 pm FOOD Holiday Wars Host RavenSymone challenges the four remaining teams of master cake and sugar artists to imagine the most-romantic wedding the world has ever seen at Acevedo the North decide Pole! which Judges team Shinmin will go Li home and Erin with $25,000. MTV Deliciousness Angela Kinsey, Kel Mitchell, and Tim Chantarangsu, join Tiffani Thiessen. (N)
7:30 pm MTV Deliciousness Angela Kinsey, Kel Mitchell, and Tim Chantarangsu, join Tiffani Thiessen. (N)
8:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Jesse Palmer challenges the competitors to work in teams to create a twist on traditional Hanukkah jelly doughnuts. Then, the bakers get creative with holiday decorated upside-down cakes to satisfy judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall. 9:00 pm FOOD Holiday Baking Champion
ship Host Jesse Palmer asks the five bakers to create an over-the-top version of a holiday trifle. Then, the classics continue in the main heat when the competitors make the ultimate Charlotte royale for judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall. (N)
TUESDAY
6:00 pm FOOD Chopped Four grandmas give the judges a holiday dining experience to remember.
7:00 pm FOOD Chopped It’s holiday time and the chefs discover ingredients for their holidayinspired dishes.
MTV Deliciousness Angela Kinsey, Kel Mitchell, and Tim Chantarangsu, join Tiffani Thiessen. (N)
7:30 pm MTV Deliciousness The passion of Hunger Tears, the anger behind Fast Feuds, and the inability of Shook Cooks. (N)
8:00 pm FOOD Chopped The stars of Food Network’s The Kitchen compete to win a holiday gift for a favorite charity.
9:00 pm FOOD Chopped The competing chefs are surprised by parsley cake in round two, and when the finalists focus their attention on a dessert basket that includes Cara Cara oranges and a curiously boozy condiment, the judges are impressed by the level of skill they see. (N)
WEDNESDAY
6:00 pm FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Returning chefs get ready to take on their former rivals in three grudge matches.
7:00 pm FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Teams of chef-siblings compete in two games designed to push their sibling bonds to the limit.
MTV Deliciousness Snack-Off, the most Elite Sweets, and the importance of having Diet Buddies. (N)
7:30 pm MTV Deliciousness The passion of Hunger Tears, the anger behind Fast Feuds, and the inability of Shook Cooks. (N)
8:00 pm FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy uses a dreidel to give the chefs their budgets for a festive family favorite.
9:00 pm FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Duff Goldman takes on two all-star chefs in GGG’s first Hanukkah competition at home. Guy and Hunter Fieri challenge the chefs to make potato latkes with ingredients decided by dreidels. Then they have to turn eight leftover ingredients into a meal. (N)
9:30 pm MTV Deliciousness
THURSDAY
6:00 pm FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Alton Brown and Valerie Bertinelli team up to find a chef strong enough to beat Bobby Flay.
6:30 pm FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Ted Allen and Damaris Phillips bring in chef Paul Fehribach and chef Sara Nguyen to face off.
7:00 pm FOOD Beat Bobby Flay It’s a battle of Southern chefs as Houston’s Roshni Gurnani battles New Orleans’ Carl Schaubhut.
MTV Deliciousness Messing With the Blessing, Cheese Freaks, and Cham-Pain Problems. (N)
7:30 pm FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Alex Guarnaschelli and Buddy Valastro bring Paulette Goto and Zac Young for a chance to beat Bobby.
Thiessen MTV Deliciousness in Happiest Chantarangsu Meals, Hate at joins First Tiffani Bite, 8:00 and pm Wine-Nos. FOOD (N) Buddy vs. Christmas Life-sized 9:00 gingerbread pm FOOD house Buddy versus vs. life-size Christmas snow Buddy globe. and Czeresko’s his team team go to up make against light-filled glassblower creations. Deborah
9:30 MTV pm Deliciousness MTV Deliciousness
FRIDAY
6:00 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Take-out burgers; soda shop.
6:30 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
A 60-year-old Pennsylvania diner that’s been transplanted to South Beach, Miami.
7:00 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Giant homemade caramel-pecan rolls; Bubble and Squeak.
MTV Deliciousness Let It Snow, making futile promises of Just One Drink, and to Pass the Biscuits. (N)
7:30 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
French dip from Seattle; San Diego arancini; Boston kabobs; shrimp from North Pole, Alaska.
MTV Deliciousness Kitchen Nightmares, the almighty Power of Pizza, and ice cream that gives us 31 Feelings. (N)
8:00 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Savory stuffing and latkes; sugar-glazed ham and holiday tamales; matzo ball soup and knishes.
MTV Deliciousness
8:30 pm MTV Deliciousness
9:00 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
The winners from Guy Fieri and son Hunter’s search for America’s favorite DDD joints get their day in the sun and $1,000 in their pocket. This time, it’s an international affair with killer Korean, incredible Italian and mouthwatering Middle Eastern. (N)
MTV Deliciousness
9:30 pm MTV Deliciousness
SATURDAY
8:00 am FOOD The Kitchen Rack of lamb with apple mint puree; Christmas tree cheese ball; snowman cheese ball; yule log cake.
