Chasing Stars

Sarah and Doug
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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.

  1. 4d ago

    Freaky Tiki: a taste of where exactly?

    In this episode... On this weeks episode, Doug and Sarah get nice and tropical in true tiki fashion - by getting drunk on the pavement in Hollywood while trying to avoid getting run over by Howard Hughes. Tune in to see how much of this is true! “Tiki Cocktails: The Sumatra Kula.” Putney Farm, 12 Apr. 2012. Johnson & Wales University. Historic Restaurant Menus Collection. ScholarsArchive@JWU. Miller, Bryan. “Tiki Is Back.” The New York Times, 28 Nov. 2007. “Cocktail Recipes A–Z.” The Atomic Grog. “About Us.” Don the Beachcomber (archived 25 Apr. 2016). O’Neill, Jessica. “There’s More to Classic Tiki Than Just Kitsch.” Smithsonian Magazine, 2017. “Inside Howard Hughes’ Serious 1936 Car Accident.” Grunge, 2022. “Stoumen v. Reilly.” Wikipedia. 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

    44 min

  2. Jun 26 ·  Bonus

    Bonus Salad!? What the heck is a salad?

    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

    5 min

  3. Jun 26

    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

    1h 17m

  4. Jun 19

    Ice cream - tarred and hayed

    In this episode... Yeah, you read that right. We are making ice cream from two very unusual ingredients - but that's kinda what cooking Michelin food is about, right? Join us on an episode of unusual tastes that shock the taste buds. Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnâmesi (Evliya Çelebi’s Book of Travels). Vol. 10. Archive.org, n.d. “Finns Eat Tar: The Strangest Finnish Ingredient.” Big in Finland, n.d. “Ice Cream: Is There a Legal Definition?” Lawshun, n.d. “Inside Scoop: The 2,500‑Year History of Ice Cream.” Down to Earth, n.d. “Terva Leijona (Finnish Tar Candy).” Atlas Obscura, n.d. University of California Press. Ice Cream: Chapter 1 (PDF excerpt), 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

    1h 5m

  5. Jun 17 ·  Bonus

    Interview with Steensma Creamery

    Join Sarah and Doug for a special bonus episode featuring a behind-the-scenes tour of Steensma Creamery and Farm in Lynden, Washington. We recently featured Steensma’s skyr in our Skyr Panna Cotta episode, and now we’re taking you straight to the source to learn more about the farm, the creamery, and the people behind it. Steensma Creamery Whatcom This Whey Steensma Facebook 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

    1h 43m

  6. Jun 12

    Skyr Panna Cotta: A little taste of heaven

    In this episode... Looking for something extra special to serve up over summer? Sarah and Doug join with the team at Steensma Creamery to make a deliciously creamy and flexible dessert that is an instant classic. Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to Food. 2nd ed., edited by Tom Jaine, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 574. Isin, Mary. Sherbet and Spice: The Complete Story of Turkish Sweets and Desserts. I.B. Tauris, 2013. Ossa. [Work unspecified], 2007, p. 71. “The Arab origin of blanc manger is well documented.” “Blancmanger: A Culinary History.” Hertzmann.com, 2003. “Blancmanger (Hwit Moos).” Medieval Cuisine, n.d. “Blancmanger in Medieval Texts.” Gode Cookery, n.d. Le Ménagier de Paris. Project Gutenberg, n.d. Le Viandier de Taillevent. HathiTrust Digital Library, 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

    36 min

  7. Jun 5

    Meatloaf: you took the food right outta my mouth

    In this episode... Doug and Sarah make a classic dish… but is it an American classic? A German classic? An Austrian classic? A Polish classic? A… I think you get the point. Listen to find out! A Meatloaf in Every Oven: Two Chatty Cooks, One Iconic Dish and Dozens of Recipes—from Mom’s to Mario Batali’s. By Frank Bruni and Jennifer Steinhauer, Ecco, 2017. “Die Österreichische Küche.” 1910. Kurlansky, Mark. Salt: A World History. Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002, p. 73. “Pass the Garum.” Pass the Garum, n.d. “The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.” Glasse, Hannah, 1747. “The Fall of the Roman Empire: When Did It Happen?” Antigone Journal, 2024. 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

    54 min

  8. May 29

    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
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4.9
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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.

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  • Creator
    Sarah and Doug
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    73
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Chasing Stars LLC
  • Show Website
    Chasing Stars