Happy Holidays from TheKitchn! I wanted to share some pictures from my Christmas party and see how your celebrations are coming along too.
A two pound hunk of English Stilton with Port and Pepper W...
The holidays are here, and we're stretching out into luxurious, very indulgent Christmas cooking. Fried breads and cakey sweets - this is the time of year for them.
One of the places we love to indu...
We are getting on a roll with our weekly email. We are sending out a weekly note, with a bundle of quick tips and links from The Kitchn, just in case you missed them the first time around. We may snea...
When we have holiday celebrations at home, we always take tons of photos. What's funny is, it always turns out that our entire family takes more photos of the food than of each other. We've seen fri...
Full homes and big parties mean extra dishes to wash. Reader Rebekah sent in this good tip for getting your dishes extra clean and sparkly. She says:
Pour distilled vinegar in your rinse cycle spot ...
Are you looking for a last-minute gift for a cook? Our Un-Gift Guide is all about gifts that are nourishing and simple, without too much consumer packaging. Some of the best are gifts you buy or use...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: The Greyston Bakery Cookbook, Everyday Food, and a menu plannin...
Photo by Flickr user moomily
Peppermint Joe-Joe's - better than an Oreo, with crunchy peppermint inside the filling. Really, what could be better? Hack your holiday buffet and by putting out a couple...
We found this good tip from reader sarahrae in our post about wrapping homemade candy. She says:
I cater baked goods and what I have found to be the most economical is food wrappers... the pieces of...
Today, Friday December 21, is the LAST day to buy raffle tickets for prizes offered in the Menu For Hope fundraiser. Currently almost $50,000 has been raised for the World Food Program, with a goal of...
We just saw these Star Baking Molds, splendidly demonstrated by Alicia at Posie Gets Cozy with her winter Ginger Stars. Such a good idea!
The paper molds are available at Raymond & Co.. We als...
Congratulations to longgoneblonde and Chrystal, who were the lucky winners of our Ghirardelli Chocolate Gift Basket Gift Bags.
And what kind of chocolate do they like? longgoneblonde says The darke...
It may be too late to make liqueurs, vinegars, and preserved lemons - all great food gifts that need a little time to mature. But there is still plenty of time to make special treats for friends and g...
We are big fans of the fantastically spicy ginger chews from Ginger People (although... their oddly anthropomorphic ginger mascots? Cute or creepy?) Spicy ginger is comforting and warm, nice for win...
Allie Lewis of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food asked for your holiday cooking questions. She gave us some great answers on hot buffets for Christmas Eve, shrinking pie crusts and easy food for last-min...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gifts: Tea, a two-volume set of books, and a Chantal personal teakett...
The McNess Company has been in business for almost a hundred years, selling livestock remedies and household products out of horse drawn delivery buggies. They are still in business today, offering h...
Dear Kitchn,
I am having a casual get together on Friday. Just me, my family, and some other friends who are staying in town for the holidays.... and I ambitiously offered to cook dinner for everyone...
Buying the tiny bubbles can be hugely confusing.
Cynthia from Cravings, who taught the champagne and cheese pairing class at Murray's Cheese, shared these five tips to help us boost our champagne co...
National Public Radio quietly and steadily provides some of the best food coverage around, and yet we often miss the best stories.
We did catch Dorie Greenspan the other day in this segment: Now, Y...
Caramel - it's the thing this season. We've made four batches now with varying degrees of success. All were delicious but some were, well, just a little too soft.
In our research on this troubling to...
What do soy sauce, Parmesan cheese, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten's dish of Parmesan custard and white truffles all have in common? They are all "umami bombs," according to The Wall Street Journal a...
[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...
We couldn't pass up these Balsamic Glazed Almonds at Coconut & Lime - they stood out as unique and tempting.
Easy, too - it takes under ten minutes to transform raw almonds with balsamic vinegar...
This was a big one... Congratulations to annie-san, who won our Le Creuset 6-Piece Set Gift Bag! Her comment was chosen at random, and she said that she will be making Portugese Kale Soup in the Frenc...
The December food magazines are a treat, filled with luxe recipes for cookies, appetizers, and so much food for year-end celebrations. We find the December food magazines are often the best issues o...
Reader Kayte from Love Forever sent us this very ambitious bûche de noël.
She says, I wanted to share this with everyone at AT Kitchn. I hand-make plush food and my recent project was a f...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Cook-Zen Microwave Cookware and cookbook, plus a copy of Serve...
We're looking to expand our Kitchen Tours coverage here in 2008 ... plus a TV producer friend of ours called this morning looking for photos of cool kitchens too.
We need your help getting started....
I have a ton of leftover cranberry sauce! What can I do with it? I'd love to bake or cook something...
Any suggestions for good recipes?
Thanks!
- Heather
(To All Good Questions)...
