Learn how to make one of Argentina’s favorite comfort foods with Italian roots, the milanesa. While the milanesa is traditionally pounded thin and deep fried, Francis prefers a thick cut of tenderloin cooked bleu, or extra rare, on the chapa grill.
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Weekend
Discover how to make your pasta green, as Jamie teaches his method for a colorful twist on classic pasta dough. Choose from a variety of greens, as you learn how to prepare the dough, knead it, and roll it out.
Blow minds with this extraordinary combination of grapes, hazelnuts, rosemary, and Parmesan, loaded on a crispy base.
Prosciutto, mozzarella, Cheddar, arugula, and Parmesan are wrapped up in Jamie’s signature dough and baked in a terracotta plant pot. A super-fun recipe for you and the kids to make together!
Transform your dough into a beautiful calzone and stuff it with ricotta cheese, olives, cherry tomatoes, oregano, and Parmesan.
Pizza & Friends

Push your culinary skills up a level and create incredible pizzas at home using Jamie’s principle bread dough recipe. Jamie shows how to experiment and be creative with his Italian favorite.
Light and soft with a crispy bottom, this airy focaccia is topped with rosemary and black pepper. A savory bread you’ll want to make again and again.
Unlock the secrets of homemade pasta and discover its joy and ritual. Learn Jamie’s fail-safe tips and tricks, and master the basics, such as how to activate the gluten, knead and roll out the dough, and hand-cut 8 different types of pasta.
Jamie’s principle dough recipe unlocks countless bread variations, from pizza to calzone, focaccia to twister bread. Learn how to develop the skills you need to master dough and bake with confidence.
Bread, Two Ways

Now that you know how to make Jamie’s principle bread dough, learn his tips and tricks for making pillowy focaccia with a crunchy bottom and a show-stopping pesto twister bread.

Jamie’s principle dough recipe unlocks countless bread variations, from pizza to calzone, focaccia to twister bread. Learn how to develop the skills you need to master dough and bake with confidence.

