Golden State Grub

Quick to make and much beloved, tacos are a staple on the weekday dinner table. Sara has her own recipe for duck tacos, then travels to Miami to learn a Cuban taco mashup with blogger Patty Ruiz – chicken vaca frita tacos. Almost a taco but just as good – Sara’s nacho pie.

Sara travels to the West Coast for some delectable California food. She visits a Sacramento farmer with his own video blog, then joins him and a local chef to make sushi two ways. In Napa, Sara discovers a book club with a difference – they only read cookbooks, and then each person makes a dish from that month’s selection. Sara makes shrimp tikka with mango chutney with one of the group’s members.

When it’s hot and muggy outside Sara keeps things cool with three recipes made without turning on the oven. First, seafood gazpacho to use all the bounty from the garden. Grilled steak tops a cool mushroom and tomato salad, and then, a refreshing watermelon screwdriver.