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Party Recipe: Spicy Oven-Roasted Chickpeas

Did you know that a can of chickpeas and a little salt and spice can make a crunchy, terribly addictive snack? It's so easy! Here's how... ...

Healthy Beef and Cheap Olive Oil
Top posts from the week of February 17-23

• You liked this recipe for pasta sauce with wild mushrooms and no cream - it's thickened instead with a roux, an easy trick of flour and butter. • Lots of readers chimed in on this ques...

Blanc Mange and Milk Pudding
From the New York Times Sunday Magazine

We were arrested by this week's Amanda Hesser column in the Times Sunday Magazine; blanc mange, the milk pudding of the form-obsessed Victorians, was the topic. We had always wondered what exactly bl...

Weekend Cooking: Best Recipes for an Oscar Party

We already blogged a recipe for Juno's Pregnant Dates in honor of the Academy Awards this Sunday. And although we resisted the urge to share every food-related pun we came up with (No Country for Ol...

Trader Joe's Pantry: Goat Milk Brie

We have really been enjoying this Goat Milk Brie from Trader Joe's. It's tangy, creamy, and - wait for it - only $2.49! Is such a cheap Brie worth it? We think so... ...

Conscientious Cook: Support a Farmer With Us At Kiva

Kiva is one of the most exciting ideas we've seen in a long time. We just loaned $25 to Emiliano Sanchez Hernandez, a farmer growing oranges, plantains, coffee and pineapples in Nicaragua. Would you...

Open Thread #140

Cooking questions? Ideas? Menus? Gather round... (To All Open Threads)...

Two For One: Poached Pears and Red Wine Syrup

On the weekends we like to do projects that will give us meal building blocks for freezing and later use. Sometimes these take a little extra time, so the weekend is the perfect time to invest in la...

Book Club: My Life in France Week 4

We're plowing through Julia Child's memoir in our online book club group. Hmm, "plowing" makes it sound like a chore, but it's been a can't-put-down read for us - what what about you? Next up: Chapt...

Slate Cheese Boards

Are you serving cheese at your Oscars party this weekend? Do you get annoyed when your guests jab their fingers at your lovely cheese board and say, "What's that one? How about that?" ...

Oscars Party Recipe: Juno's Pregnant Dates

As much as we love awards shows - and dinner parties - we do not feel as though an Oscars gathering must have cutesy, movie-theme food. Don't even get us started on the possibilities with Ratatouill...

Video: Cardamom from Spices of Life

Here's another quick video bite from Nina Simonds and Spices of Life. This week it's all about cardamom - the Queen of Spices! Learn the difference between green and black cardamom, and more! We l...

Straight Up: Golden Dream Cocktail for Oscar Night

Straight Up is a new feature from Nora Maynard, who wrote our popular Celluloid Pantry feature. She returns now with a weekly column on the art of cocktail. Welcome back Nora! The Golden Dream is a l...

Bosa's Dedo Spice Sticks

We love the concept of these Dedo Spice Sticks - why be limited to plain old salt and pepper on your dining table? These color-coded Spice Sticks let you mix it up... ...

Good Question: Do You Eat Broccoli Stalks?

Here's a question and a tip from reader angorian: I'm curious to know how many people cook and eat the stalks of broccoli. I grew up with "broccoli stars" and always peel, slice, and cook my bro...

Space Maker: Corner Cutting Board by Peter Meier

This large oval cutting board is an interesting idea for small spaces - a cutting board that gives you more space instead of less. ...

San Francisco Grocery Review: Bombay Bazar

So you've decided to make your own Garam Masala, a fitting goal for any aspiring foodie. You do have copious amounts of cinnamon, green and black cardamom pods, cumin, coriander, cloves, nutmeg, ch...

How Far Ahead Do You Plan Meals?

Make-ahead meal centers like Delicious Dinners have been doing big business in the suburbs - pay $200, spend two hours, and walk out with enough frozen meals to feed a family for two weeks. According ...

Thursday Giveaway: Soda-Club Seltzer Water Soda Maker

Gift: Soda-Club Home Soda Maker Edition #1 Shop: Edition #1 Soda Maker and starter kit available through Soda-Club USA for $99.99 Fresh sparkling seltzer water at home - remember all our tips and ...

In the News: Food Prices to Keep Rising

We read today that US economists are predicting food prices could rise 3-4% this year. They rose 4% this past year, and a global demand for grain is pushing prices up consistently. Food experts and...

Today's Email: More on Meat

We're still chewing on the news about that beef recall and we've been getting chatty with our local butcher. Read up on more resources and ideas for eating meat responsibly in an age of CAFOs, E. coli...