Unlock the secrets of homemade pasta and discover its joy and ritual. Learn Jamie’s fail-safe tips and tricks, and master the basics, such as how to activate the gluten, knead and roll out the dough, and hand-cut 8 different types of pasta.
Steak of The Stonemason – Bife De Albañil
Francis teaches how to make this wonderful and quick meat dish with bacon, avocado, and crispy sweet potato chips.
Dario’s Story
“We do not do this work for the money,” begins legendary Italian butcher, Dario Cecchini, and nothing has ever been more clear. The gregarious, eighth-generation butcher is never without a smile on his face as he holds court from sun-up through supper time in his red-and-white-striped butcher shop and kitchen in Panzano, Italy. In this introductory story, follow Dario through a day in the life, which includes the real deal business of butchery, and hosting dozens of visitors a day for cantina-style meals in his dining room. He talks about the dignified and joyous life cycle of his animals, and the craftsmanship his team applies to the end product. He explains the inspiration behind his butcher for a day program, and how to identify the perfect steak. The story ends with a family-style dinner, where t-bones get passed between strangers so everyone can gnaw on the scraps. From the outside, it looks like a very long day, but Dario insists “he’s never worked a day in his life.”
Francis teaches techniques like the proper way to fillet a fish, using his favorite knife that he bought in 1978 in Paris. This simple recipe will be a total brunch crowd pleaser for your family and friends.
Onions, mint, marjoram, and basil are finely blended together to form an herbaceous sauce.
Learn how to properly season and sear a piece of fish. Even better, Nancy will show you precisely when to flip the fish for that perfectly crispy skin.
This cut is most similar to short ribs. Ask your butcher to cut it flanken style in one long, thin strip cut crosswise against the bone. Ribs are cooked slowly on low flame until they achieve a crispy outer layer and slight chewiness, but still tender insides.
“Paratha is not just bread or something you eat, it is an emotion.” Whenever Asma thinks of home, she thinks of parathas, her favorite bread. Learn as Asma shows how to make this incredible Indian flatbread and teaches two methods of how to roll and cook it on the tawa, a flat griddle pan.
Make this Bengali-style boiled rice, one of the healthiest ways to eat rice. Follow Asma’s instructions and your rice will come out perfect every time.
Make ginger into a paste and add it to all your curries, sauces, and marinades.
Travel to the Shvo Winery vineyards in the northern Galilee where Erez cooks alongside winemaker Gaby a delicious open-fire breakfast. Erez tosses veggies and eggs into a pan, along with cheese, fresh bread, and wine. A simply perfect breakfast in paradise.
It’s not breakfast in Jamaica without ackee and saltfish, a dish that Kwame’s Grandma Gloria would serve him as a child. Kwame teaches all about Jamaica’s national dish that reminds him of comfort and heritage.
A staple in Erez’s kitchen, the simple nature of Labneh balls can be used in a variety of ways: in salads, with eggs, over a toast, it’s really up to you. Learn the secrets to creating perfectly preserved balls of cheesy love.
Learn the secret to make the most flavorful tomato-based egg dish and your weekend breakfasts will never be the same.
For meat lovers only. This thick cut works wonders on the grill. The key here is seasoning on the table after grilling, and topping with good extra-virgin olive.
Simple and sublime, all you need are fresh herbs, olive oil, and a healthy blast of heat to make Nancy’s roasted tomatoes with thyme.
Learn how to make this easy to make multipurpose tomato sauce which you can use for pasta sauces or on pizza. Added bonus: this sauce may also be stored in a sterilized airtight container in the refrigerator for a week or frozen for several months.
Learn how to coax the best texture and flavor out of earthy butter potatoes by first confit-ing them in oil, butter, garlic cloves, fresh rosemary and sage.
Join Nancy inside her favorite kitchen in Panicale, Italy where she learns to make traditional tagliatelle from the world’s foremost pasta authorities: two Italian nonnas!
Join Nancy with Chi Spacca’s executive chef, Ryan, as they both share the techniques, secrets, and inspiration behind their dramatic and famous Chi Spacca Pepper Steak: a special pepper-crusted steak served with bacon and charred scallions.
Join Nancy with Chi Spacca’s executive chef, Ryan, as they both share the techniques, secrets, and inspiration behind their dramatic and famous Chi Spacca Pepper Steak: a special pepper-crusted steak served with bacon and charred scallions.
Make this Tuscan staple, a delicious crusty bread drenched in quality olive oil.
Turn simple rice into a showstopper. Simmer rice in coconut milk for a rich and sweet complexity.
Eggplant, Bologna & Mushroom Burnt Toast
Edward teaches how to utilize one of his signature flavors: Burnt. Discover the gentle balance of burning without charring, as you learn how to master the Maillard reaction and release deliciousness from the simplest ingredients. Recreate Edward’s his favorite childhood sandwich and learn how to sear and caramelize as you elevate the gentle flavors of eggplant, mushroom and bologna, along with roasting garlic to enhance mayonnaise.
