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Grilled Caesar Salad Steak
Let’s say you wanted to land a luxurious rib-eye steak at the center of your Fourth of July picnic, but worried about being able to afford it. Here’s a simple way to make it happen: Instead of serving every guest a huge slab of steak, slice up a smaller portion,…
An Amazing Restaurant/Inn in Turkey!
I just shot a segment for season 14 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals,” with Damla Ugurtas, the chef/owner of this spectacular place in a little town called Caferli near Kusadasi Turkey. As Damla says on her website: “We like to call ourselves; a ‘Village Restaurant’ with rooms, cooking Mediterranean dishes with…
Stuffed Fried Zucchini Blossoms
Zucchini are marquee items at your grocery stores right about now, but zucchini blossoms – which are generally not for sale at a standard grocery — are a different story. So this recipe is aimed at home gardeners, who know two things for sure. First, like caterpillars to a butterfly,…
Leftover Chops Turned into Spinach Feta Burgers with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
Leftovers! Some folks love them, others happily scrape them into the trash. Me, I’m on the love team. Leftovers speak to me. I’d always rather start a meal with a fridge full of tasty bits of this and that than have to confront a blank canvas of raw…
Lunch in Malta!
Took a day off from shooting season 14 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals,” to go to a lovely little fishing village, Marsaxlok, on Malta, that had these wonderful colorful boats floating everywhere in the harbor. I got to see a local chef cut up a whole swordfish and sampled the best…
Had Lunch at Cafe Cluny in The West Village
A blast from the past! I worked there in the late seventies for my girlfriend Sandy Gluck, a very talented chef. She offered me a job as her sous chef when I first came to New York City. Only then it was called Cafe New Amsterdam. It was a cozy…
Five Ingredient Cheesy Pork Steaks
The appeal of a dish consisting of just five ingredients is pretty obvious – it’s easy to make and it takes almost no time at all to land on the table. Even so, it helps to start with a quick-cooking and naturally tender protein such as the pork tenderloin at…
Smoked Salmon, Hearts of Palm and Watercress Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
This recipe works because the richness of the salmon is beautifully offset by the pepperiness of the watercress, the heat of the chiles, and the acidity of the lemon and buttermilk. Makes 4 servings Hands-on time: 30 minutes Total preparation time: 30 minutes 2 large hard boiled eggs 6 small…
Here I Am with My Stellar Crew!
On one of the many nights we took a break from shooting season 14 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals.” You can see that we know how to have a good time! From left to right: Jeannie Chen (culinary producer), me, Dave Ryan (sound), Natalie (producer), James Ogle (camera), Srael Boruchin (DOP).
Stuffed Strawberries
I’m a big fan of the wonderful Italian pastry called cannoli – especially the filling of fresh ricotta, candied zest and chocolate. My dessert swaps the cannoli’s crunchy cylinder of deep-fried dough for a large succulent strawberry. I’ve also replaced the ricotta in the filling with low-fat cream cheese, because…