Had Enough Of Winter's Bounty? Head to the Dairy Section

When at our local farmer's market this week the photo on the left us feeling a little bereft. Produce that holds promise in November can feel heavy and burdensome by late February. This time of ye...

New Martha Blog: Dinner Tonight from Everyday Food

Our friends over at Everyday Food launched a new blog! Dinner Tonight does one of our favorite things: menu-planning. Each day the blog's editors pluck a few good recipes from their archives and put t...

Hunk o' Fruit: Bill Granger's Oat, Pear, and Raspberry Loaf

It's not often that we buy a cookbook for just one recipe, but we confess we did that here. All it took was one photo... ...

How to Season a Wok

Like cast iron, woks need to be seasoned as well. Properly seasoned woks have a caramel-colored patina on the inside. Seasoning a wok not only helps to impart flavor into your food, but also helps the...

Hot or Not: Kuhn Magnetic Trivet

Trivets are the alarm clocks of the kitchen design world; every designer wants to try. This means there are many modern and creative trivets, like this one from Kuhn. It's magnetic, so it stays attach...

Good Eats: Branded Fruit from Artist Sarah King

Typography and fruit - two of our favorite things, and in one place too! This is Serious Eats' Photo of the Day - customized fruit from artist Sarah King. What would you write on your apple? More ...

Doing More With Less: The Bagel and Lox Edition

We've tackled the problem of rising food costs in the past and you've come up with great suggestions like these for how to keep your own kitchen up to restaurant standards without paying restaurant ...

Cheese is Alive! Formaticum Cheese Paper

Cheese is a living, breathing entity - so say the good folks at Formaticum, an online store dedicated to helping cheese-lovers enjoy their precious cheese. First stop? Storage and preserving. Enter ...

Neighborhood Report: Fresh Kielbasa and Bargain Smoked Fish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

When Poland's first free elections were held in 1990, more than 7000 absentee ballots were cast from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint. So it makes sense that cooks wanting authentic kielbasa,...

Flickr Find: More Pasta with Mushrooms

Photo by Flickr member Hypnotic AubergineOur recipe for easy, healthy wild mushroom pasta sauce below has us dreaming about a big mess of mushrooms tonight... ...

eBay Scavenger: Dansk Kobenstyle Pots and Pans

This witty and enthusiastic post at Thus Bakes Zarathustra reminded us of our thing for Dansk Kobenstyle. A dose of that Danish color is exactly what we need right now, so here's our picks of the b...

Winter Cooking: Apples, Cabbage, and Pork Chops

We know. It's not exactly apple season. Apple season is Fall, with its apple picking and apple crumbles and general apple-y-ness. But if you take a walk through any New York City greenmarket these d...

Good Product: Cast Heavy-duty Aluminum Scoops from Garrett Wade

Garrett Wade is a small company that sells things for shop work - woodworking, tools, camping equipment. They also have a small, well-curated selection of heavy-duty kitchen tools, including these s...

CrockPot Meals: How to Braise in a Slow Cooker

Wow - our All-Clad slow cooker admiration post hit a nerve yesterday. Some of you are quite happy with your $40 slow cookers; others say that yes, a $150 slow cooker is absolutely worth it. The best...

Survey: Do You Wash Mushrooms Before Cooking Them?

Shiitake and oyster mushrooms are a highlight of the winter time Greenmarkets here in NYC. We've been grilling them for an English pub inspired breakfast, tossing them into fritatta, stews, and a he...

Raw Broccoli and Brown Rice
From the NY Times Dining Section 02.20.08

Our crunchy, healthy-eating title notwithstanding, the Times Dining section was actually rather exciting this week. That broccoli salad was one of the most appealing recipes we've seen a long time ...

Recipe: "Ham and Cheese" Breakfast Casserole

We ate a lot of breakfast casseroles growing up. Any time there was a crowd to be fed before noon, this baked dish of egg, sausage, cheese, and day-old bread would appear. And yet, as adults, we've ...

The Slice: Best Milk, Best Cheese

I recently taught a class on cheese to a group of kindergarteners. Most introductory cheese classes I had taught in the past were to shrewd Manhattanites who came prepared with questions on mesophil...

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

Last week, I received a forwarded email from a friend, and the only reason I opened it was because the subject was "World Food Consumption" so it seemed like something I should read. You may have see...

Beautiful Black Thermos Jug by Pernille Vea
Kitchen-related design from our network

Our sister home sites are deep into Bedroom Month. AT: Chicago pointed out this Pernille Vea Jug as a beautiful option for a bedside carafe, but its thermos properties make it a practical and stylis...

Recipe: No-Knead Challah

For our review of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, we tried out a no-knead recipe for challah. The authors of the book have kindly agreed to let us to share this recipe with you. ...

