Jeff prepares a Mediterranean feast, including his take on chicken shawarma, a sandwich he tops with fresh cucumber, tomato salad and tahini sauce. Also: lamb kofta with roasted tomatoes served ballpark-style.
An ooey-gooey menu. Included: roasted cauliflower melt served with a fresh radish-and-watercress salad; nacho grilled cheese with chorizo and a honey-chipotle crema; apple-hand pies filled with a sweet caramel sauce.
Gridiron grub prepared. On the menu: grilled summer sausage sliders topped with melted cheese and pickled fennel; a sampler platter consisting of mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers and roasted jalapeño poppers; a recipe for buttery popcorn.
Smoked food recipes, including tri-tip smothered with whipped cauliflower, salmon with sea-salt cream cheese and caramelized onions; ham-and-split-pea soup with a toasted crostini for dipping.
A croque-monsieur, a grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich, is prepared two ways by Jeff, who adds roasted asparagus, sun-dried tomatoes and a poached egg to the one he's making for his wife Sarah. Also: chocolate éclairs for dessert.
On the menu: a smoky BBQ rib burger on cheesy garlic bread and smothered in pineapple-chipotle-barbecue sauce; Chicago-style garbage salad with a champagne vinaigrette; and for dessert, chocolate-chip cookies, cereal, pretzels and candy.
On the menu: a hangar steak sandwich topped with bourbon creamed spinach; open-faced clams casino with a parsley-lemon mayo; and a 'new' old-fashioned cocktail.
Jeff makes sky-high sandwiches, beginning with a "Buffalo Chicken Skyscraper" topped with zesty blue-cheese slaw and crispy onion rings. Also: a bourbon BLT; and a leaning tower of fried pickles, jalapeños and pickled carrots.
Pork is the featured ingredient when Jeff makes a roasted pork sandwich with piquillo peppers and a side of broccoli rabe and chorizo. Also: pigs in a blanket, filled with sweet mascarpone cheese and topped with apple chutney.
A Jamaican feast is made, consisting of jerk chicken topped with mango chutney and fried plantains; snapper with pickled peppers and a Scotch bonnet aioli; and an island cocktail, a "Booty Shaker", served with caramelized orange slices.
Sandwiches for brunch. On the menu: fried egg & oyster served w/crispy pancetta on baked green tomatoes; a tempura-poached egg on an English muffin w/a red-pepper-and-corned-beef hash; and red-wine-poached pears filled w/vanilla ice cream.