Announcements
It is almost time to enter the Create Cooking Challenge
And I am a judge!!!! Create is looking for our next culinary star! The Create Cooking Challenge is back, and this year’s theme is Easy Peasy. Show us your best recipe with six ingredients or less The Challenge is a contest open to lay and professional chefs to create…
If you want a box of gorgeous tasty produce delivered to your door, you must check out this new opportunity.
The Chefs Garden, a huge farm in Huron, Ohio, has been supplying chefs around the country with delicious produce for many years. Now that most restaurants are closed and produce is sitting in the field, Lee Jones, the founder of chef’s garden (a friend, and a guest many years ago…
Here’s a peek at my new book; it arrives on March 8th but can be preordered now.
If you would like a sneak peek at some of the recipes from my new book, “Sara Moulton’s Home Cooking 101: How to Make Everything Taste Better,” that is coming out on March 8th, keep an eye right here. Each week we will feature one of the recipes from the book…
Season 12 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” Starts Airing in October!
In Episode 5 I will be making Tagliatelle Con Crema di Parmigiana Passata, a very tasty pasta dish, with Chef Carlo Casoni in the region of Parma. Be on the lookout for my new season which starts airing on your local public tv station in October.
Rice Puppies
Who’d like a rice puppy? Here’s how to prepare this crispy treat (from rice farmer Eric Vaught, who I cooked with in episode 705 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals). 1 cup long grain white rice 2 cups water 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cayenne 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper 1…
Last Sunday, Easter, I splurged on oysters for the family and am so proud of myself for finding just the right platter to put them on.
Last Sunday, Easter, I splurged on oysters for the family and am so proud of myself for finding just the right platter to put them on: I dusted off some artichoke plates I use maybe once or twice a year (artichokes are expensive! but then again so are oysters…) Anyway,…
A look at Grove Court in NYC where my grandfather once lived.
Here is a cozy spot tucked away in Greenwich Village – Grove Court. My artsy grandfather lived there for a short while when I was a kid. I loved visiting him there. The downstairs bathroom was entered through a door in the bookshelf. Everything was sort of small, maybe that…
Sara’s Weeknight Meals will now be aired on Hungry TV!
I will be joining Pati Jinich, Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pepin among others on Hungry, a new streaming tv channel dedicated to food and cooking. Find out more here: https://www.hungry.live/channel
Restoring my Mom’s childhood dollhouse.
A little while back I posted on Facebook and Instagram about my latest art project: the restoration of my Mom’s childhood dollhouse discovered in the attic at the family farm. At the time I noted that I was relieved not to find a family of chipmunks inside as the farm attic…
Several years ago my husband wrote a story for Smithsonian Magazine celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Kurtis Blow’s “Christmas Rappin’.” More here.
Back in the Eighties, The Husband was the director of publicity for Def Jam Recordings and Rush Artist Management. Several years ago he wrote a story for Smithsonian Magazine celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Kurtis Blow’s “Christmas Rappin’.” In 2020 Music Arkives published an expanded version of…
September 6th is a very special day at our house.
I married this guy on September 6th forty-two years ago. Here we are on our second anniversary in 1982. One thing is still true: life is not dull with Bill Adler.
Jacques Pepin is teaching a course on the cooking website, Rouxbe! The next session starts in September.
Who is the greatest culinary technician on the planet? Who can cut up a whole chicken in 20 seconds and make it look easy? Jacques Pepin! and now you too can learn from the great man himself. The course is called “Jacques Pépin: A Legacy of Technique.” A collaboration with @rouxbe,…
Asparagus is tastier if you buy it locally and in season.
Even though you can buy asparagus from South America out of season, I think of this versatile vegetable as a sign of spring. Asparagus is tastier if you buy it locally and in season. All the thicknesses are fine with me – from pencil-thin spears to thick stalks. However, I…
Holiday eggs we decorated years ago.
Happy Easter! In 2020 as the pandemic started, I posted this picture with the note “every year I pull out these eggs we decorated years ago and they make me happy, especially this year.” We are not out of this yet, and we all have to work hard to get…
A new series on Julia Child is premiering today. Learn more here.
Today on @hbomax, a new series on Julia Child is premiering! I, for one, will be curled up with a glass of wine and perhaps some French cheese in front of the screen. I hope you will all join me. Find it here.
On Monday, March 14th I was on the @rachaelrayshow.
I demonstrated 3 unusual ways to use everyday sandwich bread; my favorite kind of cheating recipes. You can find them here. . . Spring Soup with Bread Dumplings, Lemony Pear Turnovers and Shortcut Mushroom Rolls.
Olympics, Pro Bowl, Super Bowl: Here’s my Celebration Cookbook!
About this time each year, as Super Bowl Sunday is almost here, I get requests from viewers who need last minute help finding crowd friendly party recipes so I create a collection of some of my favorites. This February is an extra specially big event month with the Olympics starting…
My dear friend Grace Young reminds us why America’s Chinatowns matter.
Chinatowns are struggling to survive and my dear friend Grace Young is reminding Americans why they matter. I was fortunate to contribute to this piece. Author Kristen Hartke included a paywall free link for those who don’t already subscribe to the Washington Post. Find it at #LoveAAPI (but please do…
Need a gift idea for the foodie in your family?
Well, how about a subscription to the online series of short cooking videos called Cook with Jacques Pépin & Friends? Volume 3 is just out with 50 new recipes. The teachers in this series are all accomplished chefs and friends of Jacques Pepin. It is a gift guaranteed to improve any budding…
My mom’s dollhouse all decked out for Christmas!
Sending good thoughts to everyone during this crazy time we are in. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Now, here is a splendid sweet idea for New Years!
Ok, so now you are all set for Christmas, let’s focus on what delicious things we might want to eat on New Years and here is a splendid sweet idea: cookies from the Salty Heifer, one of my favorite cookie places. I mean how can you resist something called the…
Hey New Yorkers! If you still need stocking stuffers, here is the place to find them!
Still looking for stocking stuffers? If you live in New York City do I have the place for you! KK discount at 78 Mulberry Street. Look what I picked up there during a recent visit. They have EVERYTHING and at a spectacular price. (wondering what that tool is on the…
Looking for a unique holiday gift for your food friends? Look here.
Here is the perfect affordable unique holiday gift for your food friends – spice mixes from Airis Johnson. She made the best jambalaya I had ever tasted. The secret? Her Cajun Spice blend. Now you too can make the perfect jambalaya.
Oh the places you will go, and the food you will eat on an Oceania cruise!
Oh the places you will go – and the food you will eat – not to mention the pastries made fresh every day – on an Oceania cruise. And the cooking classes offered are simply amazing. I can’t wait to get back on board in the new year!! Thank you…