Season 4

Kardea Brown is whipping up a tasty brunch that has a spicy twist inspired by New Orleans; Kardea makes a cheesy Creole breakfast skillet with andouille sausage and shrimp covered in a creamy Creole sauce with a colorful Mardi Gras salad on the side.

Kardea makes a double patty veggie burger with a special sauce that goes perfectly with oven-baked onion rings; she also makes a baked apple hand pie and chocolate fro-yo shake for dessert.

A special Southern dinner; the menu includes fried pork chops with homemade table gravy and rainbow rice pilaf; for dessert, Kardea bakes up a red velvet sheet cake.

Kardea cooks up her cousin's favorite restaurant meal; sea island beer-steamed mussels; penne with sausage and greens; homemade molten chocolate cakes.

Kardea celebrates her mom's big day with her mom's favorite Tex-Mex meal; carne asada chimichangas; brown butter cake with a Mexican hot chocolate ganache.

Kardea Brown makes a fancy, light lunch for her friend Nancy Fuller; the menu includes an assortment of Southern tea sandwiches; a low-country charcuterie board featuring buffalo blue pimento cheese; key lime pie tartlets.

Kardea Brown invites her brothers and their kids over for the big game; the tailgating menu includes surf and turf cheesesteaks, grilled bratwursts with caramelized onions on pretzel buns and a grilled s'mores skillet for dessert.

Kardea Brown invites her girlfriends over to enjoy a chocolate-inspired dinner, starting with chipotle cocoa-rubbed salmon; mac and cheese in a cream garlic sauce; cherry jam devil's food cake for dessert.

Kardea Brown makes some comfort classics for her friends, including maple BBQ chicken and sweet potato waffles with fried green tomatoes; for dessert, Kardea bakes espresso brownies with a mocha ganache that will keep the party warm and cozy.

Kardea Brown treats her friend to some Southern home cooking; the meal includes lemon and garlic baked chicken, country wild rice with sausage and collard greens with tomatoes; for dessert, Kardea makes upside down peach cornbread cake.

Kardea Brown hosts a traditional Southern fish fry for a fundraiser to benefit the Hutchinson House; the dinner features fried cornmeal-crusted catfish and loaded baked potato salad; for dessert, Kardea bakes an old-fashioned lemon buttermilk pie.

Kardea Brown sets up carnival games and fair food in the backyard; Kardea makes low-country seafood nachos, mini corn dog muffins, funnel cake bites topped with strawberry sauce, and chocolate-dipped frozen bananas on a stick.

Kardea Brown cooks up a fresh veggie and herb-inspired meal; veggie soul rolls stuffed with collard greens, carrots, cabbage and rice; she grills lamb chops with a mint pesto and makes a no-bake Carolina Mud Pie.