SARA'S WEEKNIGHT MEALS VII is about the things that matter most the world over — quick, tasty home-cooked meals eaten with family and cooked with love. In each episode, Sara shares her vast culinary experience for putting flavorful, healthy food on the table with minimal fuss. This season, Sara takes to the road to discover how America cooks. She travels to Arkansas to fish for catfish with a local farmer, and discovers his favorite way to prepare it. In Charleston, South Carolina, Sara visits Martha Lou Gadsen of Martha Lou's Kitchen to sample her legendary fried chicken. While there, Sara also learns about the hidden history of Southern cooking, and the ingredients developed by African American cooks. Back in Sara's kitchen, noted Indian chef Floyd Cardoz joins her to cook wild striped bass curry from his native Goa, and slow cooking expert Michele Scicolone shows how to make a delicious pork ragu with broken lasagna in the slow cooker. The popular segment "Ask Sara" returns where the chef and cookbook author answers viewers’ questions about culinary conundrums, such as "What is the best way to cut olives and cherry tomatoes?"