It’s always important to repurpose leftovers, that’s why yesterday’s ham is wonderful when turned into ham salt. Learn how to freeze ham, grate on micro plane, then toast in oven until dried. The result? Tons of added flavor.
À la minute Miso Hollandaise Sauce
One of the most intriguing components of this dish is the creamy egg yolk sauce, a riff on the classic Hollandaise sauce with miso paste, bringing a rich and umami-packed contrast to the light tasting fish.
Clarified butter is the secret weapon Francis uses to make his food crispy and luxurious. Ricki Motta, Francis’s sous chef, teaches how to make this golden glory. Since Francis’s food tends to require open flames, the lack of milk solids in the clarified butter enables it to have a high smoke point, an ideal match for this style of cooking. The result? Crunchier potatoes, a perfect char on seared meat, and vegetables dancing in butterfat with little worry of it burning too quickly. Plus, clarified butter can last fresh for months in the fridge.
The next time you go camping, be sure to bring a bag of flour and a strip of beef, to create the best version of a Gaucho sandwich yourself over the heat of an open fire.
Grate your potato right on the cast iron surface, capturing the air to perfectly steam the inside while developing the crispiest, crunchiest exterior.
Francis brings us to one of his favorite places on the island, near a beautiful waterfall, to cook trout fillets sandwiched between two crispy potato cakes. Francis uses a freshwater brook trout, known for its vibrant pink color, but you can always substitute for different kinds of fish like flounder, snapper, and sole. Francis teaches techniques like the proper way to fillet a fish, using his favorite knife that he bought in 1978 in Paris. This simple recipe will be a total brunch crowd-pleaser for your family and friends.
Caramelize granny smith apples right on a cast iron surface, then smother in Francis’s pancake batter, to recreate this Argentine favorite.
An Argentine classic and Mallmann favorite, this dulce de leche stuffed pancake is the perfect dessert or weekend brunch staple. Use homemade dulce de leche, or the store bought variety – it’s up to you.
Make the best pancake batter using Francis’s simple recipe. Add dulce de leche, granny smith apples, or enjoy them plain – your weekend brunches will never be the same.
The egg is one of Francis’s favorite ingredients. Learn how to make oeuf brouillé, a rich and delicate French-style scrambled egg cooked in a bain-marie hot water bath.
“Eggs, potatoes, cheese, ham, can’t get better than that!” – Francis Mallmann. Revuelto gramajo is a Buenos Aires classic, most commonly found across the country in neighborhood bodegones (Argentine cantinas). Francis puts his own spin on this scrambler-hash hybrid that resembles an omelette, but stays true to its original ingredients: eggs, ham, and fried shoestring potatoes. This dish, however, can be adapted to use ingredients on hand, including fresh peas and slices of chicken or prosciutto. Even though in Argentina revuelto gramajo is eaten for lunch or dinner, we bet this mind-blowing dish will be a total brunch game-changer to your cooking repertoire.
Don’t throw out your potato scraps, make a meal out of it! Zero waste is always the way to go.
Looking for the perfect brunch potato? Here it is. Eat it plain or even top it with sour cream and smoked salmon.
Broken Potatoes – Papas Rotas
For the dreamiest potatoes with creamy insides and very crispy outsides, follow Francis’s easy recipe.
Francis shows you how to make the classic style of scrambled eggs, complete with some crispy panceta on top.
When it comes to fried eggs, he likes to serve them elegantly in butter and fry them until crispy. The crispy fried eggs are then served with angelic avocado and devilish sriracha to give the dish some balance and contrast.
Join Francis as he teaches all the secrets of how to make his version of the humble bodegón (Argentine cantina) classic including which cut of beef is best to use, the techniques of how to pound it, how to make homemade breadcrumbs, and the steps to pan sear it in clarified butter.
Venture across Argentina and you’ll find meat empanadas everywhere. Make Francis’s favorite recipe — it’s easy, delicious, and bursting with juicy flavor.
“Asado on Sundays is more like a ceremony than a meal. Asado is a religion in our country.” – @Francismallmann. It’s Sunday on the island and Francis and his team are preparing for a barbecue feast: Chorizos, steaks, ribs, sweetbreads, salads, and free-flowing red Argentine wine abound the table. In this short documentary, Francis takes you into his Patagonian world to see the true meaning of this sacred ritual that defines Argentine culture. Francis shows you how to grill, make all the barbecue sides and sauces, and most of course, the importance of being in good company.
Learn how to make one of Kwame’s favorite base ingredients that will elevate any fish or seafood based dish.
Mustard Prawns

