We wrapped two pans of caramels and toffee in individual slips of paper over the last two days. At first this felt like sheer torture, the effects of over-ambitious bad ideas, and we swore to never ...
Old-fashioned candies, sweet and strong, are our favorites. Toffee, caramels, divinity - they all show up in our Christmas packages. Here's a new favorite with an old flavor: molasses. These are str...
Our very first weekly email newsletter went out today! We'll be sending out a weekly bundle of quick tips and links from The Kitchn, just in case you missed them the first time around. We may sneak in...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Confetti Cakes and Demolition Desserts
Authors: Elisa Strauss &am...
When you're out shopping for holiday meals and stocking up for guests, don't forget about handy wallet guides; these can take a lot of the guesswork out of good choices for organic and sustainable p...
Wild-foraged ginger, home-made ricotta, a 700 lb. pasture-raised steer? If this sounds enticing, then head over to the New Market Building at the South Street Seaport, where the non-profit New Amste...
When you're looking for yet more oven space and wishing for an extra burner while cooking for extra-large holiday parties, don't forget about your slow cooker. Chris says that he hates cold potatoes, ...
We've asked about your breakfast eating habits before, but now we want to know - what did you have for breakfast today?
A little inspiration is helpful this time of year. Do you find that you are are...
Allie Lewis of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food asked for your holiday cooking questions. She's already answered questions about shrinking pie crusts and easy food for last-minute holiday gatherings. No...
When Canadian artist Marcel Dzama moved from Winnipeg to New York he made a series of autobiographical sketches documenting his feelings about the relocation. Those sketches turned into these unusual ...
Congratulations to NYartfreak - she won our Gift Bag #7, which includes a copy of 1080 Recipes and a Zyliss Grater. She said that her favorite tapas dish is sardinas plancha (grilled sardines) - we th...
Hey Kitchn readers, if you're in NYC tonight, I hope you'll dash through the snow for a downtown drink with us tonight. Check out the full details and RSVP over on the AT:NY site ...
Sara Kate and ...
The SmartShopper is a slim silver gadget that sticks to the fridge. Cooks talk to the $150 tool, telling it what they're out of, and the tool will add it to the printable grocery list.
Serious Eats ...
We continue with our Un-Gift Guide - the guide to consuming less, not more, while still giving gifts that are meaningful and valuable. Here are a few ideas for gifts of service and love in the kitch...
Today is the first day I've eaten much of anything since Sunday the Second of December. Eleven days of the flu. Extremely unpleasant. Details will be withheld.
All you need to know is that to sta...
Here's something new we tried last week: Trader Joe's Emperor's New Cloves Garlic - just one clove per head. We were curious about this - what does just one-clove garlic look like? We hate peeling g...
From the department of redesign: It looks like most of you have solved any comment bugginess you were experiencing - great!
A few people are still experiencing some difficulties logging in and parti...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Calphalon Contemporary Soup Pot 6 1/2-Quart
Designer: Calphalon...
While Jenny, our resident wine correspondent, tours Southeast Asia on her honeymoon, we'll be trying to cover for her in the wine department.
This week, we'd like to ask you, our readers, what kind...
It's flu season, and ginger should be in everyone's refrigerator. We buy big hunks of it and grate it into stir-frys and soups. So we were very interested in these great tips from Jaden's Steamy Kit...
Allie Lewis of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food asked for your holiday cooking questions. Here's the second of five questions Allie is answering for us - welcome to The Kitchn, Allie!
Q: My boyfriend a...
Even if you're not so into traditional holiday foods, there are other ways to enjoy the season. From Edible, a British purveyor of wild and unusual foods, comes this Reindeer Paté. This Arctic ...
Congratulations to reader anyang2, who won our Le Creuset 5-Piece Set Gift Bag. Their randomly chosen comment said that their favorite slow-cooked dish is Grandma's beef stew. Hopefully they'll be coo...
Dear The Kitchn,
I make a habit of going to the farmer's market, even in the cold months. I want to support the farmers and buy their onions, squash, and garlic.
But, as you can see in this picture,...
When giving homemade food gifts, much of the fun (and frustration) is in the packaging - especially when it comes to liquids. How do you find affordable, pretty bottles and packaging for things like l...
As we explore gifts of food and other Un-Gifts that won't clutter up the landfills, we are curious. What is the best food gift that you've ever received?
We're not talking kitchen gadgets or new app...
We were immediately intrigued by this Yeast-raised Cornbread by Heidi of 101 Cookbooks. It looked different - a cornbread that wasn't cakey or heavy. This is made with a yeast dough, unlike most cornb...
From the department of party planning comes this common question: How much wine should you have on hand, per guest, for a sit-down dinner or holiday hors d'oeuvre party?
