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Learn more about stir frying from Grace Young. I did!
Nobody is as expert at stir frying as my buddy, Grace Young, the Stir Fry Guru. I was lucky to learn the basics from her several years ago on season four of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” We made this delicious Chinese Burmese Chili Chicken. Are you scared of stir frying? You must…
Dale Talde’s Angry Chicken was one of most popular recipes ever on my show.
One of the most popular recipes ever on “Sara’s Weeknight Meals,” was Dale Talde’s Angry Chicken (fair warning – there is a bit of heat in there). You can find the recipe here. You probably know Dale from Top Chef and perhaps his many restaurants. His newest venture is actually open (in a safe way),…
This dish from Top Chef winner Hung Huynh will be the perfect choice for a hot evening.
Here is the perfect light summer grilled dish from many time Top Chef winner Hung Huynh, who was my guest on season five of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” – Grilled Shrimp and Lettuce Wraps. You can find the recipe here and watch the show here.
My fall 2020 article for the U of M alumni magazine introduces you to the folks who set up the NYC Queens Night Market and wrote the cookbook about it.
Here’s my fall 2020 article for the U of M alumni magazine – an interview with the folks who set up the NYC Queens Night Market and wrote the cookbook that celebrates it. There’s no market this year due to the pandemic, but you will get the flavor and recipes from…
I discover Brazilian food with cookbook author and chef, Leticia Moreinos Schwartz.
Way back in season 3 of Sara’s Weeknight Meals, I got together with a Brazilian cookbook author and chef, Leticia Moreinos Schwartz, first to taste and learn about some of the iconic dishes of Brazil and then to shop for the essential ingredients – dende oil, salt cod, and a…
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…
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.…
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.
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.
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.