Serious Eats
Fresh Food on TV: Weekend Edition
With all the channels on broadcast TV and cable—and the inevitable episode repeats—it's hard to sort out what's new or worthwhile. Let us sort it out for you so you don't miss anything worth watching. Times may vary with region; check your local listings for exact hour and channels.
Recommended Show:
The Food Network is premiering two new shows this Saturday: Viva Daisy! in the morning and My Life in Food in the evening. Viva Daisy!, starring Daisy Martinez, focuses on Latin cuisine. My Life in Food explores the effect food has on people's lives. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET respectively, Food Network
Saturday (January 10)
Viva Daisy!: "Popi's Steak and Potatoes." Daisy Martinez makes grilled skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, Latin-style potato salad, and Caribbean coconut panna cotta for her dad. 9:30 a.m. ET, PBS
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "The Secret to Chicken Milanese." Chef Anne makes her chicken milanese recipe, escarole salad, and panna cotta. 10:30 a.m. ET, Food Network
Giada at Home (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Moroccan Magic." Giada transforms a poolside cocktail party into a Moroccan themed gathering. 1 p.m. ET, Food Network
Barefoot Contessa (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Steak and Sides." Filet steaks sauteed and oven roasted Roquefort and Chive sauce, and the sauteed wild mushrooms with crispy cornmeal fried onions rings. (repeat) 1:30 p.m. ET, Food Network
My Life in Food: "I'm a Competitive Eater." This episode follows three top-ranked competitive eaters, Crazy Legs Conti, Lovely Juliette Lee, and Patrick Deep Dish Bertoletti, at the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. 6:30 p.m. ET, Food Network
Sunday (January 11)
Made in Spain: "Liquid Gold." Chef José Andrés checks out the olive harvest in Andalucia, Spain. Bringing back some olive oil to the kitchen he makes chicken wing confit with green olive puree and a classic Andalucían soup, salmorejo. Then he goes to a fried fish restaurant near Seville for fried fish tapas. 3:30 p.m. ET, PBS
Simply Ming: "Star Anise; Cranberries." There's cranberry red roast braised pork shoulder, hot apple-cranberry sundae, and cranberry-Asian pear star anise cake. Also mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim visits to make Fenberry Cobbler, Ming Martini, and Cranberry Sparkler. (repeat) 4 p.m. ET, PBS
Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way: "Citrus Thrill." He cooks his grandma's style of skirt steak accented by freshly squeezed lime in an anchovy and garlic sauce, gnocchi with eggs and scallions, sautéed curly mustard greens with hot sausage, and chestnut cream Mont Blanc. You can watch the episode on Youtube. 4:30 p.m. ET, PBS
Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen: "French Classics, Reimagined." This episode will cover a French technique to make chicken in a covered pot, French onion soup, mandolines, and Gruyere cheeses. 5 p.m. ET, PBS
Lidia's Italy: "When in Rome ... Eat Pasta." Lidia makes two dry pasta dishes, bucatini all'amatriciana and spaghetti cacio e pepe. (repeat) 5:30 p.m. ET, PBS