This classic French comfort food seems to be the hot new thing this year. Not only have we seen recipes in several national food magazines, but many of you mentioned it on your list of winter projects - the Kitchn's own editor Dana included! Cassoulet is a lot of work, but the pay off is well worth it. More

It's a brand new year, and we're feeling refreshed, energized, and ready to tackle a whole new set of cooking projects. Thinking of diving into Chinese cooking? Baking bread every week? Eating entirely locally? Take a look at what the Kitchn editors have planned for the coming year, and share your own cooking resolutions for 2010! More

Goat cheese is one of life's loveliest pleasures, as far as we're concerned, but until recently we had never tried making it ourselves. Goodness, why not?! Thanks to our friends at Home Ec., who gave us this kit from Urban Cheesecraft to try, we have a delicious new hobby. More

We've given you many ideas for homemade holiday gifts that will help you spread cheer without spending a ton. But this one doesn't even involve cooking (you know, if you're short on money and time). Buy an inexpensive bottle of wine, remove the label, and stencil it. More

How's the Kitchen Cure going? Is your kitchen now neat as a pin? Or do you feel woefully behind? If it's the latter — don't give up! Just do what you can this weekend; just a half hour of purging old supplies and straightening up a utensil drawer can be enough to make you feel refreshed in your space. If you're tackling a bigger project, here's some inspiration from Sara in Washington, who turned an under-utilized closet into a pantry. Read on to see AFTER photos of her great pantry! More

This week's Kitchen Cure assignment is to finish up your reorganizing and cleaning, but also to tackle any special projects that need to get done. Do you have a little project that would perk up your kitchen — maybe something you've been meaning to do for a while? Read on to hear a little more about our own special projects! More

Winter is a great time to tackle a new cooking project! The blustery weather makes us want to hole up in the kitchen and attempt all sorts of fabulous and complicated concoctions - plus there always seems to be a family member around to act as taste-tester. What projects do you have up your sleeve? More

The day has finally arrived! Our homemade beer has been brewed, fermented, and bottled. We've survived two weeks of anxious anticipation without a single bottle exploding. A few days ago, we put a couple of bottles in the fridge to cool and tasted our very first homebrew a few hours later! More

We've brewed the beer, let it ferment, and now we're finally ready to get it into bottles. We're so close to having homebrew we can almost taste it! And in fact, we did sneak a little taste - for purely scientific reasons, of course. Take a look! More

First things first: Find some canned goods with really cool labels... More