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Hope you celebrated National Veggie Burger Day on June 5th!
June 5th is annual National Veggie Burger Day and on that day, the folks at Amy’s Kitchen who created this special new food holiday on June 5th, 2016 encourage everyone to enjoy their favorite veggie patty on a bun and celebrate the positive impact plant-based veggie burgers have on us and the…
Kitchen Shrink: How can you make sure fruit pies don’t become too soggy when baked?
I got a question entitled “Soggy Fruit Pies” from Audrey, a viewer. That got my attention! She asked for my best tip for “making sure fruit pies don’t become too soggy when baked.” She particularly asked about blueberry and peach fillings. Here are my thoughts. If you are making a…
You’ll find me in Vermont on July 8th for the Fifth Annual Grafton Food Festival.
I am returning to Grafton, Vermont on July 8th to serve as Guest Chef for the Grafton Food Festival. This annual food and beverage lovers event, now in its fifth year, celebrates local food, beverage, and farms in southern Vermont. I will be doing a 12:30 pm hands-on Cooking Class (you…
Fellow Sofi Awards Judge, Jerry James Stone interviewed me and made the Paneer from “Home Cooking 101.” See his video here.
Fellow Sofi Awards Judge and Blogger, Jerry James Stone interviewed me and made the Paneer from “Home Cooking 101” (page 50). We discussed how easy it is to make homemade cheeses and all the delicious things you can make from them. You’ll find his video here.
New videos have just been added to my You Tube collection. You can find them here.
New videos from my six seasons of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” have just been added to my You Tube collection. You can find them here.
Kitchen Shrink: How do you clean burned-on fats from baking pans and keep them clean?
The other day I got a question on my web site from Aletha who is having trouble cleaning burned-on fat from a baking pan. She wondered how to clean the pan and then asked how I keep my pans clean. I’ll answer the second question first. I have had some…
I joined SFA President Phil Kafarakis to announce Sofi Awards winners. Find them here.
On April 19th at noon EST, winners of the 2017 Sofi Awards were announced from One World Observatory at the top of One World Trade Center in New York! I was one of the Judges and joined Specialty Food Association President Phil Kafarakis to announce the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and New Product Winners!…
On the Road: Here’s my Heritage Radio Interview from the Charleston Wine and Food Festival.
While I was at the Charleston Wine and Food Festival from March 3rd to 5th to do a demo and judge the biscuit battle, I was interviewed by Caity Moseman Wadler of Heritage Radio. We talked about “Home Cooking 101,” what I learned from Julia Child, and the changing food world. You can listen here.
I was recently interviewed for a “Tasting Table” article about all types of onions. Read it here.
I was recently interviewed by Andrea Strong for an article entitled “A Guide to Cooking with Every Type of Onion.” Check it out. You’ll find it here, on the “Tasting Table” web site.
Kitchen Shrink: How do you decide which cornmeal to use when a recipe doesn’t tell you?
I recently got this question from John: “Every recipe that I read that includes cornmeal never states what grind to use. How can I determine which grind to use? Should it be Coarse, Fine or Corn flour?” Until the last decade, it was very difficult to find anything but steel-ground…