There's always joy when you return home from the grocery store and your bill isn't as high as expected, but what really makes a happy and economical kitchen is a change of mindset — not necessarily just shopping habits. More

Valentine's Day Egg in the Basket from Petite Kitchenesse

Happy weekend, Kitchn friends! What's cooking in your kitchen this Valentine's weekend? Something delicious, we hope. (Something like the adorable egg-in-the-basket pictured above?) Take a look at a few sweet posts from the past week and tell us: What's cooking this weekend? More

Jill, a reader, wrote us this week with a very sensible thought: "I look at Valentine's Day as more than just the opportunity to show the special people in my life I love them. I take the opportunity to do a little pampering of myself. I'm wondering what other people do to pamper themselves so that I might incorporate something new into my ritual." What a good question! More

We don't want foster fear in the kitchen or worry that you'll screw things up. The kitchen is a place for trial and error and learning. That said, this list of 40 mistakes to make in the kitchen from Cooking Light is pretty spot on; it is a great reminder for cooks young and old to doublecheck a few key things. More

Despite the advice of self-help books and mindfulness coaches, when we have a meal completely to ourselves, we rarely enjoy the singular task of just eating with all our attention on the food. Most of us have at least one other companion at the table with us and usually that companion is an inanimate but distracting object in the form of TV or the newspaper.

We recently wrote about kicking the coffee habit, and although I definitely enjoy my cup of joe in the morning, I agree that a lot of what I enjoy is the ritual. On the weekends I look forward to making or seeking out the perfect brew, and during the week, I enjoy nursing it at my desk for much of the morning. Even the cup plays an important part: my favorites are large ones that I can wrap both hands around. More

We know from this post that The Kitchn readers are divided when it comes to guests helping out in the kitchen during a party. But what about the washing up afterwards? Do you gladly accept an offer to help or are you happy to do it on your own, in peace and quiet? More

As much as I can, I carefully guard my Sunday mornings from any form of hustle and ambition. No alarm clocks, no obligations, nothing tugging at my sleeve. Even brunch plans are carefully negotiated into a late lunch time slot. I am adamant: Sunday mornings are reserved for a gentle, gradual wake-up on a gentle, quiet schedule. Slow entry. Sloth time. There's nowhere to go and nothing to do but make endless cups of tea to be drunk in bed with whichever novel I've been trying to finish propped up on my knees.

I can wallow in this quiet bliss for a couple of long and lazy hours until hunger arrives, usually in the form of a rather alarmingly loud stomach gurgle. Oh right. Breakfast! Time for phase two of the lazy Sunday morning: toast with butter and honey. More

Super Bowl Recipe: Beer & Cheddar Dip

Happy weekend, folks! What's cooking this weekend in your kitchen? Are you making something hearty and crowd-pleasing for the Super Bowl? Or are you just kicking back with something hot to drink (like a hot toddy or some chai?) Take a look at a few favorite posts from the past week and tell us all about what's cooking in your kitchen this weekend. More

What do you call that sweet fizzy stuff that you order with your hamburger or purchase by the can in the vending machine? Soda? Pop? Coke? (Even if it isn't specifically a Coca-Cola?) Your answer might depend on where you live or where you grew up.