Tasted

Your Tumblr companion to YouTube's #1 premium content food channel. Here you'll find recipes for our cooking shows like Cultural Kitchen as well as exclusive behind the scenes photos and interviews with our world renowned chefs.

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This week, chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery brings you his version of the classic pressed Cuban sandwich. Though a process, the braised pork is the jewel in the crown of this sandwich and, trust us, your hard work will pay off! You may not think this Louisiana born and bred chef would know how to make a killer Cuban sandwich, but the dude knows his Cuban cuisine. First he makes a wet rub with the ingredients of classic Caribbean cuisine -- oregano, garlic and other seasoning -- which can be adapted to chicken as well. After marinating it overnight, he roasts it, lets it sit and then carves it in perfect tender slices to stuff in the sandwich alongside mustard, ham, Swiss cheese and dill pickles. Now it's pressin' time, ya'll! 

Check out the episode to see the step-by-step Cuban sandwich recipe. 

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This week, our Food Mashup is the Spaghetti Taco! Once featured on an episode of iCarly, the Spaghetti Taco became something of a myth. We decided to recreate it with our own twist that's super easy to replicate at home. Just boil some pasta and toss it with guacamole and pico de gallo. Stuff it in a taco shell and top with your favorite taco toppings -- lettuce, cheese, hot sauce, whatever!

Check out the video below!

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The ultimate sandwich for Nick Anderer of Maialino in NYC is the classic Italian porchetta sandwich with a few special twists. 

This amazing recipe with braised pork, broccoli rabe and provolone on ciabatta bread, topped with crispy pork skin, is a classic Roman cuisine staple taken to a new level by this Italian chef. Each ingredient is carefully crafted and deliciously seasoned. It might not be a simple sammy, but it is sure to take very other sandwich you've ever eaten and kick the living daylights out of it!

Check out the episode for Nick's step-by-step process of one of the best sandwich recipes ever. 

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This week, chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery comes back to the Dude Food kitchen and brings you his take on biscuits and gravy. This easy, delicious recipe is perfect for an indulgent breakfast or a luxurious side dish. The soft buttermilk biscuits are a bite away from heaven when dipped in the thick, meaty ham gravy. David demos his delectable version of biscuits and gravy. His Louisiana-inspired version of this Southern comfort food classic is simple but sure to keep the fans happy. The buttermilk adds a fluffy and light texture to the biscuits that is a classic staple of this dish. The country ham and creamy gravy bring home those manly & meaty flavors that remind you of your grandmother's cooking. Check out the episode to see how they turned out!

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We're bringing you recipes so new they still have their stickers on. These foods are the love children of some of your favorite things to eat and drink. We present the first of Tasted's Food Mashups: Pizza Pop-Tarts! The store-bought toaster streudel is such a guilty pleasure, we decided to combine it with everyone's favorite late night/midday/hangover breakfast treat: pizza. And it turns out these tasty little hand pies are pretty easy to make. Just take some pre-made dough, which you can buy in a grocery store or from a pizzeria, roll out two squares and pile on what toppings you like! Easy as pie, but easier because baking a pie isn't this easy. For the foodies out there, we also have quick, easy recipes for homemade marinara sauce and pizza dough.

Check out the video below!

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Your favorite kitchen vixen is back with an amazing sandwich recipe using some of our favorite ingredients: cheese, bacon, bread, ham and eggs. This week's luscious lunchtime recipe is a Monte Cristo sandwich, which is a double-decker bacon, ham and cheese sandwich that is then dipped in an egg mixture and lightly fried on both sides, like savory French toast. One bite, and you'll be in love with the way the cheese oozes out but the bacon gives it crunch and heft. This sandwich recipe is like the best parts of breakfast, lunch and dinner all delivered on one plate! 

Check out the video below!

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This week, chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery comes back to the Dude Food kitchen and brings you his Louisiana-style tamales. This easy, delicious recipe is perfect to make for guests or just to chow down on on your own. A few drops of some Indian ghost pepper hot sauce really adds some bite to this Mexi-Cajun delicacy. 


Sautéing together what David calls "the Holy trinity" of bell peppers, onions, celery along with garlic and spices, David makes sure the crawfish tails are packed with flavor. This Louisiana chef infuses a mix of Southern Bayou flavors into the sweet yellow corn tamale. Traditionally a Mexican dish, David has added his own fusion twist to the much loved corn husk bites.

Check out the episode to see how they turned out!

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We're bringing you recipes so new they still have their stickers on. These foods are the love children of some of your favorite things to eat and drink. This week, our Food Mashup is the Pancake Breakfast Dog! That's right. We took an all-time favorite morning meal -- pancakes and sausage -- and remixed it with an all-time favorite backyard cookout staple -- the hot dog. This new bite-sized version of deliciousness is gonna start your day right and even be the perfect midday snack. Cuddle up in a blanket of sweet and savory goodness!!

