Cook’s Country

Roasted beef chuck roast with horseradish parsley sauce; medicinal uses for horseradish; kitchen timers; torn and fried potatoes; creamed spinach.

Spaghetti carbonara; buying eggs; fried artichokes; ancient potato preserving techniques; instant mashed potato gnocchi.

Chicken and vegetables; can openers; Hamburger Helper; cheeseburger mac.

Roast pork loin with 40 cloves of garlic; a review of hand mixers; orange upside-down cake.

Tuna poke and salmon teriyaki poke; freeze-dried backpacking meals; malasadas.

Pork carnitas; lard; crunchy shrimp tacos.

Vegetarian chili; International Chili Society; Kansas City-style barbecue sauce; jalapeno-cheddar scones.

New England bar pizza; different pizza styles; grill pans; spinach and artichoke dip; lemon pepper wings.

Bryan Roof visits the Cuban Sandwich Festival in Tampa, Fla.; Bryan makes host Bridget Lancaster a Cuban sandwich with homemade Cuban bread and roast pork with mojo; tasting expert Jack Bishop and host Julia Collin Davison taste mustard.

Texas-style smoked beef ribs; charcoal; the history of self-rising flour; easy blueberry cobbler; a visit to El Paso, Texas.

San Diego fish tacos; tortilla chips; the history of shrimping in America; crispy fried shrimp.

Smoked citrus chicken; the origins of key lime pie; making key lime pie.

Grilled bone-in leg of lamb with charred scallion sauce; spray mops; La Vina-style cheesecake.

Sliders; ketchup; croque monsieur.

Kombdi; cumin-scented chicken; hot-honey chicken; honey.

Sisig and garlic fried rice; the importance of Knorr's Liquid Seasoning in Filipino cooking; the history of chicken wings as a bar snack; soy sauce chicken wings.

Tuna poke and salmon teriyaki poke; freeze-dried backpacking meals; malasadas.

Grilled bone-in leg of lamb with charred scallion sauce; spray mops; La Vina-style cheesecake.

Guanimes con bacalao; pina coladas; a visit to Puerto Rico; all about salt cod.