Food Network stars reveal foods they love to start their day with...from Wicked & Spicy Hot Chocolate, to Peanut Butter and Banana Stuffed French Toast and more.

• Bobby Flay loves to start his day with the peanut butter & banana stuffed french toast in San Diego, CA.
• Ted Allen can’t get enough of the cinnamon rolls from Anne Sather
• Duff Goldman heads to Baltimore, MD for the huevos montellanos from Golden West Cafe
• Michael Symon’s favorite breakfast is the corned beef hash in Cleveland, OH.
• Aida Mollenkamp takes us to BLD in LA for ricotta blueberry pancakes
• Giada De Laurentiis dreams about the wicked spicy hot chocolate from Jacques Torres in NY
• Susan Feniger starts her day with a breakfast pasta from Hugo’s
• Guy Fieri goes big at Matt’s Big Breakfast in Phoenix, AZ

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Molly celebrates her and her husband's third wedding anniversary by making a special brunch for the family that includes Shakshuka with Feta, Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Hash, Pocket Pastries with Raspberry Jam and more.

For even more of Molly Yeh, check out Food Network's new podcast, Girl Meets Farm. Follow wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Some dishes are so fantastic they become a real obsession.

• Bobby Flay loves the stone crabs from Joe’s Stone Crabs in Miami, FL
• Aaron Sanchez dreams about the creamy rice from Zarla in NYC
• Cat Cora heads to Montecito, CA for the New York strip steak at Lucky’s
• Aaron McCargo Jr lives for the fried buffalo wings at the Jug Handle Inn
• Danny Boome can’t get enough of the linguini from Tree in NYC
• Tyler Florence is crazy about the oysters from Hog Island Oyster Co
• Delilah Winder shares her coconut obsession
• Giada De Laurentiis heads to Seattle for the decadent crab cakes from Dahlia Lounge

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What makes everything better? Bacon! 

• Guy Fieri brings us to San Diego for a delicious bacon burger
• Adam Gertler also enjoys a bacon burger from Father’s Office in LA
• Delilah Winder heads to Atlanta, GA for angry mussels from JCT Kitchen
• Tyler Florence loves the salumi cone from Boccalone Salumeria in San Francisco
• Chris Cosentino wakes up with bacon when he eats the bacon apple maple donuts from Dynamo Donuts
• Ted Allen shares his favorite BLT from Choice Market in Brooklyn, NY
• Aida Mollenkamp raves over the house smoked bacon flatbread from Nopa
• Duff Goldman has bacon for dessert at Animal in LA, CA

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Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay and more reveal the best barbecue they've ever eaten, from Memphis to San Francisco and from pulled pork cooked in a basement to beef brisket smoked in a giant armadillo!

• Ted Allen brings us to Euless, TX to try the BBQ Beef Brisket
• Adam Gertler heads to Syracuse, NY to eat the BBQ Chicken at Dinosaur BBQ
• Alex Guarnaschelli loves the BBQ Shrimp from a joint in New Orleans
• Tyler Florence can’t get enough of the BBQ pulled pork sandwich from Rendezvous in Memphis, TN
• Delilah Winder drools over the ribs at Ronnie’s Ribs
• Michael Symon travels to NYC for the BBQ Beef Ribs at Daisy May’s
• Chris Cosentino shares his passion for baked BBQ pork buns
• Bobby Flay and Duff Goldman chose the same location for BBQ - The Salt Lick in Texas

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We visit the locations where the fryers are hot and reveal how these dishes are totally fried to perfection.

• Bobby Flay's favorite French fries
• Alex Guarnaschelli loves the deep-fried hotdog with bacon at Rawley’s in CT
• Duff Goldman can’t resist the fried shrimp heads from Joss Sushi in MD
• Giada's passion for decadent fried doughnuts
• Ted Allen travels to NYC to eat the tempura bacon from Red Cat
• Michael Symon describes the spicy pork rinds at Publican in Chicago, IL
• Aaron Sanchez head’s to his dear friends restaurant for fried brussel sprouts at Lolita in Cleveland, OH.
• Guy Fieri's love affair with a Caribbean classic

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It's official: Everything is better with butter! Chefs and food experts are revealing the richest, creamiest buttery dishes out there. 