Check out the video below!

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Food writer Beatrice Peltre's ultimate sandwich harks back to her native home of France. This sweet and savory tartine is sure to please! Having created the well known food blog LaTartineGourmande.com as well as released a cookbook last year with the same title, Beatrice Peltre (or Béa) doesn't surprise with her choice of a French open-faced sandwich, known as a tartine, as her ultimate sandwich. This simple but delicious treat is quick, easy to make, and filled with a variety of flavors which you might not think to combine but work together beautifully. A mixture of sweet, savory, and a bit smoky, this sandwich will satisfy a lot of cravings.

Check out the video below!

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This week, chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery comes to the Dude Food kitchen to show you his classic Southern-style Easter ham recipe. This easy, delicious recipe is perfect for entertaining during a holiday when you have to feed a ton of people with one awesome dish. 


Using beer, wildflower honey and spices, chef Guas puts together a simple glaze for that traditional Easter dinner's honey-baked ham, but with his own Creole twist. Called a fete ham, this is customary to eat on Easter in the Louisiana Bayou. He suggests serving it sliced with mustard and bread rolls for a big, crowd-pleasing meal.

Check out the video below.

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What happens when you take a cupcake, make it out of chocolate chip cookie dough & stuff it with Oreo Cookies and peanut butter? HEAVEN. When it comes to food, you've heard it all before, right? Wrong! We're bringing you recipes so new they still have their stickers on. These foods are the love children of some of your favorite things to eat and drink. This week, we present a new Food Mashup: Oreo-Stuffed, Peanut Butter Filled, Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes! This recipe takes every single sugary, gooey treat that you begged your parents to buy and mashes them into a mind-blowing cupcake form. It will send you into a heavenly coma, where you feel the happy embrace of childhood, fly on a sugary trip of deliciousness, and land back in your house to eat 12 more. We baked up this Oreo, peanut butter, chocolate chip recipe masterpiece and took it to the streets to see what the reaction would be. With our handy dandy Chef-O-Vision, you can see each step exactly as you'd be making it. Come back next Wednesday for the next Food Mashups recipe!

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The ultimate sandwich of Chef Joanne Chang of Flour in Boston is their famous breakfast sandwich with a delicious, unique souffle-like egg. Flour's famous egg and cheese sandwich is brought to life by Joanne as she walks you through each step of this delectable breakfast bite. Packed with everything you love about a traditional breakfast sandwich, this one puts a few unique twists on the ingredients that really take it up to the next level! Being a baker, Joanne's biggest priority is the bread, and so she also shows you how to bake some delicious ciabatta rolls so you can make it all yourself at home. 

Check out this sandwich for yourself!

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Called The Nutty Professor, this bizarre sandwich is Spencer Rubin's adult version of a kid's classic that takes the brown bag lunch menu to the next level. For Spencer, the world of food has no rules. Like the Nutty Professor of the movies, he experiments with flavor combinations until magic happens and trust us, this wacky concoction is one of his best. 

Check out the video to see Spencer in action!

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On this week's Dude Food, John Stage of Dinosaur BBQ takes you through an easy recipe for hearty chicken and ham jambalaya. This spicy traditional Cajun comfort food with meat, rice, and seasoning — and its surprising barbecue twist -- will leave you wanting more. Does John's recipe up to your favorite jambalaya? What's the perfect food for a cold winter night? Do you enjoy Cajun food in general? Was the recipe too easy or too difficult? Try this easy recipe for a Dinosaur BBQ-style jambalaya at home

Check out the video for this manly, meaty masterpiece. 

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On this week's Dude Food, John Stage of Dinosaur BBQ walks through the steps of an amazing Texas-style beef chili recipe that will warm you up on a chilly winter evening. This spicy & meaty chili recipe goes great with some honey cornbread!

Check out the episode for this manly, meat-y masterpiece. 

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Have you ever wondered how chefs make those perfectly soft and fluffy rounds of potato gnocchi? Turns out, it's a simpler recipe to make at home than you would imagine. You don't even need a pasta maker! Jeff shows you the potato and flour dough and then how to roll it out and cut it. Meanwhile Brad cooks up a simple meat sauce with the freshly ground sausage and some of the pasta water. Add in the gnocchi — which cooks in just 3 to 4 minutes — and top off with grated Parmesan for a filling meal.

Watch the guys work their magic in the video below! 

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It's Valentine's Day and the best thing you can do for your special lady or gentleman friend is breakfast in bed. Seriously, everyone loves waking up to an amazing meal. This delicious waffle recipe topped with Nutella & ice cream from Jeff Michaud and Brad Spence will help you show how much you care.

Watch the recipe in action in the video below!