We picked up an answer and t...
Hang your dishes out to dry with these Cuelgame Dishes, posted over at re-nest.
More good kitchen-related stuff from our network sites below...
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We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Krups Panini Maker and Grill
Designer: Krups
Shop: Available fro...
Allie Lewis of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food asked for your holiday cooking questions. Here's the first of five questions Allie is answering for us - welcome to The Kitchn, Allie!
Q: Despite not ov...
From the New York Times' Dining Section...
Making food gifts? Looking for ideas? This Kumquat-Clementine Cordial from Melissa Clark would do very nicely. She explains that this only needs a week t...
How would you like to see these Tree Mug/Star Mugs on the holiday table? Star and tree shapes appear in these mugs when they're full for an unusual festive look. $40 for a set of two at MollaSpace. ...
Congratulations to vwellons, whose comment was selected at random to win our Whole Foods Goodie Basket Gift Bag. She said her favorite holiday flavor was toasted marshmallows.
Click for more giveawa...
From our survey the other day it looks like many of you would like to branch out in your candy-making repertoire. Here are a few favorite candy recipes from our archives, with some notes on how newb...
Fruitcake haters may be converted by this cake, and those of us who like well-made bricks of the holiday treat will love this. It has that same density of flavor, packed into tiny bites full of lemo...
This may not be in the best of taste, and it's certainly not holiday related. But we couldn't pass up the chance to show you this vintage Presto Hot Dogger Hot Dog Cooker. Yes, it cooks up to six ho...
If you were to visit Spain and come back enamored with the food, Simone and Inés Ortega's 1080 Recipes would be a great gift to buy yourself. You have to be committed though, and have at least...
My party for forty in my 650 square foot apartment is just four days away.
Here's some sources that I count on when I'm cooking for a crowd:
Bed Bath & Beyond While I am not a fan of big box store...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: 1080 Recipes and a Zyliss 4-in-1 Grater
Shop: 1080 Recipes avai...
It's party season! And to help you get into the spirit of things, this week at The Celluloid Pantry, we're taking a look at some deliciously memorable bashes from three classic films.
(This is ...
[Twice a week we're rounding up our favorite recipes and tips from our friends at Serious Eats and sharing them here. We also want to say Hi to the new readers who found us through Serious Eats and ar...
Does anyone have experience with induction cooking? I'm remodeling a kitchen and we must have electric cooking (there's no gas in the building).
I've lately read that induction is catching on. I won...
Do you use a tablecloth? All the time - or just some of the time?
Growing up, we always knew it was a special occasion when Mom's embroidered tablecloth came out. It made eating a little more hazard...
Congratulations to bebemiqui, who won our Krups Blender Gift Bag. Her comment was chosen at random in our fourth giveaway, and she'll be making up banana and raspberry smoothies real soon.
Links to...
The Kitchn's Prize: Autographed copy of The Greyston Bakery Cookbook and bakeware from Le Creuset and Fiesta
To Enter: Buy tickets at Firstgiving - Menu for Hope
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Last Thanksgiving an uncle brought two small bowls of creamy brown butter, speckled and flecked like quail eggs. We had never seen butter like this, and the taste came as something of a revelation.
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From the department of re-design bugs: We know many of you are having problems logging on to your user account and are unable to comment or vote in surveys. This problem, for now, is most easily solve...
Oh, Martha. We were looking for gift bag ideas for our 2007 Un-Gift Guide and really, Martha Stewart has a corner on pretty pictures of holiday wrapping and homemade gift ideas. Here's one of our fa...
Even though we are all about cooking - not restaurants - here at The Kitchn, we are always looking for inspiration when we eat out. A favorite lunch spot has this black bean soup simmered with whole c...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Le Creuset 5-Piece Essential Set in Cherry Red
Designer: Le Cre...
Look again. It's Sebastian Bergne's Kitchen Pencil design for Lapis. The pencils are actually wooden spoons. Or the spoons actually are pencils. Either way, the design combines two practical kitchen...
Timbale [TIM-ball] n. a dish of finely minced meat or fish shaped like a cylinder or drum and cooked in a pastry shell or in a mold.
The word timbale comes from the French for drum. The traditional u...
Congratulations to pomuk, who won our Le Creuset Panini Press and Skillet Set Gift Bag. His comment was chosen at random in this giveaway, so he'll be making up portobello mozzarella panini soon.
L...
"I'm not very curious about what people had out. I'm interested in what people have in, because I'm very interested in people's domestic lives. I used to think I was frittering away my time, but the f...
We are trying to ignore the flood of holiday advertisements and enticements in our inbox, but this one grabbed us because it's a genuinely good deal - holiday or no.
Amazon's deal of the day is this...
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