Chasing Stars

Sarah and Doug

Welcome to Chasing Stars where two home cooks pursue Michelin glory. Join hosts Sarah & Doug for an adult comedy cooking podcast featuring two dorks in a kitchen.

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    Salad!? What the heck is a salad?

    In this episode... In this weeks episode we get to try and figure out what a salad actually is - a task that is harder than you'd think... anyway, join us in the kitchen as we work our way through a lot of different elements. Will we make the perfect salad? Tune in the find out! Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 6. “When Was the First Salad Made?” Meemaw’s Recipes. “Excavation in Ancient Babylon Uncovers 478 Artifacts.” Archaeology Magazine, 2024. “Salads.” The Food Timeline. Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, vol. 6, pt. 1.1. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Dalby, Andrew. Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. University of Chicago Press. Apicius. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome. Translated by Joseph Dommers Vehling, Project Gutenberg, 2005. “Cook a Classical Feast: Nine Recipes from Ancient Greece and Rome.” The British Museum. Aldrovandi, Ulisse. Lettere a Ulisse Aldrovandi. Open Library. Helewyse. “Salads.” MedievalCookery.com. “Salad, Yes—but with 3 Michelin Stars: The Burrata and Citrus Recipe by Mauro Colagreco.” Reporter Gourmet. Send us Fan Mail Hosts: Sarah Davis & Doug Right Producer: Will Ellesson Audio Consultant: Ben Staub Cover Art: Matt Laverty Music: jonworthymusic/Salty, Sugar, Sweet - Instrumental/Tribe of Noise Please support the creators whose work we are attempting to reproduce.  The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are entirely our own and do not reflect the greater Chasing Stars team. Please like, follow, and share. Thanks again for listening. Website: Welcome to Chasing Stars Facebook: Chasing Stars Podcast Instagram: welcometochasingstars BlueSky: @chasingstarspod.bsky.social Email: contact@welcometochasingstars.com

    1 h 17 min
  2. 29 mai

    Tej: Ethiopian Honey Wine

    In this episode... Sarah and Doug enter the world of brewing and create Tej - a beverage from Ethiopia made from honey and an unusual ingredient… Kloman, Harry. Mesob Across America: Ethiopian Food in the U.S.A. iUniverse, 2010. “Tej Recipe: Ethiopian Honey Wine — Africa’s Ancient Mead Tradition.” Figaro Shakes, n.d. “What Is Tej? Ethiopia’s Traditional Honey Wine.” Science Insights, n.d. “Some Traditional Alcoholic Beverages and Their Importance in Indigenous African Communities.” Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, Cambridge University Press, n.d. Abegaz, K. et al. “Traditional Fermented Beverages of Ethiopia and Their Microbiota.” Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 11, 2020. The Kebra Nagast (Ethiopia, c. 1300s). LibreTexts Humanities, n.d. “Tej Bet: Ethiopia’s Honey Wine Houses.” Explore Parts Unknown, n.d. “Honey Wine in Ethiopia.” Spice by Alibaba, n.d. Send us Fan Mail Hosts: Sarah Davis & Doug Right Producer: Will Ellesson Audio Consultant: Ben Staub Cover Art: Matt Laverty Music: jonworthymusic/Salty, Sugar, Sweet - Instrumental/Tribe of Noise Please support the creators whose work we are attempting to reproduce.  The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are entirely our own and do not reflect the greater Chasing Stars team. Please like, follow, and share. Thanks again for listening. Website: Welcome to Chasing Stars Facebook: Chasing Stars Podcast Instagram: welcometochasingstars BlueSky: @chasingstarspod.bsky.social Email: contact@welcometochasingstars.com

    51 min
  3. 22 mai

    Hot Iced Tea: a scientific approach to cooking

    In this episode... Hot tea and cold tea existing in the one teacup? Join Sarah and Doug as they delve into modern cookery and techniques while playing with molecular gastronomy.  Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. 1747. Martin, T. “The Experimental Researches of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.” Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Science, vol. 1, no. 6, 1951, pp. 144–158. “Papain: A Review of Its Biochemical and Food Applications.” National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2023. Rumford, Benjamin, Count of. “Essay X: On the Construction of Kitchen Fire‑Places and Kitchen Utensils…” Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, vol. 3, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. “Rumford’s Kitchen Experiments.” Curious Cook (archived), 2010. “The Philosopher’s Stove.” Science History Institute, n.d. “The Recipes Project: Rumford’s Kitchen.” The Recipes Project, 2023. The Whole Duty of a Woman. 1737. “The Secret Life of Pizza.” The Guardian, 10 Dec. 2006. Send us Fan Mail Hosts: Sarah Davis & Doug Right Producer: Will Ellesson Audio Consultant: Ben Staub Cover Art: Matt Laverty Music: jonworthymusic/Salty, Sugar, Sweet - Instrumental/Tribe of Noise Please support the creators whose work we are attempting to reproduce.  The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are entirely our own and do not reflect the greater Chasing Stars team. Please like, follow, and share. Thanks again for listening. Website: Welcome to Chasing Stars Facebook: Chasing Stars Podcast Instagram: welcometochasingstars BlueSky: @chasingstarspod.bsky.social Email: contact@welcometochasingstars.com

    53 min

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Welcome to Chasing Stars where two home cooks pursue Michelin glory. Join hosts Sarah & Doug for an adult comedy cooking podcast featuring two dorks in a kitchen.