The Frugal Gourmet
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Addictive Pastas — Pasta of every form is becoming more and more popular every day because it is healthy for you. Jeff Smith prepares some mouth watering dishes, including: pasta with clam and vegetable sauce, fettuccini with salami and zucchini, angel hair pasta with broccoli and three cheeses, pasta primavera noodles with bleu cheese, and baked pasta with sautéed vegetables.

American Breakfast — Good, solid breakfasts: biscuits and gravy, fried cornmeal mush, grits, creamed chipped beef on toast, eggs in fried bread, English muffins with cheese sauce and bran muffins the "Frugal" way!

Ancient Method of Steaming — Jeff Smith demonstrates ancient methods of steaming that are becoming popular again. Recipes include: chicken with onions and green peas, custard with ham and onions, steamed eggs for breakfast, steamed vegetables, mixed pork shu mei — steamed meatballs, and fish steamed with lemon.

Appetizers — Impress your guests with walnuts fried with sugar, Chinese brine pickles, barbecued pork strips, bean sprout & Szechwan pepper salad, glass noodles with peanut sauce, looed beef, shredded chicken sesame, smelt antipasto, pepperonata, Tzatsiki — yogurt dip, tramasalata.

Apples — Jeff Smith teaches you some other ways to cook apples, like: apples and cabbage, apple stir-fried pork, apple beef brisket, apple butter steak, fried apples with curry, and apple cobbler.

Backyard Barbecue — Enjoy a barbecue history lesson from the Frugal Gourmet, and then step into his backyard to cook up chuck steak, chicken, veggies, pork and beef.

Barbecue — Lip-smackin' good pork shoulder barbecue, barbecued spareribs, chicken barbecue with rosemary and Marsala, graduate school pot roast, barbecued shrimp on a stick, barbecued potatoes, Stove-top smoked trout.

Barbecue Southern Style — In the style of an old southern barbecue, Jeff Smith prepares all kinds of meats using a garbage can as a smoker. Recipes include: smoked barbecue chicken, smoked barbecue spareribs, smoked barbecue beef brisket, southern barbecue sauce, Chinese oven-barbecued spareribs, and low-salt/low-fat barbecue sauce.

Bread — Bread has always been the symbol of life. Jeff Smith brings us recipes from China, Greece, and Rome. Recipes include: old Greek bread, ancient Roman bread, foccacio Romano, Chinese steamed bread, Chinese fried bread strips, Peking pancakes, corn crepes Chinese style, onion cakes, Greek sesame bread, sesame circles, and Greek Easter bread.

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