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Fried Chicken Salad

Makes 4 servings Hands-on time: 15 minutes Total preparation time: 40 minutes The chicken in this salad isn’t really fried. It’s soaked in buttermilk, breaded, and sauteed. It is, however, evocative of fried chicken. It’s juicy. It’s crispy. It’s delicious – and it’s much less caloric than actual fried chicken. I learned…

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Blog: Meringue Issues

Normally I would have posted this in the kitchen shrink part of my website but I thought the topic of weepy meringues was such a burning issue that I should feature it as a blog entry. The answer comes from one of my good buddies and an important mentor, Jean…

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Fellow Sofi Awards Judge, Jerry James Stone interviewed me and made the Paneer from “Home Cooking 101.” See his video here.

Fellow Sofi Awards Judge and Blogger, Jerry James Stone interviewed me and made the Paneer from “Home Cooking 101” (page 50). We discussed how easy it is to make homemade cheeses and all the delicious things you can make from them. You’ll find his  video here.

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Crab Soup

Serves 4 to 6 5 tablespoons unsalted butter ½ cup finely chopped onion ½ cup finely chopped celery ½ pound cooked crabmeat (the church ladies use canned) 2 ½ cups whole milk, divided 2 cups heavy cream 2 cups half and half ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce or to taste ¼…

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New videos have just been added to my You Tube collection. You can find them here.

New videos from my six seasons of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” have just been added to my You Tube collection. You can find them here.

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Kitchen Shrink: How do you clean burned-on fats from baking pans and keep them clean?

The other day I got a question on my web site from Aletha who is having trouble cleaning burned-on fat from a baking pan. She wondered how to clean the pan and then asked how I keep my pans clean. I’ll answer the second question first. I have had some…

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I joined SFA President Phil Kafarakis to announce Sofi Awards winners. Find them here.

On April 19th at noon EST, winners of the 2017 Sofi Awards were announced from One World Observatory at the top of One World Trade Center in New York! I was one of the Judges and joined Specialty Food Association President Phil Kafarakis to announce the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and New Product Winners!…

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On the Road: Here’s my Heritage Radio Interview from the Charleston Wine and Food Festival.

While I was at the Charleston Wine and Food Festival from March 3rd to 5th to do a demo and judge the biscuit battle, I was interviewed by Caity Moseman Wadler of Heritage Radio. We talked about “Home Cooking 101,” what I learned from Julia Child, and the changing food world. You can listen here.

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Lamb Yiouvesti

Makes 6 servings Hands-on-time: 30 minutes Total preparation time: 1 1/2 hours 18 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped 3 stalks celery, coarsely chopped 2 medium carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 parsnips, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 all-purpose potatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 sweet onions, coarsely chopped Extra virgin olive oil 6 lamb…

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Vegetarian Yemista

Makes 5 servings Hands-on-time: 30 minutes Total preparation time: 45 minutes 4 cups short grain white rice 5 Beefsteak tomatoes 5 yellow bell peppers 5 eight-ball squash Extra virgin olive oil 1 1/2 cups cauliflower florets 1 medium sweet onion, chopped 8 porcini mushrooms, chopped 1 medium carrot, chopped 1 stalk celery stalk,…

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