cooking this week
WEDNESDAY
Primal cuts: Chefs put a modern spin
on an ancient way of cooking
By Andrew Warren
TV Media
I
t isn’t rocket science — fire
cooks food. Oh sure, there
are countless ways to heat up
your meal: food can be boiled,
it can be plunged into the deep
fryer, it can be gently heated
in a sous-vide cooker or it can
be tossed into a microwave
oven. The first way of cooking,
though, was with flames, and
we’re still doing it today, with
good reason: it just makes for
an incomparable meal.
Chef Roger Mooking con-
tinues his quest to explore all
of the creative and inventive
ways that people are still
cooking with fire when “Man
Fire Food” returns for a new
season on Wednesday, May
22, on Cooking Channel. Each
episode finds the charismatic
host hitting up a new location,
where he hangs out with fel-
low chefs who are cooking in
the most primal way possible.
Mooking begins his journey
this week in Fort Worth, Texas,
where he hangs out with
a chef who has a massive,
custom-built metal rig on his
ranch that he uses to slow-
roast entire hogs over hot
coals. It isn’t just savory dishes
on the menu for this visit, with
Mooking’s host also showing
off how he bakes pear and
blackberry cobblers in Dutch
ovens using more hot coals.
In the episode’s back half,
our host heads south to Hous-
ton to meet up with a chef
who uses 10 vertical spits to
cook marinated pork butts low
and slow using a triple tier of
smoke, fire and heat. As the
spits slowly turn next to the
flames, the two chefs hand-
make corn tortillas for some
succulent pork tacos to enjoy
once the meat is ready.
Mooking’s culinary jour-
ney through Texas continues
next week when he meets a
chef who’s built a 500-gallon
smoker in his backyard that he
uses to combine Asian flavors
with Texas classics to make
fusion dishes that defy clas-
sification.
Fire may seem simple, but
there’s just so many ways to
cook with it, from smoldering
coals to roaring flames to fla-
vorful smoke. Join chef Roger
Mooking as he explores mod-
ern twists on primal cooking in
“Man Fire Food” Wednesday,
May 22, on Cooking Channel.
3:00 p.m.
KVEW The Rachael Ray Show (CC)
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games The chefs
elevate the ingredients of a TV dinner. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four chefs
compete in the cheesiest showdown. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Teams
feature spouses, siblings, and even
grandma. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Visit
Flavortown where chefs make guilty
pleasures. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games GGG’s
favorite judges’ spouses join the competi-
tion. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Veggie
masters compete in three veggie-inspired
rounds. (CC)
THURSDAY
3:00 p.m.
KVEW The Rachael Ray Show (CC)
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Justin and Mike
hope their plates pack a punch. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Lee Frank and
Joe Wolfson vie to bump Bobby down.
(CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chef Adrianne
Calvo goes head to head with Ben
Thomas. (CC)
4:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Scott and Giada
choose the chef to take Bobby down. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay It’s a full house
for this competition. (CC)
5:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Claud Beltran
and Brian Santos battle it out. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chefs David
and Blake battle to face Bobby Flay. (CC)
6:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Two previous
contestants have a rematch. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped It’s a second chance at
victory. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped The chefs work with a
“belly of the beast” theme. (CC)
FRIDAY
Chef Roger Mooking as seen in “Man Fire Food”
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
visits an old diner in Kentucky for Oyster
Po’ Boy. (CC)
5:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
heads to Tennessee for a Mediterranean
lamb dish. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
takes in comfort foods in Chicago and
Memphis. (CC)
6:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives This
trip, Guy’s firin’ up the grill in Toronto. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
tries out righteous sandwiches. (CC)
7:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Digging into some super sandwiches and
savoury stew. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy’s going from coast to coast and to
the Great Lakes. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
KVEW The Rachael Ray Show (CC)
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
explores food that comes fresh from the
farm. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
Fieri searches for regional specialties. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
visits classic Italian joints from coast to
coast. (CC)
4:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy is on the search for some awesome
foreign flavors. (CC)
SATURDAY
2:00 p.m.
OPB Annabel Langbein: The Free
Range Cook (CC)
FOOD Worst Cooks in America
Recruits learn to make Thai ice cream
rolls. (CC)
2:30 p.m.
OPB Martha Bakes Martha updates
three favorite cookies. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
KTNW America’s Test Kitchen From
Cook’s Illustrated Becky Hays makes
Julia a Brazilian classic. (CC)
FOOD Bite Club Three chefs from Brook-
lyn’s Little Russia compete. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
KTNW A Chef’s Life Vivian preps pep-
pers for a trip to Lambstock. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy’s roundin’ up the ultimate pizza
party. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
These homemade dishes will rival
Nonna’s home cooking. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
OPB The Great British Baking Show
The bakers undertake Paul’s recipe for
rum babas. (CC)
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
shares his favorite pizza places. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
KTNW The Great British Baking Show
The bakers face Paul’s most twisted chal-
lenge yet. (CC)
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Triple
G judges compete to be the Last Judge
Standing. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Judges
make pasta with eight ‘s’ ingredients. (CC)
SUNDAY
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
must make perfect mini princess cakes.
(CC)
3:00 p.m.
FOOD Duff Takes the Cake Duff
Goldman delivers a giant, medal-winning
cake. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
FOOD Duff Takes the Cake Duff makes
a Muppets cake for a group of students.
(CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Cali, Trish
Tracey, and Daniel Cox square off. (CC)
4:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Gail Simmons
and Sunny Anderson try to get Bobby
beat. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chef Dominic
Zumpano takes on Chef Angelo Sosa. (CC)
5:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Amanda Freitag
and Carla Hall aim to bring Bobby down.
(CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy asks
the chefs to create over-the-top bacon
dishes. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Kids take
on Flavortown with Guy Fieri. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four chefs
must work with a terrible grocery list. (CC)
MONDAY
3:00 p.m.
KVEW The Rachael Ray Show (CC)
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
must create macarons and a baked
Alaska. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
create mini fruit tarts and a St. Honore
Cake. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
create a crème brulee and a layered opera
cake. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
make mirror glaze cakes and a dessert
menu. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
make chocolate soufflés and chocolate
cake. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America: Extra
Icing (N)
TUESDAY
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Bite Club Three chefs from Brook-
lyn’s Little Russia compete. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
KVEW The Rachael Ray Show (CC)
FOOD Chopped Junior Junior chefs
must use a classic cornmeal dish. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped The chefs must grill
something in each round. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Grilling’s greatest go
big in a spectacular kitchen. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped A second group is in
hot pursuit of the grand prize. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped A feisty new group
trash talks from the start. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Find out which of the
champions will rise to the top. (CC)
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