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Food, Fashion, Flappers + Waldorf Salad
One of my favorite Substacks is “Time Travel Kitchen,” written by an old friend of mine Jolene Handy. She writes about culinary history, often focusing on Chicago, her current home town, in a most delightful way. If you need a little light, fun, informative reading embellished with some excellent…
White Bean + Greens Soup with Bread Dumplings
This tasty, hearty, soup for supper featuring ridiculously simple bread dumplings will be part of the recipe line up in “Sara’s Weeknight Meals,” Season 15 which starts airing around the country on PBS this October. I’ll let you know then where you can find it in your town. Stay tuned.
Scallion Crepes with Egg
Sneak peak at another recipe featured on “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” Season 15: Taiwanese Dian Biang (scallion crepe with egg), from my Culinary Producer, Jeannie Chen. So tasty and so easy – perfect candidate for breakfast for dinner. You must tune in to the new season which starts airing in October.
Its Cherry Blossom Season!!
Hey all you New Yorkers, you should make a point to get yourself to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the next week because the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. The Husband and I went a few days ago and it was absolutely breathtaking! https://www.bbg.org/
The Perfect Summer Cookbook!
Donna Hay’s new cookbook, “Sunshine, Lemons and Sea Salt,” lands in bookstores today, just in time for summer. It features all your favorite summer ingredients starting with lemon. If you need a distraction and want to dream about a future vacation this is the book for you. I am definitely going…
Making Hotdogs 3 Ways on Season 15
Sonoran Dogs Yes, you heard me. When I was a kid all I ate (much to my mom’s chagrin) until I was the age of 9 was hotdogs. So, when our camera guy James Ogle, a true hotdog maven, started waxing poetic about this American classic treat, I enlisted him…
The Tasting Table Did a “Whatever Happened to Sara Moulton” Post
Me in 2013 at the 20th anniversary of The Food Network, photo by Bill Adler They did a very nice job listing my activities since I left the Food Network in 2005 (two minor corrections though: I started at the Food Network on April 2, 1996, not 1997 and…
Here’s My Set For Season 15!
I just got back from shooting 8 new segments on board my cruise ship set in the Caribbean. Did I see much of the Caribbean? Heck no. Did we get some great work done? Absolutely. Here is the dream team I worked with: From left to right: Dave Ryan, our…
Red-Wine Braised Beef Brisket with Aunt Rifka’s Flying Discs
My husband Bill has been telling me about his aunt Rifka and her asbestos hands for as long as we’ve known each other. He claims there was no pot so hot she couldn’t pick it up barehanded. (This amazing ability seems just slightly less amazing to me since I went…
We’ve Started Shooting Season 15!
We’ve actually already shot 8 recipes for “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” Season 15. Here’s a Portuguese recipe – Shrimp Piri Piri adapted from The Food of Portugal by my mentor and friend Jean Anderson. I made both the hot sauce that is ubiquitous in Portugal and a shrimp dish that gets…