Learn how to make this regional specialty with jumbo fresh tiger prawns. Asma teaches how to make a traditional turmeric and salt marinade for the shrimp and Bengali-style boiled rice, a method, which according to Asma, is the healthiest way to eat rice.

A staple in Erez’s kitchen, the simple nature of Labneh balls can be used in a variety of ways: in salads, with eggs, over a toast, it’s really up to you. Learn the secrets to creating perfectly preserved balls of cheesy love.
Peanut Braised Chicken with Coconut Carolina Rice

Braise poultry and simmer coconut rice in a flavorful miso and peanut mixture and you’ll have a warming, family-style dish. Learn how to to build flavor through caramelization and the secret to preparing perfect rice.

It’s not breakfast in Jamaica without ackee and saltfish, a dish that Kwame’s Grandma Gloria would serve him as a child. Kwame teaches all about Jamaica’s national dish that reminds him of comfort and heritage.
Stocks: Chicken, Vegetable & Shrimp

Looking for the secret of how to get your food to taste better than everyone else’s? Kwame will show you how. Learn how to make chicken stock, shrimp stock, and vegetable stock, and you’ll instantly elevate your food.

Clarified butter is the secret weapon Francis uses to make his food crispy and luxurious. Ricki Motta, Francis’s sous chef, teaches how to make this golden glory.

Francis and his brother Carlos go on a nature walk to a beautiful waterfall. There, he whips up one of his favorite no-fuss Gaucho-inspired camping meals: skirt steak and burnt bread sandwich.

Whenever Asma thinks of home, she thinks of parathas, her favorite bread. Learn as Asma shows how to make this incredible Indian flatbread and teaches two methods of how to roll and cook it on the tawa, a flat griddle pan.
Sunday Asado

It’s Sunday on the island, and Francis and his team are preparing for a barbecue feast. In this short documentary, Francis takes you into his Patagonian world to discover the true meaning of the sacred ritual that defines Argentine culture: chorizos, steaks, ribs, sweetbreads, salads, free-flowing red wine, and great company.
Trout-Stuffed Rösti

Francis brings us to one of his favorite places on the island, near a beautiful waterfall, to cook trout fillets sandwiched between two crispy potato cakes. Learn techniques like the proper way to fillet a fish.
Panqueques – Dulce de Leche & Apple Pancakes

Francis teaches how to make two different panqueque desserts on the plancha that make him “very happy”: Dulce de Leche Pancakes and Granny Smith Apple Pancakes. These thin crepes are usually served for dessert, but also great for a sweet breakfast.

The egg is one of Francis’s favorite ingredients. Learn how to make oeuf brouillé, a rich and delicate French-style scrambled egg cooked in a bain-marie hot water bath.

Revuelto gramajo is a Buenos Aires classic, most commonly found across the country in neighborhood bodegones (Argentine cantinas). Francis puts his own spin on this scrambler-hash hybrid that resembles an omelette, but stays true to its original ingredients: eggs, ham, and fried shoestring potatoes.
Steak of The Stonemason – Bife De Albañil

Since construction workers don’t have much time on their lunch break, occasionally they’ll build a quick fire, slap a piece of chapa on top of the makeshift parrilla, and grill a thin piece of steak. Then, top it all off with bacon, avocado, and crispy sweet potato chips.
Potatoes, A Love Affair

A symbol of the Andes, potatoes are very special to Francis. Over the last 50 years, he has developed a unique tuber devotion. So, buy yourself a big bag of papas and learn from Francis nine different ways of how to cook the mighty potato.
Eggs – Fried & Scrambled

While there are many ways to cook fried and scrambled eggs, Francis has his preferences. Learn Francis’s simple and delicious tricks and techniques of making the perfect fried and scrambled eggs.
Milanesa with a Simple Salad

Learn how to make one of Argentina’s favorite comfort foods with Italian roots, the milanesa. While the milanesa is traditionally pounded thin and deep fried, Francis prefers a thick cut of tenderloin cooked bleu, or extra rare, on the chapa grill.
Empanadas

Francis teaches how to make two empanada recipes: baked meat empanadas with onion, eggs, and olives; and fried cheese and onion empanadas. This family-friendly dish is easy to make for the kids or to serve at a party.