Book Review: Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

The host of no-knead recipes from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day have been making quiet ripples through the baking community, and we felt that it was time take a look for ourselves to see what th...

Supermarket Saver: How Much to Pay for Olive Oil?

Eating consciously and minding our budgets can be a tough balancing act, especially as we all look for ways to trim down our spending as gas and food prices continue to rise. Sometimes thinking stra...

New From All-Clad: The All-Clad Slow Cooker

We're pretty happy with our $40 Rival slow cooker. It makes lovely chicken stock, pork roast, and tender curry. But we just about fell over when we saw this new slow cooker from All-Clad... ...

Bad Beef Update: Was the USDA Recall a BIG SHAM?

So. We were reading one of our favorite food blogs, Tigers & Strawberries, where Barbara always has pointed and educated things to say on current food news. Regarding last weekend's massive reca...

Good Question: What Are Your Best Comfort Foods?

Did Valentine's Day get you down? Was it perhaps a day for comfort food instead of a romantic menu? Here's a question for you, from reader Ci: I just went through two romantic break ups last year an...

How to Start a New CSA: Interview with Paula Lukats of Just Food

For many of us here in New York City, or in other urban areas, joining a CSA gives us a sense of belonging to the sustainable agricultural movement in a tangible way. It’s more than just trying to s...

What Are You Eating for Lunch?

We haven't asked in a while - so we're asking now. What are you eating for lunch today? We have a big tub of tabbouleh, some goat cheese and crackers. We also have some Asian pears and other fruit g...

Book Club: My Life In France, Week 3 Discussion

Gather around, it's time for Book Club. Last week we talked about Chapters Two and Three. Now we move on to Chapters Four and Five......

Good Beef: How to Find Local Meat

We were sobered by last weekend's massive beef recall and strengthened in our resolve to be very careful where we buy our meat. We are cooking a big beef curry this weekend for some friends and we are...

New Favorite: Lemon Olive Oil Cake

We sense a theme. Lemons are all we want right now. Lemons and olive oil combine in a sunny, new favorite cake - it's really the best thing we've had in a long time. ...

San Francisco's Curbside Composting Program

You know all the jokes about San Francisco being "crunchy" and full of hippies? Well, this tidbit won't help squelch those rumors; we have a curbside composting program as part of our movement to g...

It's a Bam Thing! Martha Stewart Brings On Emeril

We've all heard of TomKat, Beniffer, and Brangelina. Now a little bit of media synergy brings us Stewlag or is it Martheril? We got the release about Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia buying up asse...

Microplane: New Colors

We're going lemon yellow in hopes that spring will come soon! Looks like Microplane is too... ...

Sun Fat Seafood: San Francisco Market Review

I'm reluctant to talk about my favorite seafood market in San Francisco, but my mother taught me to play nice and share. And what a gem this place is! ...

Spaetzle for Breakfast

Photo by Allen of Eating Out Loud We love spaetzle and we often make our airy, tender Ricotta Spaetzle for dinner. We've never thought of them as breakfast food, but now we suddenly do... ...

Petit Coco Herb Pots from Three Potato Four

We've talked about some of the things we love at Three Potato Four, a charming vintage emporium. Here's a new item for them - an ideal set of herbs for the kitchen. Details and ideas for taking the ...

Good Magazine: Pampered Cows Taste Better ... Who Invented Tofurky?

The Food Issue of Good Magazine just got a lot more relevant. Have you seen it yet? ......

2008 Candidates on Food: Barack Obama

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

Cherry Pie for George Washington
Recipes from the week of February 10-16

We had a lot of recipes last week, with submissions from our new writer candidates and honorable mentions from our recent contest. There's a lot of good winter cooking to be done - here's a roundup...

Open Thread #139

Long weekend for some of us - what are you cooking? (To All Open Threads)...

2008 Candidates on Food: John McCain

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

Recipe: Frisée Salad with Red Currants

Frisée means curly in French, and its tightly wound bitter leaves are crunchy, springy, and delicately bitter. They're also a delicious winter salad base with an unusual winter fruit......

2008 Candidates on Food: Hillary Clinton

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

USDA Ground Beef Recall: 143 Million Pounds of Beef from California Slaughterhouse

Big news this weekend: over 143 million pounds of ground beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse have been recalled by the USDA after a whistle-blower animal-rights activist video showed crip...

Bittersweet Honorable Mention: Best Overlooked Treat

Julie told us that she made this Bittersweet Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread because she loves to eat it, and it doesn't get much air time. She's right - shortbread is less sexy and dramatic than a c...

2008 Candidates on Food: Ron Paul

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

Happy Presidents' Day from The Kitchn

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the two official honorees of Presidents' Day, both lived in very different residences than today's modern White House. George Washington, in fact, only chose t...

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