We're sitting down with our favorite writers and cooks to talk about their upcoming cookbooks, their best food memories, and just about anything else.

Today: We sit down with Sara Moulton, chef, cookbook author, and host of the show Sara's Weeknight Meals on PBS.

Never doubt the doneness of your whole chicken.

If you'll be alone this Valentine's day but you'd still like to treat yourself to something special, we've got you covered with a French-inspired meal for one. Stir up a cocktail, tear open a good loaf of bread, and end everything with a healthy slice of chocolate cake. 

Read up on some of 2012's most-loved cookbooks, tested and reviewed by the one and only Food52 community. 

Today: China millman reminisces about Parisian vegetables, and then cooks from a book full of them.