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Stuffed Strawberries
I’m a big fan of the wonderful Italian pastry called cannoli – especially the filling of fresh ricotta, candied zest and chocolate. My dessert swaps the cannoli’s crunchy cylinder of deep-fried dough for a large succulent strawberry. I’ve also replaced the ricotta in the filling with low-fat cream cheese, because…
Spaetzle Primavera
Start to finish: 1 hour (30 active) Servings: 4-6 ½ teaspoon kosher salt plus extra for salting the water 1 pound asparagus 1 pound shelled fresh or defrosted frozen peas 8 ounces assorted whole mushrooms, halved or quartered, if large 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 cups chicken or vegetable…
We Have Started Shooting Season 14!
Here I am on the new set of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals.” We shot 8 new segments that will start airing in the fall. Stay tuned!
Milk Street Radio: Behind the Scenes of Top Chef
We get real with Top Chef host Kristen Kish. She speaks out about her career, her show and what bugs her most about restaurant goers. Also on the show—we chat with Reya Hart about eating and traveling on tour with her father, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart; Kim Severson…
Lydia Shire: My Very First Culinary Mentor
Last week I was in Cambridge, MA, for a dinner at the Harvest Restaurant to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Harvest was the first restaurant I ever worked at, right out of cooking school and I was lucky to get a nightly one on one tutorial from the chef at that…
Milk Street Radio: Lidia Bastianich Hotline
Lidia Bastianich joins Christopher Kimball to answer our listeners’ Italian cooking questions—from the best recipe for ravioli to tips for avoiding soggy lasagne. Plus, The Great British Bake Off’s Giuseppe Dell’Anno shares the joys of Italian baking, from cannoli cake to sfogliatelle; culinary guide Arianna Pasquini takes us on a…
Mashama Bailey – The Chef of The Grey in Savannah
The other night I watched “Chef’s Table” on Netflix for the first time, and the episode I picked was about Mashama Bailey, the chef and co-owner of two iconic restaurants in Savannah Georgia – The Grey, and the Grey Market. It is a lovely episode. Mashama won the title of…
Strawberries Baked Alaska
This recipe celebrates one of the first – and sweetest — harbingers of spring: local strawberries. Sure, the supermarket offers strawberries all year ‘round, but the gems that are grown locally and show up in season boast way more flavor than their cousins from the other side of the world. …
Milk Street Radio – The Perfect Cup: Great Homemade Coffee
YouTube coffee expert James Hoffmann shares the best, worst and weirdest coffee in the world—from his tried-and-true recipe for the ultimate cup at home to the time he tasted 70-year-old beans in Japan. Plus, Don and Petie Kladstrup tell us the story of the man who taught America to love…
The Carlsbad Cookbook Group Featured My Cookbook!
They call it “The Cook the Books! Cookbook Group.” They pick a cookbook and then everyone chooses a recipe from the book to bring to a potluck held at the Carlstadt library in New Jersey. I’m honored they picked “Home Cooking 101,” Look at the all the dishes they made!!