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Restaurateur Einat Admony showed me how to prepare the most delicious dish called Sinaya.

One of my favorite guests from “Sara’s Weeknight Meals,” is a notable New York City chef, Einat Admony, owner of several restaurants including Balaboosta (Yiddish for perfect housewife), which just reopened on July 7 – hooray!! She showed me how to prepare the most delicious dish called Sinaya, a layered…

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Carmen Medina teaches me how to make her Arroz Con Gandules and her fried plantains on my show.

When Carmen Medina came to teach me her Arroz Con Gandules on my show, I knew I liked her right away because 1. She brought her own little pot of culantro all the way on the train (a necessary ingredient for the dish). 2. She was a shrimp like me.…

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I learned how to make the best fried chicken ever at Martha Lou’s kitchen in Charleston. Learn more here.

A few years ago I learned how to make the best fried chicken ever at Martha Lou’s kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina. I checked and they are open! Marthalouskitchen.com.  If you can’t go there, check out this recipe and here is a link to the episode.

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Looking for a show stopping drink for your holiday? Look right here.

The secret to Amanda Cohen’s (of @dirtcandy) Kentucky Lemonade is 1. Roast your lemons and 2. Bourbon. And how does it get that unusual color? Well you’ll just have to check out the recipe.  

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Check out my visit with Mashama Bailey of Savannah’s The Grey.

Here’s a throwback to Episode 608, Girl Power, where I got to cook with a new star in the food world, Mashama Bailey of Savannah’s The Grey, a hot new restaurant in that city’s former Greyhound Station. Learn more here. Watch the show here.

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New Yorkers, it’s time to support your local small restaurants!

New Yorkers, you need to support your local small restaurants as they reopen. Here is Guacamole made to order, and a Mango Margarita with jalapeño (it was a rough job but someone had to drink it!), delivered, along with Fish Tacos for me and Duck Mole for The Husband, from one of…

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Just wanted to share the inspiring video of my friend Janette Beckman’s recent photos of New York’s Black Lives Matter protests.

Here is the inspiring video of my friend Janette Beckman’s recent photos of New York’s Black Lives Matter protests.  It is set to a song written and sung by José James entitled “When They See Us.”

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On Sunday, June 7th, I returned to Beat Bobby Flay as a Judge!

On Sunday, June 7th, at 10 pm ET I was one of the Judges on Beat Bobby Flay along with Michael Psilakis and Jeremy Salamon.  The Show, Episode 2 of Season 25, was called “Gives You Goosebumps,” and the star ingredient gives everyone goosebumps, including Chopped’s Scott Conant and comedic actress…

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I have been challenging myself to new baking projects and just made Gougeres from Dorie Greenspan’s recipe.

I, like you, have been challenging myself to new baking projects and here is one which made me enormously happy – Gougeres – totally addictive French cheese puffs. And it gets better – I learned from Dorie Greenspan’s recipe, gougeres can be frozen in the raw state and then just popped…

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Comfort from your Kitchen: Recipes for Pandemic Times

  Earlier in the year I shared a collection of recipes that you might find helpful during these stressful times. You can find them here as comfort can often be found in the kitchen. There are comforting soups, pantry based recipes, a variety of entrees, breads and a few easy desserts.…

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