3x1 - Martha Stewart Pt. 1

July 10, 1997

Martha Stewart joins Julia to bake a three-tiered wedding cake. She prepares the batter, bakes each layer in graduated diamond-shaped cake forms, and makes and chills enough vanilla-rum buttercream to ice the entire cake.

3x2 - Martha Stewart Pt. 2

July 10, 1997

Martha Stewart completes the wedding cake by assembling the individual cakes that serve as building blocks. The "mortar" between layers is a baked crunchy almond and egg white wafer spread with apricot jam. Then she decorates with icing and candy fruit garnish.

3x3 - Nancy Silverton

Nancy Silverton, owner of La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles, bakes a crème fraîche brioche torte with fresh fruit poached in white wine.

3x4 - Michel Richard

Master chef Michel Richard, owner of Los Angeles' renowned Citrus restaurant, works his magic with puff pastry, making mini-pizzas and then deep-fried parmesan cheese twists. Master teacher Alice Medrich bakes vanilla hazelnut biscotti.

3x6 - Johanne Killeen

November 8, 1997

Johanne Killeen, chef and co-owner of Al Forno Restaurant in Providence, RI, bakes two American classics: gingerbread baby cake and Johnnycake cobblers.

3x7 - Marcel Desaulniers

Marcel Desaulniers, chef and owner of the Trellis Restaurant in historic Williamsburg, VA and author of Death by Chocolate, covers oven-roasted plum cakes with chocolate sauce and makes chocolate-mint nightcaps.

3x8 - Nick Malgieri

November 22, 1997

Nick Malgieri, author of several award-winning books on baking, demonstrates authentic Sicilian specialities like savory pizza rustica and fig-filled treats called "X" cookies.

3x9 - Mary Bergin

November 29, 1997

Mary Bergin, of Las Vegas, NV, demonstrates how to make a vanilla chiffon cake with a twist—a full vanilla flavor and a thin, flexible shape, ideal for rolling with chocolate-laced walnut mousse.

3x10 - Markus Farbinger

Markus Farbinger, master teacher at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, bakes a warm poppyseed torte with poached apricots.

3x11 - Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, a husband-and-wife baking team from Toronto, demonstrate two different kinds of naan, an Indian flatbread. Minnesota cookbook author Beatrice Ojakangas makes a Scandinavian flatbread called Swedish hardtack.

3x12 - Gale Gand

Gale Gand, pastry chef and owner of Chicago's Vanilla Bean Bakery, creates a "not-your-usual" lemon meringue pie for one. Florida baker David Blom makes cookies, including delicately curved tuiles and tasty ginger snaps.

3x13 - Flo Braker

November 4, 1996

Flo Braker, a San Francisco baker, author, and cooking teacher, turns out two crunchy butter galettes. One is a sweet treat with fresh berries and whipped cream, while the other features tomatoes and savory herbs. Leslie Mackie, owner of Seattle's Macrina Bakery, demonstrates a raspberry-fig crostata.