Last week, we talked about shopping for kitchen islands, what features are good to look for, and brands we like. There is another option for finding the perfect island: build your own! If you're feeling up to the challenge, we've got a few resources to get you started. Have you ever built something like this? More

We're expecting thunderstorms this weekend, and we can't think of anything we'd rather do than spend the afternoon making a big batch of gnocchi while the rain is pattering outside. These little potato dumplings are fairly easy to make, but take a little patience. Getting to eat a big bowl of them with a fresh tomato sauce and nutty Parmesan cheese at the end of the day makes it well worth the effort! More

Remember those cooking resolutions we made back in January? We know that resolutions made with the best of intentions at New Year's have a tendency to lose their draw as the months progress, so we thought we'd check in, see how things are going, and share our own progress! More

Happy May, everyone! Can we declare the ice cream season officially open? Even if you've been making ice cream all year long, you've got to admit that there's something special about that first batch of homemade ice cream eaten outside on a sunny afternoon. What will you make for your first batch? More

After reading this post over at Apartment Therapy, we ordered some oil cloth to line the drawers of an old chest in our bedroom. That project left us with quite a bit of extra cloth, so we decided to use some in our kitchen drawers, too... More

Do you like éclairs? What about profiteroles, cream puffs, and cheesy gougères? Aside from making us drool just thinking about them, the one thing all these pastries have in common is that they're made from pâte à choux. Think you can't make them at home? We beg to differ! More

Why not make confit at home? Aim high, we say! Besides, long before confit became synonymous with fine dining, making confit was a common way for home cooks to preserve meat for extended periods of time without refrigeration. It's not just for meat, though; you can make delicious vegetable confits too, good for flavoring many dishes.Have you ever made confit at home? More

Is anyone else just itching to get outside and do some gardening? Well, we can't do that quite yet (there's still a foot of snow in our backyard!), but this weekend we're planning on getting out the seed catalogs and figuring out exactly what we want to grow this summer. Care to join us? Here are some resources... More

Every week - make that every day - we come across dozens of new recipes that make us itch to break out the sugar. Unless we make it right away, the recipe often just gets lost in the pile. We seem to have accumulated quite a backlog of recipes tagged "Make Soon!" This weekend, we mean to change that... More

If one of your New Year's resolutions was to do more cooking without following a specific recipe, soups are a great place to start. They're relatively easy to make and very forgiving of mistakes. Here's a basic template: More