Feel at home with this comforting apple pie recipe. Each pie bursts with a heaping cupful of sautéed apples. Nancy loves to top each pie with a big mound of vanilla gelato, and so should you.
Contorni

Nancy serves dinner in her Italian garden with a cascade of contorni that highlight the season’s best: roasted tomatoes with thyme & black olives; roasted cauliflower with caraway seeds; baked cabbage with olive oil; and baked onions with sage and vinegar.
Roasted Potatoes with Bagna Cauda

Learn how to coax the best texture and flavor out of earthy butter potatoes by first confit-ing them in oil, butter, garlic cloves, fresh rosemary and sage.
Ocean Trout with Castelfranco & Wild Arugula

Ever wonder how a chef conceives a new dish? Watch Nancy’s creative process from the farm truck to first bite in pursuit of a seasonal and delectable dish. Learn how to compose a plate to account for color, texture, moisture, depth and of course, flavor.
Peperonata with Passata di Pomodoro

Nancy puts her own creative spin on this Italian stewed sweet pepper classic by roasting it in the oven to achieve a richer, more deeply caramelized flavor profile. These peppers are going to totally steal the show at your next party.

Join Nancy inside her favorite kitchen in Panicale, Italy where she learns to make traditional tagliatelle from the world’s foremost pasta authorities: two Italian nonnas!
Chi Spacca Pepper Steak

Join Nancy with Chi Spacca’s executive chef, Ryan, as they both share the techniques, secrets, and inspiration behind their dramatic and famous Chi Spacca Pepper Steak: a special pepper-crusted steak served with bacon and charred scallions.
Quattro Condimenti with Mozzarella & Fett’unta
Transport Osteria Mozza’s legendary mozzarella bar to your next dinner party and pair it with four delicious condiments: Salsa Romesco, Basil Pesto, Caper Relish, and Black Olive Tapenade, and served with Fett’unta — grilled bread drowning in olive oil.
Eggplant, Bologna & Mushroom Burnt Toast

Edward teaches how to utilize one of his signature flavors: Burnt. Discover the gentle balance of burning without charring, as you learn how to master the Maillard reaction and release deliciousness from the simplest ingredients.
Braised Tofu & Radish with Ham Salt

Learn how to create a flavorful, luscious silken tofu dish with a fatty broth, braised daikon, and an apple-ginger purée. Master knife skills and learn how to cut radishes into perfect cubes and matchsticks with Edward’s guidance. Plate an elegant dish that will impress your dinner guests.
Cabbage Steamed Fish with Miso Hollandaise

Learn how to make a nutritious and delicious meal for any night of the week with Edward’s easy-to-follow tutorial. Master the art of steaming fish, mixing marinades, blanching and shocking cabbage, chopping vegetables, and creating a miso Hollandaise sauce. Get all the essential skills you need to make a restaurant-quality meal in your own kitchen.
Kibbeh Nayyeh

Travel to a small Arab village and learn about the secrets of this Lebanese delicacy. Kibbeh Nayyeh, considered the tartare of Lebanon, is prepared with a special blend of spices and bulgur wheat for an insane aroma and one of a kind Middle Eastern flavor.

Travel to the northern Galilee to the vineyards of Shvo Winery, to cook an open fire breakfast along with Gaby the winemaker. Erez tosses veggies and eggs into a pan, they share much wine alongside cheese and fresh bread. A simply perfect breakfast.
Israeli Breakfast

Erez teaches his quintessential Israeli breakfast: fiery-hot Shakshuka, alongside a fire-roasted eggplant salad and refreshing cucumber salad, served beside his beloved Challah bread.