LEARN/CREATE (PT)

4:00 pm 

The Electric Company  "The Junior Assistant"  Francine wants to be on the next season of the "The Junior Assistant, " a reality show run by The Ronald, one of the most rich and famous people in the world. She must collaborate with Hector and The Electric Company to make six hundred cookies by five o'clock in order to prove she's worthy of being on the show. D

4:30 pm 

Cyberchase  "Spellbound"  When Wicked casts a spell on the Pompadorians to make them all adore her, Jackie and Digit must reproduce the only symbol that can break it - without being able to see what the symbol looks like. Matt and Inez can't get to Pompadoria to help, so they describe the symbol through their Skwak. But how can they describe the odd-looking spell-breaker accurately so Jackie can make a reproduction that works?. D

5:00 pm 

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way  "Seafood Tricks"  Jacques pops clams into the freezer for a few minutes to make opening easier for his baked clams Madison. He prepares cod in olive-tomato crust paired with skillet broccoli bits.G

5:30 pm 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Time to Grill"  NULL

6:00 pm 

Martha Stewart's Cooking School  "Sauces"  Join Martha as she teaches the classic sauces everyone should know how to make: hollandaise, bechamel, beurre blanc and marinara. Each of these easy, adaptable recipes offers a culinary lesson in flavor-building techniques, so viewers can learn to create other sauces in the same family. Martha begins with two different methods for preparing hollandaise sauce, a delicious accompaniment to steamed asparagus and eggs Benedict. D

6:30 pm 

Christina  "Light Dishes for Life"  Wow, have we lost sight of what a proper portion looks like! Most restaurant meals could feed a small country! No wonder we're too heavy! How could we possibly avoid it? In this class, we'll look at portion sizes and cook to create perfectly seasoned food that is so satisfying, a few bites do the trick. D

7:00 pm 

Hometime  "Island Kitchen 2.0: Appliances"  The HOMETIME crew installs lights, plumbing fixtures and appliances in the kitchen. D

7:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Germany's Black Forest and Cologne"  Rick and his family dip into a classy mineral spa, devour chocolate-cherry cake and explore Germany's most romantic forest.G

8:00 pm 

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions  "Chimayo, New Mexico"  In the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico there is a small adobe sanctuary that is visited by over 300,000 people each year. It is known as the "Lourdes of America", and for thousands of years the land under the church has been considered magical by the local Native Americans. Burt Wolf tours the site, looks into the conflicting legends of its history, and investigates the miraculous healings that have been attributed to its sacred soil. D

8:30 pm 

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way  "Seafood Tricks"  Jacques pops clams into the freezer for a few minutes to make opening easier for his baked clams Madison. He prepares cod in olive-tomato crust paired with skillet broccoli bits.G

9:00 pm 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Time to Grill"  NULL

9:30 pm 

Great American Seafood Cook-Off   Fires blazed and seafood sizzled as New Orleans hosted the fifth annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in August 2008. During the two-day competition, 15 chefs from 14 different states prepared their best dishes using the seafood indigenous to their state. Famed New Orleans chef John Besh, the winner of the 2004 competition and the 2006 James Beard Foundation's Best Chef of the Southeast, hosted the event. D

10:00 pm 

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence  "Kicking Up The Classics"  Joanne and her student Lauren give comfort food a kick preparing a 30 minute lamb and black bean chili and hiding a red pepper jelly surprise inside corn muffins. Recipes: Thirty-Minute Lamb and Black Bean Chili and Spicy Red Pepper Jelly-Filled Corn Muffins. Student: Lauren Eastman, Public Relations Executive. D

10:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Germany's Black Forest and Cologne"  Rick and his family dip into a classy mineral spa, devour chocolate-cherry cake and explore Germany's most romantic forest.G

11:00 pm 

Great Conversations  "Elizabeth Gilbert and Zz Packer"  Author Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her books Eat, Pray, Love and Stern Men with ZZ Packer, author of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Gilbert's skill as a writer traverses many genres. She has written for magazines as varied as GQ, The New York Times, SPIN, and Travel & Leisure.G