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.
Saturday (August 29)
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "The Secret to Grilled Salmon." Anne makes grilled salmon with lemon butter with lentils and salad for her mom. (repeat) 10:30 a.m. ET, Food Network
5 Ingredient Fix: "Dinner's in the Fridge." Claire shares recipes that can be served from the fridge. She makes pale broccoli soup, ginger poached salmon with lime basil cream, chilled peanut soba noodles, and lemon whip with blueberry sauce. 12:30 a.m. ET, Food Network
Giada at Home (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Special Delivery." Giada prepares healthy, hearty and freeze-easy meals for her friend who is a new mom. 1 p.m. ET, Food Network
Barefoot Contessa: "Perfect Pasta." Lobster mac and cheese and pesto and tomato feta pasta salad. 1:30 p.m. ET, Food Network
Sunday (August 30)
Essence of Emeril: "Light Dining." Emeril prepares a menu that's light, healthy, and satisfying. (repeat) 8 a.m. ET, Food Network
Grill It! With Bobby Flay (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Halibut Steak Salsa Lessons." Bobby and his guest grill halibut steaks two different ways. Bobby makes his with tomato relish and his guest stuffs the halibut into pita pockets and tops them with tomato-free cucumber pineapple salsa. For drinks they use blood oranges in two cocktails. 10:30 a.m. ET, Food Network
Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d'Arabian (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Savory Savings." Salmon cakes, roasted asparagus in lemon vinaigrette, and orzo with thyme and lemon zest. 12:30 p.m. ET, Food Network
What Would Brian Boitano Make? (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Derby Girls." Brian makes Spicy fried chicken bites, bacon-corn muffins, bacon cups with sweet potato hash, and bourbon-bacon apple tarts for a female roller derby squad. 1 p.m. ET, Food Network
Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie: "Montreal: Cooking on the Wild Side." First, outside Montreal, there's a restaurant menu that includes foraged ingredients. Then you'll meet an apple farmer who makes cider using the methode champenoise. Then in the city there's comfort food. Back in the kitchen they'll be making chicken in a pan with Canadian maple syrup. You can watch the episode online. 3:30 p.m. ET, PBS
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: "Fish." Jacques and Julia recreate the sole meuniere she had when she first arrived in Paris after WWII. They hey makes grilled halibut with herbed butter and poached snapper with sauteed cucumbers. 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, sauteed curly mustard greens with hot sausage, and chestnut cream Mont Blanc. You can watch the episode on youtube. (repeat) 4:30 p.m. ET, PBS
America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated: "French Classics, Reimagined." This episode will cover a French technique to make chicken in a covered pot, French onion soup, mandolines, and Gruyere cheeses. (repeat) 5 p.m. ET, PBS
Lidia's Italy: "The Best Focaccia Ever." Traditional methods of making bread; focaccia topped with onions, tomatoes, mozzarella and basil; and caramelized almond wafers. (repeat) 5:30 p.m. ET, PBS
Iron Chef America: "Morimoto vs. Mehta." Chef Jahangir Mehta challenges Iron Chef Morimoto. 9 p.m. ET, Food Network