Friday, June 26th TV listings for PBS Explore (WUNG-DT3) Concord/Charlotte
America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated Starring: Tomatoes
Upside-down tomato tart; buying tomatoes; the Leidenfrost Effect; hearty Greek salad.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television Backroads Romania
Recipes for Romanian meatball soup, Romanian baked polenta with sour cream and cheese and Romanian moussaka.
Essential Pépin Fabulous Fins
Cured salmon in molasses; tuna steaks with tapenade coating; tuna tartare on marinated cucumbers; poached salmon in ravigote sauce; ray meunière with mushrooms.
Baking With Julia Decorative Loaves With Steve Sullivan
Steve Sullivan prepares walnut bread; decorative loaves.
Samantha Brown's Places to Love Tampa, Florida
Exploring Tampa's Ybor City and its Cuban cigar heritage at J.C. Newman; dining at Ulele; making candles at Oxford Exchange; hiking at Hillsborough State Park; Bern's Steak House; kayak fishing at Mobbly Bayou; Sunday Thai Market.
Lidia's Kitchen Finding Belonging
Sweet potato chickpea gnocchi with Gorgonzola; beet and carrot salad; turbot.
Rick Steves' Europe Krakow: Poland's Historic Capital
Kraków, Poland; Wawel Castle; Polish cuisine, including pierogi; Nowa Huta offers a nostalgic spin through the Cold War days; Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope Cruising Canada: Ottawa and the Rideau Canal
Exploring the Rideau Canal, the oldest continuously operating canal system in North America, including Ottawa's historic landmarks and farmers markets.
America's Heartland Lettuce Eat It
A school district grows hydroponic lettuce; nutritional differences between hydroponic and conventional farming; making a mushroom brie wrapped in a puffed pastry; a farm family meets demand for washed and bagged salads.
In the Americas With David Yetman The Depths of the Canyon and its Offspring
Phantom Ranch, the only permanent settlement within the Grand Canyon; the Colorado River carves its way through the oldest rock in the Southwest.
North Carolina Weekend Where We Gather
People, places and events from all over the state.
Weekends With Yankee Meet Me at the Fair
Activities at the Fryeburg Fair include sheep shearing, milking a goat and making kettle corn; surf casting on Cape Cod with U.S. Surf Casting champion Ron Arra.
In the Americas With David Yetman Lee's Ferry and Into the Depths of the Grand Canyon
Boating through the Grand Canyon provides a setting for reflection on the Colorado River; Lee's Ferry.
Best of Our State New Bern Fire-Rescue & Buchanan's Store
A Taste of History Danube River Adventure, Part 2
A journey down the Danube River through Austria, Slovakia and Budapest; Chef Staib prepares traditional meals aboard a luxurious cruise ship.
A Montana rancher restores native grasses to his land; a Minnesota farm family plants a new kind of wheat that restores the soil and saves water; college students turn soybeans into new products like baby wipes.
To Dine For With Kate Sullivan Gary Vaynerchuk. Entrepreneur. Location: Manhattan
VaynerX CEO Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of Resy and Empathy Wines, reflects on his hard-earned lessons of success.
Lidia's Kitchen Finding Belonging
Sweet potato chickpea gnocchi with Gorgonzola; beet and carrot salad; turbot.
Sara's Weeknight Meals 5 Ingredient Surf N' Turf
Fish meunière; steak with a special flavored butter; a New England summer favorite -- peas and salmon; a foolproof way to poach eggs.
America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated Starring: Tomatoes
Upside-down tomato tart; buying tomatoes; the Leidenfrost Effect; hearty Greek salad.
Rick Steves' Europe European Travel Skills Part II
Rick Steves offers practical advice on how to have a fun and affordable trip to Europe. Sites include Germany, Italy, the Swiss Alps, Paris and London.
The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Buttermilk Magic
Chocolate buttermilk pudding; buttermilk-brined skirt steak with a wedge salad and buttermilk avocado dressing; saving and storing buttermilk.
Astrid 30,000 Feet
Raphaelle escorts a repatriated serial killer on a plane, but he dies mid-flight; by phone, Astrid helps her obtain proof that she's dealing with a murder and that the culprit is on board.
Astrid Immortal
A man's body is found in a park with multiple stab wounds, but when the coroner comes back with a categorical verdict of suicide, the detectives find themselves faced with a crime that defies the laws of both science and ethics.
Astrid Madman's Sacrifice
A prestigious chess tournament turns deadly when old rivalries emerge.
Best of Our State The Keepers of the North Carolina Zoo & Mr. Mayber
Shaped by Sound Ben Folds
North Carolina Weekend Where We Gather
People, places and events from all over the state.
Samantha Brown's Places to Love Brooklyn, New York
Soda fountain in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Brooklyn Navy Yard; sampling whiskey at New York's oldest distillery; open-air food market; Gowanus Canal; the brownstone neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Joseph Rosendo's Steppin' Out The Wonderful World of Markets -- A 20th Anniversary Celebration
Exploring markets around the globe, from Ethiopia and France to Topanga, Calif. in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Relish Sourdough Bread and Banana Tart
Old-school techniques of stone-grinding and making the perfect sourdough; using Baker's Field Flour in a delicate tart.
America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated Starring: Tomatoes
Upside-down tomato tart; buying tomatoes; the Leidenfrost Effect; hearty Greek salad.
Lidia's Kitchen Finding Belonging
Sweet potato chickpea gnocchi with Gorgonzola; beet and carrot salad; turbot.
America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated Hearty One Pot Meals
Ground beef chili; food processors; red lentil soup with North African spices.
Cook's Country Tacos Two Ways
Smoked fish tacos, a Southern California classic; chimney starters; grilled steak fajitas.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television Backroads Romania
Recipes for Romanian meatball soup, Romanian baked polenta with sour cream and cheese and Romanian moussaka.
Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions The History and Future of Farming
How agriculture shaped the nation's history and how it continues to evolve; retracing John Deere's beginnings in a small blacksmith shop in Illinois; a multigenerational farm family in Kansas.
Rick Steves' Europe Austrian and Italian Alps
Zugspitze; touring Innsbruck, Austria; a Tyrolean village festival; crossing the Alps into Italy to tour a medieval castle and explore the rugged Dolomite Mountains.
Weekends With Yankee Meet Me at the Fair
Activities at the Fryeburg Fair include sheep shearing, milking a goat and making kettle corn; surf casting on Cape Cod with U.S. Surf Casting champion Ron Arra.
Carolina Outdoor Journal Tough Conditions
Traveling to High Rock Lake for some tough bass fishing, where low water and high wind make catching fish a real challenge; Donna Reynolds prepares a fish sandwich.
Outside: Beyond the Lens Coastal Contrasts
A West Coast-East Coast adventure shows off the charms of California's Big Sur region; Key West, Fla.
Travels With Darley Mississippi College Towns
Exploring Mississippi's college towns, including Oxford, Starkville and Jackson, and their local flavors, history and unique energy.
Rick Steves' Europe Rick Steves' Europe: The Making Of
The challenges and surprises of travel are shaped into a finished show.
Nature American Horses
The history of unique American horse breeds, including the mustang, Appaloosa, Morgan and quarter horse, that helped shape the nation and the people who continue the tradition of caring for them.