The Kitchen - Season 6 (2015)

Celebrate Mother's Day with the easy but fancy brunch dish, baked eggs with green chilies. Make mom a last-minute gift with candy, plus a foolproof guide to making the perfect chocolate chip cookie. There's unexpected ways to use a cupcake tray to make quick dinners and two ways to use pesto. Finally, a cocktail mom will love.

We're revealing our new deck and showing you how to grill the perfect steak. Create a colorful pasta salad with seasonal vegetables and learn two recipes with jarred and fresh artichokes. There's compound butter to spice up your meals and ideas for what to make with the last scoop in the jar. Plus, a gin punch.

For your first summer barbecue, there's a great new recipe for a killer burger and barbecue ribs. Discover some unique fries with sweet and savory dips. There are timesaving tricks for food prep and actor David Burtka shares the secrets for great homemade ice cream sandwiches. Plus, poolside snacks and a classic Long Island Ice Tea.

Fire up the grill for a delicious Alabama White Sauce Chicken recipe and then see how to doctor up store-bought barbecue sauce. Geoffrey Zakarian shows how to grill a lobster and Katie Lee has a colorful quinoa side salad. Plus, tips to set up the perfect barbecue buffet, grill trends, answers to your most common grill questions, and a Tequila Sunrise.

Geoffrey Zakarian kicks off the show with a braised chicken with caramelized lemons, dates and pine nuts. Then, recipes using the pita and celebrate summer with a strawberry shortcake. Dr. Travis Stork shows us how to cure common summer ailments with food. Plus, three ingredients you have to try, tipsy treats, and a strawberry smash cocktail.

The day starts with a no-fail technique for juicy grilled pork chops and pineapple salsa, then learn how to use seasonal fruits and vegetables in a grilled summer salad. Cookbook author and blogger Shauna Sever serves up a Honeyed Yogurt Cheesecake. The hosts offer up easy substitutions when you're missing an ingredient and find out just how bad your kitchen habits are. Plus, a unique way to blend a Strawberry Daiquiri.

Celebrate dad with smoked Italian Sausage Hoagies, and a Flank Steak Fajita with Chimichurri and Drunken Peppers. There are simple suggestions on how to take pretzels and chips to the next level, and how to make a homemade banana split ice cream cake. Plus, a special dad edition of Tool Takedown, kitchen-themed Father's Day gifts and toast dad with a classic Whiskey Sour.

Recipes for summer include a diablo stuffed burger, two different potato salads and the perfect pina cocktail. Also: Kathie Lee Gifford makes a peach-and-rhubarb crostata; tips are given for sprucing up a supermarket flower bouquet; and the hosts share their must-have items for the beach.

The hosts throw a summer celebration. Guests Bobby and Jamie Deen stop by with a molasses-marinated London broil. Also on the menu: grilled butterflied chicken with macaroni salad; three party-pleasing dips; edible crafts; a watermelon margarita.

Marcela Valladolid cooks steamed clams with chorizo and tequila; the hosts suggest new uses for old kitchen tools; condiment flavors are kicked up a notch; and guest Damaris Phillips demonstrates how to make a buffalo chicken pasta salad. Other segments highlight pineapple, s'mores and a rum rickie recipe.

Geoffrey Zakarian demonstrates his paella and Royal Blush drink recipes; and the hosts share their beat-the-heat secrets. Also: two summer salads; new ideas for dressing different lettuces; pop-up parties with Nate Berkus; and a guide to grilling fish.

El pastor-style pork tenderloin is prepared, along with two tomato side dishes. Also: Melissa Gilbert shares her fried chicken recipe; "Food Network Star" finalists compete to make the best poolside snack; and the Bloody Mary receives a summer twist.

Tips for cooking with kids are offered by the hosts, who also prepare chicken-and-avocado sliders and new takes on ice cream sundaes. Also: John Besh makes an easy school-night dinner.