Fresh Food on TV: Weekday 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.
Monday (October 26)
Good Eats: "American Classics V: A Pound of Cake." Alton explores the history and preparation of pound cake. 8 p.m. ET, Food Network
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Dives Worth a Drive." Guy checks out a place that has bacon wrapped filet mignon topped with hot conch salsa, a nightclub that serves smoked salmon in a salmon BLT, and another place that has a cheeseburger soup. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Tuesday (October 27)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: David Chang is a guest. 12:35 a.m. ET, NBC
Wednesday (October 28)
MythBusters: "Greased Lightning." The Mythbusters team tests two potential kitchen catastrophes and shoot cheese out of a cannon. 9 p.m. ET, Discovery Channel
Throwdown With Bobby Flay (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Cheesesteak." Bobby challenges Tony Luke's to a cheesesteak throwdown. (repeat) 9 p.m. ET, Food Network
Top Chef: Las Vegas (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Meat Natalie." In the quickfire challenge, the editors of TV Guide came up with a list of shows for the chefs to use as inspiration. Then the chefs go to "Craft Steak" in Vegas to cook for Natalie Portman and her friends. 10 p.m. ET, Bravo
Dinner: Impossible (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Rock the Chef." Robert is at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to cook a meal for 250 VIPs in nine hours. The menu he prepares has to be based on these six influential genres or events: the British Invasion, the Blues, Woodstock, Hip-Hop/Rap, Seattle Grunge, and Rock and Roll. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Man v. Food (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Baltimore." Adam eats pit beef, blue crabs, and takes on the Great Steak Challenge. 10 p.m. ET, Travel Channel
Thursday (October 29)
Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Greece." Jeff milks sheep and churns the milk into toulomotyrion, a soft cheese fermented in a goat's stomach Crete. Also there he eats snails. He then goes diving for octopus and sea urchin roe and cooks Kakavia, a fisherman's stew with "scorpion fish." In the Peloponnesus, he skewers a whole lamb for the spit complete with organs wrapped in intestines, called Kokoretsi. 9 p.m. ET, Food Network
Ace of Cakes (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Harry Potter and the Big Apple." Duff is invited to make a cake for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." He and Mary Alice also deliver a cake for the new Ghost Girl novel and the Charm City Cakes crew check out the Ocean Spray cranberry bog in Rockefeller Center. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Friday (October 30)
Chefs vs. City (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Los Angeles." Aaron and Chris challenge local Los Angeles foodies, Amy Powell, owner of Big Ed's Gourmet Hot Dogs and Nino Linsmayer, owner of Food Lab Café Catering. They battle their way through Bangkok Market, Santa Monica pier, and a vineyard. (repeat) 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
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