New SA competitor on ‘Halloween Baking Championship,’ preserving sounds of STX, fundraiser ball for furry friends, San Antonio Brunch Festival & more.

A New Braunfels baker has won the latest season of Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship.”

This week’s new entertainment releases include fresh albums from Yungblud and Megadeth, a documentary that delves into the extraordinary life of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Regina Hall and Sterling K.

San Antonio has its first winner of a Food Network contest - Chef Kirk of Hotel Havana's Ocho restaurant.

Breakfast in bed recipe for Mother's Day

Look, we’ve suffered enough this past year, and now we have to deal with people making creamy salads with popcorn?!

Image courtesy of Dough Pizzeria Napoletana, the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO – We’re riding the bus to flavor town! Dough Pizzeria Napoletana, located at 6989 Blanco Road, will be featured on the Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Looking forward to the big reveal episode tonight @foodnetwork @guyfieri @hodads1502 @buttermilkkitchen Posted by Dough Pizzeria Napoletana on Friday, March 19, 2021According to the Food Network, Fieri is bringing Flavortown to his own kitchen. To learn more about the restaurant, click here.

SAN ANTONIO – The owners of Fat Tummy Empanadas have kept bellies full and people smiling for the last three years. Co-owner Norah Saleh said the restaurant, located on South Murry and West Commerce, gained popularity after being featured on the Food Network. Saleh said they have been able to get by with curbside order, but she credits their food truck for keeping business alive. “Like every other owner, small business owner, it’s the fear that you’re going to have to close down,” Saleh said. Saleh said the food truck was a way to get out into the community, but now she hopes the community will come to them.

SAN ANTONIO – The restaurant owner has been featured on Mike Rowe’s “Returning the Favor” and the Food Network’s “Diners Drive-ins and Dives,” and while the food is a taste of New Orleans at Ma Harper’s Creole Kitchen, she is more than that, she is a San Antonian who wants to be a mother to those who don’t have anything to give back. “What are you giving?” she asks during an interview after explaining why she gives back. In November she helped to feed dozens of families, providing a meal for these families who have been struggling during this pandemic. This month she teamed up with Christian Assistance Ministry to feed 200 people and provide them with throws and socks. When asked why she does what she does...her response “my gift is to be humble and give back.”Click here for more on her restaurant.

Discovery is joining the increasingly crowded streaming fray with its own reality-focused service Discovery Plus that will include shows from the Food Network, HGTV, TLC and its other networks. By comparison, the ad-free Disney Plus costs $7 a month and Netflix' most popular plan costs $14 a month. Discovery CEO David Zaslav first announced the streaming service in late 2019, but did not provide details until now. Discovery Plus joins a slew of new streaming services started to challenge traditional TV providers and dominant streaming services like Hulu and Netflix over the past year, including Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max and Comcast’s Peacock service. The service will role out in 25 countries in 2021 including Italy, Spain, U.K. and Ireland as well as India.

You know him from Good Eats, Iron Chef America and countless other shows and appearances on the Food Network. This week, celebrity chef Alton Brown dished to Fiona about cooking at home during a pandemic, the science of playing with your food and his new show. Brown live-streams Quarantine Quitchen with his wife, Elizabeth Ingram, on their YouTube channel. Watch the video above for a breakfast salad recipe and for why you absolutely, definitely should play with your food! Related: 3 easy and fast breakfast recipes for kids

Now pro griller Jess Pryles is sharing her recipe for extra tender beef fajitas with SA Live. A different cut of meat will make these beef fajitas extra tender, Pryles said. Watch the recipe in the video above for pointers and to see a special grilling pan Pryles uses so doesnt lose any veggies to the flames. Australian by birth, Texan by choice, her cookbook, Hardcore Carnivore, has more than 100 recipes for hardcore meat lovers. More recipes by Jess Pryles:- Smoked barbacoa- Pork belly burnt ends- Everything you need for a taco platter

We’re all coping with the coronavirus outbreak in our own ways, and for some, that’s pretending that every hour of the day is happy hour. If you fall into that category, celebrity chef and all-around national treasure Ina Garten, also known as the Barefoot Contessa, has the perfect cocktail recipe for you. All you need is “good” vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, lime juice and a giant martini glass. And no, we’re not kidding when we say a giant martini glass -- just check out the video of Garten making the drink on her Instagram, below. And as Garten always says, “How easy was that?”

SAN ANTONIO – David Elder takes you inside Acadiana Cafe and Yai's Mobile Food Truck with Cinco De Mayo recipes from Food Network chef Aaron Sanchez and an easy to make biscuit recipe from Don Strange of Texas. TURN ON A LIGHTLY FLOURED SURFACE AND PAT OUT TO 3⁄4 INCH THICK, FOLD OVER AND PAT OUT AGAIN, FOLD OVER AND PAT OUT LAST TIME. CUT THE BISCUITS WITH THE SIZE OF CUTTER YOU WISH TO USE. BRUSH WITH EQUAL PARTS MELTED BUTTER, HONEY AND PEACH/JALAPENO PRESERVES WHILE HOT. SERVE WITH A SLICE OF DON STRANGE BRISKETTOTAL TIME FOR BISCUITS: PREP/TOTAL 30 MINUTESYIELD: 13 SMALL AND 8 MEDIUM BISCUITS