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Holiday Sweets

Season 11 Episode 1106 | 26m 46s

Holidays call for big celebrations with friends and family! Sara has the perfect recipes for any occasion. For Thanksgiving, roasted glazed pears topped with shortbread pecan brittle and crème fraiche. For Christmas Eve, a comforting warm chocolate cheesecake. And for Christmas morning, super quick sticky buns that don’t require yeast. Sara answers a viewer’s question about vanilla beans.

Aired: 10/04/22 | Expires: 09/01/27
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
From Greek kitchens to Barcelona bars, discover iconic weeknight dishes locals crave.
Chicken or eggs? We love them both and Sara’s got some amazing recipes to make them shine.
Three cool recipes – seafood gazpacho, watermelon screwdrivers and steak salad.
Sara goes wild in Alaska with cedar planked salmon and foraged sea asparagus.
Sara makes spot prawn risotto in Vancouver and camarones enchilados in Miami.
Chinese food favorites – from Vancouver’s Chinatown. Plus, egg rolls at home.
Sara breaks down Italian favorites with new ingredients.
Fast and easy 6-ingredient meals.
Sara travels to Turkey and Spain to learn new recipes for meatballs.
California recipes – sushi with Sacramento farmer, and shrimp tikka with a cookbook club.
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Sara goes fishing on the Bosphorus in Istanbul, followed by a fish feast at a Sultans Palace.