The Frugal Gourmet
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Casseroles for the Buffet — Jeff Smith teaches delicious recipes: lamb with fennel sausage and eggplant; duck, pork and sausage; Philippine chicken and pork.

Cheese for the Meal — Appetizing cheesy recipes include fried cheese appetizers, cream of brie soup, Swiss cheese soufflé and pears and gorgonzola.

Chili — Whether it's hot or mild, with beans or without, chili is one of America's most popular dishes. Recipes include: red chili con carne, Texas chili, green chile stew with pork and beans, Emily's chili con carne with beans, black bean chili, chili con carne with ginger and beans, lamb chili, Cincinnati chili, and California chili.

The Chinese Kitchen — Chinese delights: slow-cooked pork with wine sauce, ants climbing up a tree, glass noodles with pork and shrimp and scallops in garlic.

Chocolate — Mind-boggling chocolate recipes: chocolate drink, Mexican chocolate drink, cocoa black bean soup, cocoa rye bread, green chile brownies, cocoa chili, chocolate poultry sauce and chocolate elephant!

Clams — From clam bakes on the beach to clam chowder, Jeff demonstrates them all. Recipes include: steamed clams, fried razor clams, fried clams, pasta with white clam sauce, stuffed clams, corn chowder with clams and chicken, geoduck steak, and Turner's Boston clam chowder.

Classic Beef Dishes — Jeff Smith prepares classic beef dishes that Americans love like boiled beef brisket with green sauce, vegetable-stuffed round steak, and carpaccio.

The Classic Omelet — Jeff Smith prepares glorious omelets that are light and fluffy. Recipes include: basic omelet, French potato and garlic omelet, cheese and tomato omelet, Swiss cheese and sour cream omelet, mushroom omelet, Channing's apple omelet.

A Colonial Christmas with Friends — Take a trip to the heart of early-American civilization in colonial Williamsburg for a look at the holiday treats of yesteryear. If you've always wanted to create a truly old-fashioned Christmas menu, this video is indispensable. Jeff Smith's authentic Indian pudding and baked pumpkin will have you yearning for yules of yore.

The Colonies — Jeff Smith prepares Colonial recipes: syllabub, fricassee of rabbit, carrot pudding and Indian pudding.

Cooking in Paper — Cook with less mess! Recipes include: whole chicken in a bag, whitefish in paper, lamb chops with leeks, lemon and dill, and Chinese chicken in paper.

Crabs — If you have a craving for crabs, you'll enjoy learning to cook Maryland crab cakes, fried crab legs, steamed blue crabs, crab and shrimp seasoning, fried soft-shell crabs, Joe's Florida stone crab mustard sauce, crab Louis Seattle and crab cocktail.

Desserts — Our western desire for sweets at the close of the meal was certainly not celebrated in the three ancient cuisines. Recipes include: eight treasures rice pudding, fried custard, cherries in almond, sweet almond cream soup, Peking dust, halavah cake, strawberry yogurt with honey, ricotta pie Roman style, Italian chestnut jam cake, and wine & cookies. Run Time: 30 minutes.

Dim Sum — The Chinese call it "dim sum" - little treasures of food prepared and arranged so beautifully that they "tug at the heart" of anyone who eats them. Recipes include: ha gow, shrimp toast, shrimp boats, shrimp-stuffed mushrooms, pork shu-mai dumplings, pork meatballs, pork and taro root meatballs, beef meatballs, stuffed bean curd, hot & spicy squid, spicy pork tripe, spareribs with black bean & pepper sauce, and fried won tons.

Dishes of Africa — Jeff Smith takes us on a gastronomic tour of Africa to experience a new cuisine. Recipes include: sweet potatoes with coconut milk (Kenya), biafran stew, couscous (Nigeria), and baked curried fish (Kenya). Run Time: 30 minutes.

Dishes from the Court of Peking — 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.

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