Look at this recipe from Leite's Culinaria - doesn't the look of it make your stomach grow? These Taralli with Red Pepper and Oregano (Taralli con Peperoncino e Herbe) are a traditional Italian versio...
From the New York Times' Dining Section...
101 Simple Appetizers in 20 Minutes or Less - Mark Bittman answers all our holiday prayers with a hundred and one ideas for simple and delicious appetize...
Name: Dante
Producer: Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative (WSDC)
Milk: Pasteurized Sheep Milk
Age: At least 6 months
Price: $12-14 per pound
A friend recently returned from San Francisco bearing gift...
Everyone is in entertaining mode this month! Lots of good food and table coverage from our home sites. One of our favorite posts this past week was AT:Chicago's post on Budget Buffet Basics.
Many of...
Holiday baking leads many of us to reach for spices that have spent most of the year far, far away in the dark corners of the cupboard. Others of us are stocking up on spices that we don't normally us...
We love using plain, old-fashioned packaging at holidays, especially when giving food gifts. We stock up on craft paper, rough butchers twine, and postal mailing tags.
Here's a pictorial guide to...
Congratulations to reader gervitsd. She won our Confetti Cakes and Demolition Desserts Gift Bag. Her comment was chosen at random, and she says she'll be trying the Tiramasushi from Demolition Dessert...
We posted Rachel Ray's two year contract renewal yesterday. Many readers pointed to the cooking shows over on PBS as an alternative to the Food Network.
"I didn't miss really Food Network after I can...
One very important element of our Un-Gift Guide 2007 is the holiday gift you give to someone who needs it very much. As UNICEF's Gift of Life Catalog asks, What do you give a child who has nothing?
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Summertime salads are straight-forward. Cooks just pick up what looks good at the farmer's market, chop some vegetables, and toss them into a bowl with a simple dressing.
"Whatever grows together,...
Locally grown foods can make great gifts, especially since they're 100% usable. Here is a guide from AT: Chicago to buying locally in Chicago. In winter, we don't have the luxury of open-air farmers...
I have a question that is Christmas-gift related. I would like to use the rosemary and sage plants I have in my backyard to make some Christmas gifts. I've come up with rosemary infused olive oil, ros...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Two Ghirardelli Chocolate Gift Baskets
Shop: Chocolate bars ava...
There are a few recipes that we turn to every holiday season, and this is one of them. This is a workhorse of a cookie recipe. Why? Well, it has everything you need for good cut-out sugar cookies. T...
December being the biggest month for bubbly, it seems only fitting that this week we take a look at some of our favorite champagne moments on the big screen. From buttoned-up Soviet officials to blond...
Allie Lewis of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food asked for your holiday cooking questions. She's answered your questions on shrinking pie crusts and easy food for last-minute holiday gatherings. Here's t...
[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...
We couldn't pass up this one: this Vintage Mixer Thing is currently going for just 99 cents, and the seller has no idea what "this thing is".
They say, I KNOW IT'S OLD. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR MIXING ...
Congratulations to gretchenann, whose comment was chosen at random to win our Calphalon Soup Pot Gift Bag. She said that she is looking forward to making New England clam chowder (can we get a get a p...
Holiday baking! Have you made cookies yet this season? We are gearing up for a big cut-out cookie party this week and looking around for inspiring yet practical ideas for decorating. We love those g...
We just saw these DIY Kumquat and Bay Leaf Trees over at Betty Crocker and we thought they are a beautiful, kitchen-centric idea for an Un-Gift or a holiday table decoration. Kumquats are currently in...
We say - don't start from scratch? Have we lost all our principles? Hardly. We are not in any way, shape, or form above the idea of starting with a good commercially-made base and creating something n...
We are giving away one gift bag each weekday through December 21. Happy Holidays from The Kitchn! | Previous Days' Gift Bags
Gift: Le Creuset 6-Piece Set in Caribbean
Designer: Le Creuset
Shop: ...
We are all about the Buy Handmade thing this holiday season, and while our handmade capabilities are limited strictly to food, we appreciate those who can make pretty and creative things for the kit...
The kitchens at Food Network are "cooling off" as the company changes course, reports the front of today's New York Times business section.
Ratings are down 15% for the weekend block of how-to cook...
Hot cocoa with a big, fat marshmallow... Piping hot coffee with a caffeine kick... A well-made espresso with a curl of steam... Sweet, milky tea fresh from the teapot...
We are keeping our hands cu...
Candy is at the top of the list when it comes to homemade kitchen gifts and our Un-Gift Guide 2007, focusing on gifts from the home and gifts that don't require unnecessary consumption. Marshmallows, ...
Congratulations to Jekyl, who won our Krups Panini Maker Gift Bag. Her randomly chosen comment said that she would use it to make grilled pineapple - sounds delicious!
Links to more giveaways below....
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