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I'm so excited to be hosting the Friday Night Dinner cooking challenge for Remarkist. On the Opening Night of their Super Sensational Summer Spectacular Gilmore Girls rewatch, I will be joining John Cabrera for Friday Night Dinner and Fireside Chat. But you get to join in on the fun with the cooking challenge! I've put together a menu of some of my favorite dishes so far- very iconic food moments if you will. Here's how it works: 1). At any time on Friday 6/3, create one or m

“Okay, I've got to go. You have to stir the nacho cheese every twenty minutes or it forms kind of a rock.” “Go stir the cheese” Ingredients: For the Dr. Pepper BBQ chicken: 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast ½ tsp cumin ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp paprika ½ tsp cardamom ½ tsp onion powder ½ tsp chili powder ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper 1 tbsp olive oil 10 oz barbecue sauce ¾ cup Dr. Pepper 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar For the cheese sauce: 2 tbsp butter 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 1

“Here we go. Boysenberry pie with ice cream.” Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk 16 oz jar boysenberry jam 1 pint blackberries* 1 tbsp lemon juice *I wasn’t able to find actual boysenberries, so I used blackberries. I wanted berry chunks in my ice cream and I wasn’t bothered by seeds. However, if you don’t want seeds in your ice cream, you can leave the blackberries out. Directions: With an ice cream maker: In a large bowl, a

“And I'm gonna make stew for Jackson. When he loses, he'll get stew. He likes stew.” “He's not gonna lose.” “But if he does, then he'll get stew.” Ingredients: 1 lb chuck roast, cut into one inch cubes 1 small yellow or white onion, diced 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 cup carrot, diced 2 small sweet potatoes, peeled and diced 8 oz sliced baby bella mushrooms ¼ cup worcestershire sauce ½ cup red wine 4 cups beef stock 3 tbsp tomato paste ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper ½ tsp ground sag

“I've bartended for you, for your parties.” “That's right, you have.” “You're a talented man. He makes a kick-ass margarita.” “Thanks” “It's good to see you again. What's your name?” “Marty.” Ingredients: For Logan’s Margarita, The Master in Commander Ice 2 oz gold tequila ½ oz mezcal ¾ oz triple sec or Grand Marnier ½ oz simple syrup A couple dashes of angostura bitters Orange peel to garnish For Rory’s Margarita, The Ace Ice 2 oz tequila blanco 1 oz Aperol ¾ oz triple sec ½