GOOD SUNDAY MORNING TO YOU.
WE HAVE CLOUDS HERE IN
SACRAMENTO.
WE SHOULD SEE A
CLEARING TREND
SLOWLY TODAY TO ALLOW MORE
SUNSHINE IN.
WE WILL BE IN THE MID-80s THIS
AFTERNOON.
A LITTLE BETTER DELTA BREEZE.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE FOOTHILLS YOU
MIGHT
GET RAINDROPS TODAY.
AND SIERRA MIGHT GET SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM GOING THIS
AFTERNOON AND WE HAVE
A LOT OF
SMOKE IN THE FOOTHILLS ALONG THE
80 CORRIDOR.
PROBABLY GOING TO STICK
AROUND
MOST OF TODAY.
WE ARE NEAR 90 MOST OF THE DAYS
AND END OF THE WEEK
LOOKS COOLER
WITH UPPER 70s AND NICE
FALL-LIKE FEEL.
WE HAVE A SUPER ROCK STAR IN THE
FOOD WORLD TODAY AND SHE'S
TOTALLY LOCAL.
I LOVE IT.
I
WAS TALKING TO HER EARLIER
AND SAID WHY DON'T YOU OPEN YOUR
OWN
RESTAURANT?
SHE WON HER THIRD NETWORK
CHALLENGE BY BEATING BOBBY
FLAY
AT HIS OWN GAME EVEN.
UNBELIEVABLE.
JOINING US THIS
MORNING,
EXECUTIVE CHEF
.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
YOU GREW UP WATCHING BOBBY
FLAY?
YES, I GREW
UP WATCHING BOBBY
FLAY AND
EVERY FOOD NETWORK STAR
AND I REMEMBER BEING YOUNG
AND
REQUESTING INTO THE KITCHEN
AFTERWARDS AND SPENDING THE TIME
COOKING AND THAT'S WHERE THE
PASSION CAME FROM.
TO
BE ON FOOD NETWORK WAS A
DREAM AND BE ON THERE THREE
TIMES AND BEAT
THEM, IT WAS THE
ULTIMATE.
HOW WAS IT LIKE TO BEAT HIM
AT HIS OWN SANDWICH?
NO, IT WAS MY SANDWICH.
HE WAS MISERABLE HE HAD TO MAKE
THIS.
IT WAS AMAZING.
IT VALIDATED THE FACT THAT I
SACRIFICED
SO MUCH OF BEING A
CHEF AND MISSED A LOT OF THINGS
WITH MY FAMILY AND
I'M A FAMILY
PERSON.
A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM HOME AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT'S ALL
WORTH
IT.
ONCE YOU BEAT BOBBY FLAY, IT'S
IT.
WEAR THAT
MEDAL AROUND YOUR
NECK WITH PRIDE.
THE SANDWICH MADE YOU THE
PRIZE.
FALAFEL IS SIMPLE.
IT HAS
GARBANZO AND GARLIC, LOTS
OF SPICES, SALT,
SY
CILANTRO AND
PARSLEY.
YOU GET THIS AND IT'S A
GROUND
CHICKPEA.
AND YOU NEED TO HAVE HOT OIL.
YOU PROBABLY WANT IT ABOUT
350
OR A MEDIUM HEAT.
WHAT KIND OF OIL?
CANOLA OIL FOR FRYING.
YOU WANT TO THROW THEM IN THERE.
YOU WON WITH
THE IDEA OF
GETTING THE SESAME SEEDS?
ONE OF MY TWISTS IS I HAD
SESAME SEEDS
ON THE OUTSIDE.
IT ADDS CRUNCH, FLAVOR --
YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE THAT
SO IT'S
MY TWIST ALONG WITH SOME
OF MY SPICES.
WATCH OUT, IT POPS
THERE.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH
THAT?
I PRACTICED THIS DISH FOR
MANY YEARS
AND IT TOOK TIME TO
PERFECT IT.
I HAVE SOME OF MY WHEAT BERRY
PITA
THAT YOU CAN FIND THE
RECIPE AT FOOD NETWORK.COM.
BUT I ALREADY MADE
THIS.
AND AS THESE FRY AND GET GOLDEN
BROWN LIKE THAT, YOU JUST WANT
TO PUT
THESE RIGHT INTO THE PEE
PITA AND YOU CAN DRAIN IT FROM
THE PLATE.
DEPENDS HOW TOUGH YOUR HANDS
ARE.
AND AFTER THAT YOU HAVE THE
WORKS OF YOUR PITA.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU GUYS LIKE,
BUT ON THE SHOW I MADE SOME
RADISHES,
CUCUMBER AND A LITTLE
BIT OF GREEN SALAD.
AND YOU CAN SHOVE THAT
IN THERE
LIKE THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY MY
FAVORITE
SAUCE IS TZATZIKI SAUCE.
REALLY SIMPLE.
GREEK
YOGURT, DILL PICKLES, DILL
AND LEMON A
LITTLE SALT.
DID BOBBY FLAY HAVE TO TRY
THIS AFTER YOU BEAT HIM?
I'M SURE HE TRIED MY DISH.
HE'S A GREAT GUY BUT ONE THING I
KNEW
I WOULD BEAT HIM WITH WAS
ONE THIS IS MY SIGNATURE DISH.
I GREW UP
EATING THIS.
TWO, THE HOMEMADE PITA.
HE USED THE
PACKA PITA.
I JOKED WITH HIM, DO YOU NEED
HELP GETTING IT OUT
OF THE
PACKAGE?
VERY NICE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
WE EXPECT TO SEE