GAC Southern Barbecued Everything A bankvault-sized barbecue pit at the Brick Pit in Mobile, Ala.; Famous Dave’s BBQ in Minneapolis.
8:30 am GAC Southern Barbecued Every
thing The Country Tavern in Shreveport, La. features Texas-style barbecue; Mike Mills smokes barbecue.
9:00 am FOOD Giada’s Holiday Handbook
Giada hosts family Christmas dinner, complete with a fun gift exchange and an elegant menu.
GAC Southern Fried Everything American’s fifth food group, fried; deep fried twinkies, candy bars and pickles.
9:30 am 1 Cook’s Country Crumb-crusted
rack of lamb; electric knives.
FOOD Giada’s Holiday Handbook Giada is on a mission to recreate a family holiday recipe called miracle rice with her Aunt Raffy.
GAC Southern Fried Everything Tasting some deep fried butter, burritos and red velvet cake chicken.
10:00 am 1 Pati’s Mexican Table Carne con chili burrito; touring a flour mill; making coyotas, a traditional dessert.
FOOD The Pioneer Woman Italian one-pan pasta; baked pancetta and butternut risotto; white lasagna soup. (N)
GAC Southern Fried Everything Chicken fried steak; fried hot dogs; fried doughnuts; deep fried pizza.
10:30 am * SoFlo Taste 1 Ciao Italia Casalinga with fettuccine; minestrone; pepperoni pretzels.
FOOD The Pioneer Woman Christmas goodies that double as gifts, including homemade gumdrops, and cayenne cheese straws.
dogs GAC Southern in Dallas; fried Fried pie Everything in Oklahoma; Fried amazing corny 11:00 deep am fried 1 ice cream New Orleans in San Diego. Cooking With
Kevin Creole Belton potato Shrimp salad; king and cake. andouille gumbo;
roasted FOOD The potato Kitchen and vegetables; Pork crown smokey roast with bar nut mix; peppermint skillet cake. (N)
GAC Southern Fried Everything Conch fritters in the Florida Keys; volcano fried chicken in Nashville; killer fried bacon.
11:30 am GAC Southern Barbecued Every
thing The Country Tavern in Shreveport, La. features Texas-style barbecue; Mike Mills smokes barbecue.
12:00 pm J Cook’s Country Bottom round roast beef; measuring spoons; almond chicken.
FOOD Feasting With the Stars (N)
12:30 pm 1 Martha Bakes Blueberry bandana tart; gooseberry and raspberry crumbles.
1:00 pm 1 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
Pressed caviar canape; beer-battered corn fritters topped with smoked salmon; fried eggplant.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Samples from Santa’s little helpers; holiday desserts; crafting an elegant New Year’s dinner.
1:30 pm 1 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places
Fish and shellfish stew; herb-roasted whole fish.
2:00 pm 1 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Homemade marshmallows; cheese crackers; peppermint bark.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Chefs are challenged to improvise as they make family favorites without any of the key ingredients.
2:30 pm 1 Food Over 50 Desserts; annual harvest at Oasis Date Gardens; nutritional benefits of dates and other fruits.
3:00 pm ^ Cook’s Country Bottom round roast beef; measuring spoons; almond chicken.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Children make a signature dish using size-appropriate shopping carts, then create a weekend treat.
3:30 pm ^ Pati’s Mexican Table Three Sonoran recipes include pescado zarandeado, stew and dirty rice with clams; Puerto Penasco.
4:00 pm FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy and Hunter Fieri recruit three all-star chefs to play holiday games in their home kitchens. The Fieris send groceries and an oversized stocking filled with holiday sweets that the chefs must incorporate into two different seasonal dishes.
5:00 pm FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Duff Goldman takes on two all-star chefs in GGG’s first Hanukkah competition at home. Guy and Hunter Fieri challenge the chefs to make potato latkes with ingredients decided by dreidels. Then they have to turn eight leftover ingredients into a meal.
6:00 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A barbecue joint piles up the meats; lobster grilled cheese; shaved ice specialty.
6:30 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy Fieri’s diving into all kinds of ’cue on this trip; in Ottawa, Burlington, Vt. and Richmond, Va.
7:00 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Primo pork from New Hampshire; Minneapolis pizza; Hawaii.
7:30 pm FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Pho and bahn mi; kalbi ribs and mochiko chicken; grilled octopus and lamb tacos.
8:00 pm FOOD Christmas Cookie Challenge
Five cookie makers must craft 3D cookie displays inspired by classic Christmas songs.
9:00 pm FOOD Christmas Cookie Challenge
Five talented cookie makers put their heart and soul into crafting cookies that celebrate Christmas weddings. Then the competition heats up as the cookie makers create 3-D Christmas trees inspired by plants found deep in the desert.
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