Episode content:

• Alex Guarnaschelli brings on the butter with a one-of-a-kind shrimp-and-grits combo from Tillie's in Short Hills, New Jersey.
• Jeff Mauro hits the streets of Chicago to satisfy his butter craving with an amazing honey butter chicken sandwich from the aptly named restaurant Honey Butter Fried Chicken.
• Richard Blais heads to Du’s Donuts and Coffee for a brown butter key lime donut in Brooklyn, NY.
• Justin Brunson’s favorite buttered dish is the pure butter croissants from Ken’s Artisan Bakery in Portland, OR.
• Marc Murphy travels north to Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland, Maine, for a signature buttered delight.
• Dan Langan keeps it buttery with the buttercake from Flying Monkey Bakery in Philadelphia, PA.
• Geoffrey Zakarian delights in the soy butter tropical sunday by from abcV in New York, NY.

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Some fried food is so crispy, so crunchy and so incredible that you feel like you've died and gone to heaven. 

Episode content:

• Ali Khan keeps it old-school with a phenomenal fried hot chicken sammy from Tumble 22 in Austin, Texas.
• Simon Majumdar takes his taste buds to the next level with a crispy pork shank at Salo-Salo Grill in West Covina, CA.
• Jeff Mauro heads to Proxi in Chicago for a food frenzy with the most-unique version of street corn ever imagined.
• Shinmin Li shares her inner-child dreams with the donut breakfast sandwich from Staw in San Francisco, CA.
• Marc Murphy treats himself to the delicious chicken fried ribs from Fox Bros, Bar-B-Q in Atlanta, GA.
• Elena Besser goes to Washington, DC to have the fantastic fried sugar toads from The Dabney.
• Pati Jinich hits the streets of Durham, NC to eat crispy pig ears from Pizzeria Toro.

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Some special dishes are so good you can enjoy them over and over again. 

Episode content:

• Andrew Zimmern has lost count of how many times he's indulged in the infamous barbecue chicken from Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Que in Birmingham, Ala.
• Pati Jinich loves all kinds of pizza but her favorite is the norcia pizza from 2 Amy’s Neapolitan Pizzeria in Washington, DC.
• Courtney Rada love’s the double bison burger from Tony Beef in Galloway, NJ.
• Elena Besser’s is obsessed with the pappardelle pasta from Popina in Brooklyn, NY.
• Jonathan Sawyer reels over the everything bagel with pastrami from The Lox Bagel Shop in Columbus, OH
• Aarti Sequeira can't stop ordering her favorite handmade ice cream at Salt and Straw in Los Angeles,
• Duff Goldman can't keep track of all the jumbo lump crab cakes he has eaten at Faidley's Seafood in Baltimore.

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With layers upon layers stacked with flavor and ingredients, these favorite dishes seem too good to be true.

Episode content:

• Wolfgang Puck gushes about an unimaginable seafood platter at Cassia in Los Angeles.
• Fanny Slater’s favorite stacked dish is the trailer park burger from Winnie’s Tavern in Wilmington, NC.
• Katie Pix’s details the mountain of food that is the BBQ bacon chicken fries from Mr. Fries Man in Gardena, CA.
• Jernard Wells delights over the southern fried chicken and eggnog waffles from Melba’s Restaurant in Harlem, NY.
• Down south in New Orleans, monstrous pulled pork nachos from Kingfish have Marc Murphy stunned.
• Pati Jinich talk’s blackberry bliss pancakes from M.Henry in Chicago, IL.
• Katie Lee Biegel unveils a massive sandwich that will overload your taste buds at Anna's Deli in Sarasota, Fla.

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