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 (April 30)
Amercia's Test Kitchen: What to look for when buying fresh shrimp, a feta cheese taste-off and how to make stir fry and Greek-style shrimp recipes. Check your local listings
Mexican Made Easy: Season Premiere! Marcela celebrates Cinco de Mayo with guacamole with serrano peppers, steak quesadillas, shrimp-stuffed chilies, and piña colada pops. 9:30 am., Food Network
30 Minute Meals: Rachel shows you how to make a quick egg-toasted frittata. 10 am., Food Network
5 Ingredient Fix: Claire celebrates with hot pepper wings, calamari, jalapeno dip, and a red hot shot for toasting. 10:30 am., Food Network
Paula's Best Dishes: Jamie and Paula cook five-layer taco pie, catfish tacos, and a corn, black bean, grilled banana quesadillas, and pepper salsa. 11 a.m., Food Network
Down Home With The Neelys: Pat and Gina cook fish tacos with cabbage slaw and brown rice and sweet corn salad.11:30 a.m., Food Network
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef: Ann shares her take on fish tacos: baked fish, cabbage slaw, and corn salsa. 12 p.m., Food Network
Dessert First With Anne Thornton: Anne bakes salted caramel macaroons and a baked Alaska. 12:30 p.m., Food Network
Hungry Girl: Lisa shares HG recipes including brownie muffins, butternut squash fries and baked kale and lavash. 4 p.m., Cooking Channel
Two Fat Ladies: The ladies cook deviled kidneys, salmon kedgeree, and eggs Benedict. 10 p.m., Cooking Channel
Sunday (May 1st)
Rachel Ray's Week In A Day: Rachel cooks braised pork tacos, Moroccan meatloaf and three other comfort food dishes. 9 a.m., Food Network
Guy's Big Bite: Season premiere! Guy celebrates the holiday with chicken and green chile pumpkin stew with poblano peppers, red bell peppers, fire roasted tomatoes and beans. 10:30 a.m., Food Network
Cooking For Real: Season premiere! Host Sunny Anderson cooks coconut curry chicken breasts, mango and peach salsa, black eyed peas, and rice pulao. 11 a.m., Food Network
Semi-Homemade: Yet another season premiere! Sandra makes black bean sopes, grilled shrimp tacos and acai margaritas. 11:30 a.m., Food Network
Food Network Challenge: Armed with their best cookie recipes, four pastry chefs compete over three challenging rounds for a prize of $10,000. 8 p.m., Food Network
Last Cake Standing: In Las Vegas the remaining competitors must create cakes for clients with special celebrations. 9 p.m., Food Network
Unique Eats: From upscale to Italian reworkings and New York to the Pacific Northwest, this episode focus on unforgettable brunches. 10 p.m., Cooking Channel
