An American Celebration

(cheerful patriotic music)

Hi, I'm Tanya Steel.

Welcome to Epicurious' guide

to summer entertaining.

Today, we are having a patriotic menu,

a celebratory American menu.

I've got my friend here,

entertaining expert Gina Provenzano.

Gina, thank you so much

for doing what is a very festive table.

It is, it's very patriotic.

We've kind of created

a classic American menu here.

We've got grilled chicken breast

which has been marinated in beer

and soy sauce and cilantro.

And we're serving it with a corn salsa,

which has got red onions and red bell peppers.

Then, I always love

to serve grilled corn on the cob

with chicken.

The other thing I love doing

is always serving chicken and corn

with potato salad.

It's pretty. It's basically

red, white and blue.

It's got red bliss potatoes

and purple potatoes

and white potatoes, obviously.

I always like to do something

that's kind of a showstopper,

so we've got a red, white and blue

strawberry angel food trifle.

And it's got Greek yogurt

and just some angel food cake

that you buy at the store.

So this is a fantastic recipe

to have in your arsenal.

You can always kind of pull this together

at the last minute.

I love what you've done with this table.

I don't think that people need

to buy into the whole stars and stripes.

If you get things that are red and white,

like these paisley napkins,

you can use them again and again

and not just for the holidays.

The centerpiece idea,

it's just white rice

and we dyed it red and blue.

You can put candles in it

or dollar store flags.

It's just a really way to

show your patriotism. I see.

Well, another way to show your patriotism

is by having a red, white and blue sangria.

I say cheers to you

for making such a beautiful table.

And to you for making great food.

(wine glasses clink) Ah, thanks.