The topic? Food memory. There will never be another Jacques Pepin. He is one of a kind. The food world is so lucky to have him.
I will be a judge on “Beat Bobby Flay,” Episode 2005, Something’s Fishy. The show features Chef and Restaurateur Richard Blais and TV host Natalie Morales who have brought in San Antonio’s premiere Mexican Chef, Johnny Hernandez, and skilled New Jersey Chef, Coby Farrow, to help them kick Bobby out of his…
I joined Host, Margaret McSweeney, and Chef Jaime Laurita in the Viking and La Cornue Showroom for the podcast, “Kitchen Chat: Savor the Day.” Among the things we talked about was the fact that Jaime’s first television appearance was on my show, “Cooking Live.” Here is a link to the web site. Hope you will…
As spring emerges, so do the farmers markets, soon bursting with everything from endive to eggplants. Given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends consuming 2 ½ to 3 cups of vegetables per day, now is a great time to start slipping more veggies into your diet. My latest column…
Food writing is in transition from the world of print to the digital world. On April 5th and 6th I will be participating in “Food Writing Forum: Opportunities and Challenges in a Digital Age” at the New School University Center in Manhattan. Hope you will join me! You can find out…
Looking for a special trip? Come join me at the Lake Austin Spa resort, a very special place. I will be teaching a class of spring recipes on Tuesday May 14th from 2 to 3:30 pm for overnight guests. The scenery is spectacular, the classes are inspiring, and the food…
Season 8 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” is now available on Create TV. Here’s where you can find the schedule in your area.
Here’s the link to my Huffington Post interview about Sexual Harassment.
I joined Ming Tsai for Episode 1605 of “Simply Ming” which aired November 10th at 2pm on Boston’s #WGBH! Focusing on comfort food, we prepared an Alsatian Onion Tart, French Onion Apple soup and a cocktail, Gator Bait. You can find a clip and the recipes here.
Join me and sponsor Hodgson Mill on Tuesday, November 13th from 2 to 3 pm CST for a live Facebook chat discussing creative recipes for your Thanksgiving feast! Get ideas for stove top side dishes that won’t use up precious oven space. And, if you have any questions or suggestions…
On October 25th I was interviewed by Jeff Weeks on his WSRE show “Conversations with Jeff Weeks.” We discussed my experiences with Julia Child, at Gourmet Magazine, and on the Food Network as well as my books and curent PBS show. The show, which is a service of Pensacola State College, ran…
On October 19th through 21st I will be in Pensacola, Florida for WSRE’s 30th Wine and Food Classic! The event will help to support WSRE, a PBS member station, locally owned and licensed to the Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees. The weekend will include a “Walkabout Tasting” from 6…
On Wednesday, September 26th, at 4pm I was interviewed on “All in the Industry,” an internet-based radio show hosted by Shari Bayer of Bayer Public Relations on the Heritage Radio Network. It is now live 24/7 here.
On the evening of Sept. 17th, I will join Rebecca Charles of Pearl Oyster Bar and an impressive team of New York’s women chefs at Pier Sixty in Chelsea Piers to celebrate SHARE and the 15th anniversary of the tasting benefit, “A Second Helping of Life. ” We will be serving 1.2K+…
Season 8 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” has launched with Episode 801: Flavors of Tuscany. Come along as I visit Villa Dianella, a 15th century hunting lodge in Vinci, once owned by the Medicis, now owned by Veronica D’Entreves. We’re here to taste Chianti wines from the vineyard and then make a…
Season 8 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” has started. I hope you will join me as I search for tempting family recipes to share with you. I start out in Europe visiting an old villa in Tuscany, a lemon farm on the Amalfi coast, and the fairy tale Spanish village of Madremanya.…
On the evening of September 15th I was at the Junction at The Essex Culinary Resort and Spa to curate two multi-course tastings selected from my favorite fall recipes. The next day, September 16th, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm I did a demo at The Essex, Vermont’s Culinary Resort and Spa. To learn…
In August of 2018 I was interviewed by hosts Melanie Young and David Ransom on their radio show, The Connected Table Live. We talked about my career and my experiences with Julia Child, as August 15th was the anniversary of her birthday. Hope you joined us! If not, the show is…
On June 7th, I gave a speech at a fundraiser for the Rhode Island Community Kitchen sponsored by the Jacques Pépin Foundation and it was so much fun to see old buddies, a cast of thousands (of chefs). Here are my memories of the event: At left, I am with…
In “Wild at Home,” my second quarterly column for the University of Michigan alumni magazine, I interview Tama Matsuoka Won who runs a wild-food business in the New York City area. You’ll find it here.
I will be back at the Lake Austin Spa Resort on July 9th teaching a 2 pm class on Summer Soups for the guests of the spa. The menu will be Pea Buttermilk Soup with Smoked Salmon and Wasabi Peas, Cold Southwestern Cucumber, Avocado, and Corn Soup, and Three Melon…
On Thursday, June 7th, I will join Jacques Pépin for a Fund-Raising Dinner Gala celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Community Kitchen at the RI Food Bank and it’s new collaboration with the Jacques Pépin Foundation. The event will be held at the Newport Vineyards in Middletown, Rhode Island. I…
I was interviewed by Jillian Kramer for a Mother’s Day Story that appears on Food and Wine.com. You can read it here. “Even though I lost my mom about five years ago, it’s food that most reliably connects me to her today.” “I learned a lot from cooking with her,…
Here is Part 1 of the two part interview I did with Ed Levine, the founder of Serious Eats, on his podcast, Special Sauce. And, here is Part 2; the story gets juicier as I plunge headfirst into the issues women still face as chefs.