George Hirsch Lifestyle TV Series DVD Set

Order DVD Set Today, and receive before *Christmas

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George Hirsch Lifestyle TV Series 4 Disk HD-DVD Set

A perfect gift or stocking stuffer for any family member & friend in your group!

The 4 Disk HD DVD set contains the Entire 13 part TV Series with all of George’s kitchen dishes including such viewer favorites: Cheddar Jack-n-Mac, Double Chocolate Brownies, Oven Fried Garlic Chicken, Apple Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, White Bean Casserole, Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf, Eggplant & Squash Gratin, Nana’s Meatballs, Aunt Connie’s Biscotti, Tarte Tatin among many others.

*Order by December 15th to receive by Christmas Eve. All DVD sets, cookbooks and knives ship USPS priority service 1-3 business days anywhere in the U.S.

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Celebrate Pie

For Friends of GHL, Celebrate Magazine is offering a 25% discount on annual subscription!

Celebrate Magazine November/December Holiday Issue

My new issue of Celebrate Magazine has just arrived and it’s filled with inspiration for entertaining and decorating this holiday season. Now is the time to get serious about Thanksgiving and brush up on your pie 101. With four pages of step by step with recipes and quick tips you’ll be a pie master in no time! 

Best of all Celebrate Magazine is offering a 25% discount to all friends of GHL! Since Celebrate is gifting 25% to you, give a gift subscription to family and friends this holiday. Those who love to enertain and be inspired in the kitchen & home will remember you each time a new issue arrives!   

For a limited time only: use Coupon Code CLBSAVE25

Spread the cheer, it’s going to be a great holiday!

entertain, decorate, Celebrate Pie as seen on George Hirsch Lifestyle

My friends at Hoffman Media have published the November/December issue of Celebrate, a must read for any gathering with family and friends during this holiday season. I'm proud to share my four page feature on Perfecting Pies. I don't want to be a spoiler so I'll let you get your own copy on news stands next week. Or, you may order your own Free Trial Subscription and receive timely seasonal inspiration when watching George Hirsch Lifestyle on PBS, public television and Create TV. 

And, why four pages on pie? I'm passionate about teaching the correct techniques in cooking and baking--especially baking pie. Just ask my TV crew who received a first hand lesson during a one hour taping with no stops. I could have went longer, but my TV show is only a half hour!   

Watch me bake pie on GHL, Thursday, October 23rd on Create TV 7:30AM and 1:30PM. You may want to record and watch again when you get your copy of Celebrate Magazine's Holiday issue!

read George's feature in Nov/Dec issue of Celebrate Magazine, watch GHL on Create TV

I got my copy. If I can do it, You can do it!

Restaurant Hunter TV Pays a Visit

Two-time Emmy winner Rob Petrone, host of TV’s Restaurant Hunter took a road trip to the East End, aka the Hamptons see what exactly what George Hirsch Lifestyle is all about. What he found was exactly what you see on my public television series. We made a few stops at a couple of local sources for vegetables, cheese, seafood, meat, and wine. Next, with cameras in tow, we returned to my patio to grill and entertain George style, while chatting about how food has changed throughout my career as a chef. 

Afterward, we continued to eat, and sip on some local small batch cream soda, while Rob sought the reason why after 20 years of television filming all over the world I would film entirely in the Hamptons. My response, “this is how I was raised - the bounty of the eastern part of Long Island, its farms, seafood, dairy, and now producers of wine, small craft beer, and beverages, raising livestock, and local artisan producers highlights what is happening all across this country. That is why I am so delighted to share my community of year-round friends in the Hamptons. My viewers are able to take away a lifestyle that is good for you for their own daily experiences. There will never be any ‘throwdowns’ or ‘restaurant disasters’ on my show. It’s about inspiring, and education through a visual food experience; hence my last line in each episode is “if I can do it you can do it.”

Rob Petrone Market Fresh Shopping with George Hirsch 

Milk Pail Farm Stand

George Hirsch Grilling for Restaurant Hunter

Grilled Tomato-Basil Soup

What better way to fire up the grill midweek by whippping up one of everyone’s comfort favorites — tomato soup. I’m not talking out of a can, but cooked on a grill. Surprised, soup on the grill? You bet. My recipe for Grilled Tomato-Basil Soup is in my Gather Round the Grill cookbook; a tasty way to start off the menu for mom with many other choices from the grill such as: Asparagus Bundles, Grilled Coho Salmon Fillets with Couscous Salad, and Fruit Parcels for dessert. 

You can choose from a wide variety of 30 menus for all occasions with over 200 recipes for year round outdoor cooking on the grill. With recipes like Florentine Chicken to Pork with Red Pepper Pesto, I am sure everyone gathering 'round your table will be pleased. Give the cookbook that keeps on giving; holiday is right around the corner!

Grilled Tomato—Basil Soup
From Gather Round the Grill, A Year of Celebrations,
by George Hirsch pg 258

4 to 5 large ripe tomatoes, grilled (page 303) and chopped
2 medium onions, thickly sliced, grilled (page 303) and chopped 
Puree from 1 head caramelized Garlic (page 302)
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup tomato puree, or crushed San Marzano tomatoes
4 cups chicken broth
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
sea salt and pepper to taste
1 cup half-and-half or heavy cream

Combine the tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a 4-quart pot and simmer 4 to 5 minutes over medium heat. Add the basil and the butter and cook until the butter melts. Add the flour and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree and cook 2 to 3 minutes longer. Add the chicken broth, bay leaves, thyme, allspice, hotsauce, salt and pepper and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove the soup from the heat, pour into a food mill or use a food pulser and puree. Return to pot, bring to a boil, and add the half-and-half or cream. Lower heat and simmer 2 minutes.