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Pear and Brie Tart

In my opinion, puff pastry makes anything fancy, and it’s easy to find a good quality one in the freezer section of almost any grocery store. Throw in a couple more store bought ingredients, like jam and a wheel of brie, and really the hardest part of this recipe is very thinly slicing your pears.
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Food with Friends: Apple Pie Stuffed French Toast

Today I show Kristin, beloved member of the Eitan Productions team and my personal assistant, how to make the most epic French toast ever! We start by simmering sweet and tart apples in warming spices to create the perfect filling, then stuff it inside of soft challah. It's dipped in a creamy custard and griddled until GBAD (golden brown and delicious!), and served with a spiced whipped cream. Get ready to throw out any other French toast recipe!
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Food with Friends: Duck à l’Orange

Today the tables have turned yet again! My culinary producer, Rachel Dolfi (@rachelanndolfi), asks me to make a French classic—Duck à l'Orange (recipe adapted from Daniel Gritzer's Duck à l'Orange). Crispy, crunchy roast duck is paired with a sweet and lightly sour orange sauce, using bitter oranges.
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Food with Friends: Gingerbread Eggnog

Today I teach my friend Mia how to make the most epic eggnog ever! We whip up a traditional 'nog, but with a bit of molasses, cinnamon, allspice and cloves to give it classic gingerbread flavors.
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Chanukah Croquembouche

As a young Jewish kid, I regularly saw gorgeous photos of towering croquembouche (What’s the plural of croquembouche?…
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Food with Friends: Baked Alaska

Today I'm flipping the script and instead of teaching my friends, I'm the one being taught! My culinary producer, Olivia, is showing me how to make Baked Alaska, a sweet treat with layers of ice cream, cake and meringue that's lit on fire!
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Grapefruit Ginger Cranberry Sauce

The ginger adds pungent sweetness and a hint of spice, while the grapefruit is juicy and a little bitter, almost like the citrus cousin to a cranberry. This sauce is delicious alongside every item on my menu; trust me, I’ve sampled them all!
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Pommes Aligot

Nothing is more mouthwatering on your Thanksgiving table than a giant scoop of mashed potatoes so packed with cheese that they stretch and pull like a pot of cheese fondue!

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