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Top Chef contestant and restaurateur Dale Talde joins me for Episode 305!
For Episode 305 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals, “Asian Flavors,” Top Chef contestant and Asian-American restaurateur Dale Talde shows me his secret sources in New York’s Chinatown. We shop for pulled noodles and a basket full of fresh ingredients, then come back to my home kitchen to cook up Pad Thai…
The top 5 food trends for 2013
I just returned from San Francisco where I served on a panel of trendspotters at the 38th Winter Fancy Food Show. The show is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast, with 80,000 products on display including cheeses, snacks, olive oils, vinegars, chocolate, and natural…
Grains: Which grains contain gluten?
Gluten is the name for the protein in grains. All grains contain protein that is theoretically gluten but people with celiac disease and most other gluten allergies only react to the form of gluten found in wheat (including spelt, kamut, triticale and all varieties of wheat), barley, and rye. While…
Episode 304, "I’m Cheating on You" offers quick tricks for favorite dishes!
Episode 304 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals, “I’m Cheating on You” airs this week. How does Sara get great food on the table every night with no effort at all? She cheats! Lucky for you she’ll reveal all her tricks and secrets in this episode. She’ll show you fast Sticky Buns…
Episode 303 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals takes me back to Philly!
“Philly Style,” episode 303 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals starts airing this week. I‘ll be shopping at the old Italian market with local boy celebrity chef Marc Vetri and then making two of his signature dishes with him back at my kitchen – Sal’s Old School Meatballs, and Spaghetti in Parchment…
Hope you will catch episode 302, Burgers and Fries!
“Burgers and Fries,” episode 302 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals starts airing this week around the country. I’ll be making Spanish Style Burgers, Meatloaf Burgers and Oven Fries. But first I do some research at a Philly butcher shop to find the best burger grind and then visit a Philly restaurant…
My third PBS season starts this week!
“Winter Comfort Food,” Episode 301 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals starts airing this week around the country. I’ll be making Smoky Fish Chowder and Root Vegetable Latkes, after a visit to Stone Barns Center, a sustainable farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, with my nephew Peter. This episode is my salute to…
Food Safety: Is the food coloring in Red Velvet Cake safe?
I recently got an e-mail from Alberta saying, “Years ago there was a warning about using too much of a red food dye (#4 if I remember correctly). I never made red velvet cake for my family because of this warning. Since red velvet cake has made a comeback, I…
Baked Whole Fish with Rosemary, Olive Oil, and Lemon
Fish, like meat or poultry, has more flavor when it is cooked on the bone. But many people are daunted by the prospect of cooking a whole fish because they have no idea how to fillet it. In fact, if you wait to fillet your fish until after it’s cooked,…
Just announced on GMA, my list of the top cookbooks of 2012.
I just revealed on Good Morning America my selections for the top cookbooks of 2012. Here is a link to the list and here is the video.