We're throwing a surprise baby shower for Marcela Valladolid on this episode of The Kitchen! We'll share our tips for hosting all kinds of special family celebrations and Marcela makes a perfect party main dish with her puff pastry-wrapped salmon. We're putting together creative new ideas for DIY hostess gifts, and Katie Lee and Sunny Anderson have two delicious and time-saving rice side dishes. The gang shares their finger food appetizer favorites and Katie creates a beautiful party-worthy Croquembouche. We toast Marcela with a virgin Cucumber Ginger Fizz and surprise her with a fun shower present!

Special Family Gatherings

Sunny Anderson

Katie Lee Biegel

Jeff Mauro

Marcela Valladolid

Geoffrey Zakarian

Alex Guarnaschelli

Top O' the Morning

Winter Fix

It's a Valentine's Day celebration with plenty of chocolate on this episode of The Kitchen. The hosts prepare a romantic meal with Geoffrey Zakarian's Dark Chocolate Mousse, a tender filet mignon with mushroom red wine sauce from Katie Lee, and two mouthwatering side dishes from Marcela Valladolid and Jeff Mauro. The Kitchen crew gets crafty with new ideas for valentines made out of chocolate, including adorable chocolate kiss critters and edible chocolate vessels. A master chocolatier joins in on the fun with a silky-smooth dark chocolate truffle recipe and out-of-this-world flavors to spice it up! Geoffrey caps it all off with his take on a chocolate martini.

Sweets for Your Sweetie

The Kitchen helps you rise and shine with fresh new ideas for your breakfasts. Sunny Anderson shares her favorite breakfast of all time: Insta Huevos Rancheros. The hosts answer viewers' egg, pancake and make-ahead breakfast conundrums, and oats get their a-ha moment with three delicious ideas for your morning oatmeal. Geoffrey Zakarian shares his recipe for incredible homemade gravlax &mdash; the ultimate topper for our bagel bar. And we're putting time back into your hectic weekday mornings with our timesaving breakfast hacks. Geoffrey goes healthy for his 5 O'clock Somewhere with a delicious kale and grape green smoothie.

Rise and Shine

Settle in and get cozy because it's comfort food all day on The Kitchen. GZ starts off the show with a delicious Sunday Supper of Spaghetti and Meatballs. The gang shows us how to maximize our microwave's potential with some wow worthy tips. It's chocolate heaven with Marcela's Sweet Retreat: The Ultimate Brownie. And Sunny and Katie top it all off with their amazing Brownie Sundaes. Chef Amanda Freitag joins us with her mouthwatering patty melt. Our hosts create crazy comfort food mash ups. GZ toasts New York with his throwback cocktail and the gang tries some yummy new snacks.

Warming Winter Meals

Jeff Mauro cooks up a traditional family favorite, Chicken Tortellini Soup, and Food Network.com has new and tasty ways to lighten up three of your favorite dishes. Geoffrey Zakarian teaches us a kitchen basic mother sauce, while Marcela Valladolid and Katie Lee keep it healthy and delicious with their grain bowl recipes. We'll show you a few overlooked ingredients that you just might like, and Geoffrey wraps it all up with his warm Maple and Rum Toddy while the hosts get popping with fantastic ways to top popcorn.

A celebration of St. Patrick's Day with a twist on the classic Irish dish, corn beef and cabbage; two easy meals using the potato; tipsy treats with a secret ingredient; St. Paddy's Day cocktail.

Shrimp and grits; Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos from "Extra Virgin" make pantry pasta; recipes using condensed milk; what to and what not to throw out from the refrigerator; pickleback cocktail.

Freezer Fixes and Pantry Staples

The Kitchen celebrates Easter with two classic holiday dishes: Geoffrey Zakarian's stuffed pork loin and Marcela Valladolid's leg of lamb. Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini shows us a new twist on the carrot cake. Plus, fun and edible food crafts for your holiday table and innovative ideas on how to use your leftover Easter eggs. Lastly, Geoffrey shares his Easter punch.

Happy Easter!

Leftover holiday ham recipe; one pan chicken dinner; fried matzo brei; no-guilt holiday desserts; tips on knife shopping.

April Favorites

Blackened hanger steak; Tiffani Thiessen shares her tips for an at-home pizza party; quick and easy snacks on the go; hiding healthy ingredients in decadent desserts; planting a kitchen herb garden; herb-infused cocktail.

Early Spring Entertaining

Tips on grilling chicken breast to perfection and growing fresh produce from kitchen scraps; dry and wet spice rubs; baker Gesine Bullock-Prado makes maple cream pie; a tipsy sweet tea; food fire starters.

Spring Cooking

Easy weeknight meals using only one pan; kabobs with two sauces; grilled cheese; kitchen do's and don'ts; lemon-inspired cocktail.

Fresh Fix-Ins

A spicy southern classic dish, hot chicken; the difference between Tex-Mex and Mexican tacos; chef Marc Murphy serves up a spicy skirt steak; spicy sweets; spicy margarita.

Spicy Favorites

Spend a fun and food-filled morning in The Kitchen with hosts Sunny Anderson, Katie Lee, Jeff Mauro, Marcela Valladolid, and Geoffrey Zakarian. From simple supper ideas, food trend discussions, and family meal tips to trivia games and viewer questions, they'll cover all things fun in food.

Special Family Gatherings

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