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. 5d ago

    Christmas in July: Mincemeat

    In this episode... It's this years Christmas in July episode and we are going medieval with a dish that needs to be made in two parts. So join us as we talk about the history of mincemeat and by extention meat pies and then join the ardious wait until the end of the year... “Mincemeat, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, n.d. “Barmakiyya: A Savory Double‑Crusted Meat Pie.” The Andalusi Kitchen, 2 Feb. 2026. Macdonald, Rory. “Mince Pie.” Institute of Culinary Education, n.d. “Why Do We Eat Mince Pies?” BBC News, 6 Apr. 2012. Simmons, Amelia. American Cookery. 1796. Archive.org edition. Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery for Private Families. 1845. Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. 1861. “Mince Pie Recipe.” Great British Chefs, 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

  2. Jul 17

    Super Sneaky Sushi

    In this episode... Doug's love of Sushi knows no bounds, but Sarah's vegetarianism is a bit of a barrier. Enter Nobu and his delicious solution with a very interesting technique. Join us this week as there's definitely something fishy going on... Nippon.com. “Why Was Sushi Invented?” Nippon.com, 2020. Bryant, Anthony J. “Chapter 20: Rice.” Sengoku Daimyo, sengokudaimyo.com. Kim, Elise Hu. “How the Desperate Norwegian Salmon Industry Created a Sushi Staple.” NPR, 18 Sept. 2015. Hepburn, James Curtis. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary. Archive.org, 1886. Chabria, Anita. “L.A. Sushi History Began at Little Tokyo Restaurant.” Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023. Michelin Guide. “How Sushi Took Over America.” Michelin Guide, 2023. School Night Vegan. “Vegan Salmon.” School Night Vegan, 2023. Horowitz, Will. “Watermelon Ham.” The New York Times Cooking, 2020. 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

  3. Jul 10

    Gobi Manchurian: great balls of China?

    In this episode... You know we love weird food and this is a weird one. How do make a Chinese and Indian cross over dish? How do you elevate it? Oh - and did we mention it's cauliflower? Yeah, how do you make THAT tasty? Tune in to find out! “Recipe: Colonel Tso’s Cauliflower (Babu Ji Gobi Manchurian).” Michelin Guide. “Horn Please, Pinki Ji, Don’t Tell Aunty: How Jessi Singh Turned Indian Dining into a Global Party.” Global Indian. Schneider, Aviva. “Babu Ji Lawsuit Settled for Cash.” Eater NY, 3 Oct. 2016. Sutton, Kelsey. “Babu Ji Wage Lawsuit Settlement.” Eater NY, 7 July 2017. “Babu Ji NYC Closes.” SFist, 2 Mar. 2017. Pliny the Elder. Natural History. Archive.org. “History of Cauliflower.” Simplify Gardening. “Review: Cauliflower in Early Modern Europe.” JSTOR. Dixit, Neha. “From Gobi Aloo to Gobi Manchurian: Celebrating 200 Years of the Cauliflower in India.” Scroll.in, 2022. Achaya, K. T. Indian Food: A Historical Companion. Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 209. 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

  4. Jul 3

    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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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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
    76
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Chasing Stars LLC
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    Chasing Stars