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The Gilda Pintxo
When I was visiting Bilbao, Spain back in May, the two members of a local gastronomy club who were teaching me to how to make Poulet Basque started my mouth watering with a serving of some Gilda pintxo, the Basque country’s most famous appetizer. This iconic San Sebastián bar snack,…
Bordeaux at Sunset
I was so lucky to spend two days in Bordeaux while shooting my show in Europe in May. We were on an Oceania cruise (full disclosure Oceania is a sponsor of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals”) and able to dock right in the downtown area. We all fell in love with the…
Puzzle Therapy
In the middle of these rough times, I’ve found that puzzling is one of the most distracting, calming things I can do. It gives me a sense of control at a time when I feel confounded by the global chaos. I stick to 500-piece puzzles because the 1000-plus versions are…
Come Join Me!
Come join me next June for a 14-day London-to-London cruise on Marina, one of Oceania’s beautiful ships: https://tinyurl.com/y3ekaddd. Our stops will include Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Talinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Berlin. I’ll be planning a few of the evenings’ menus, joining guests on several shore excursions, doing a demo, hosting a…
My Window Boxes
For years I’ve been planting bright red geraniums in the 3 large window boxes in my NYC apartment and they were lovely; the bright red popped. But this year I decided to try something different – pollinating plants. Here I have Lantana, Calibrochoa, Petchoa and Cuphea. I haven’t seen a…
Look What Else I Discovered at the Fancy Food Show!
I found Indian spice mixes formulated by Barkha Cardoz, the widow of the very talented chef, Floyd Cardoz at the Burlap & Barrel booth. She gave me a little taste of her Chat Masala, a lovely, citrusy, lightly- salted mix and it inspired me to go home and order 4…
Cheeseburgers Steamed in Beer!
photo by Jessica Leibowitz My first official cooking job was in the mid 70’s at a bar in Ann Arbor Michigan (where I went to college) called the Del Rio. The most famous item on the menu, invented by a bored cook one slow day, was a burger called the…
Cooking with the Locals on Guernsey Island
In May, when I was shooting Season 15 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals,” our last stop was Guernsey Island where I learned how to make a Bean Jar, a local specialty consisting of beans and pork layered and cooked low and slow for hours. Ours, was delicious. The Guernsey butter was…
I Discovered a New Spice Company!
Last week at the Fancy Food Show here in New York City I was delighted to find a new spice line called “Healthy on You.” It consists of organic, fresh spice and salt blends developed by Samantha Binkley who uses them in her cooking classes to add flavor when eliminating…
Cheese Curds
When I visited the Alluitz Natura, a sheep farm in Basque Country, Spain, they showed me how they make cheese curds from the sheep milk. It is a very simple process. The curds are usually served as a snack or dessert with honey. The taste of the curds is unique…