Readers' favorite posts from The Kitchn in the past week? Golden Easter eggs, just in time for Easter, a tour of a Paris kitchen, cookies for Purim, daily breakfasts, a playful hand-powered food proce...
A confession: we've always been a bit addicted to Marshmallow Peeps. Though they're terribly sweet and often stale, there's just something about them that makes us keep buying them every spring. (Perh...
Like most of the rest of the blogosphere, we fell in love with blogger notmartha's genius bacon cups. Who doesn't love the marriage of crafts and bacon? But after reading her description of the arduou...
We just talked about Chef'n and their VeggiChop manual food processor, but given that rabbits and bunnies are in the ether this weekend we had to show you another of their new products: The Grabbit. ...
Asparagus are in season in some parts of the US. Here in New York, they are the cheapest (about $2.99 a pound) they'll be all year. According to a few of your comments about side dishes to go with Eas...
Egg cups make great souvenirs for apartment-dwelling cooks. They don't take up too much space and add a little bit of whimsy to windowsills or cabinets, but are easy enough to clear away when you want...
The key to a really good pizza is, of course, the crust. We make pizza at our house at least once a week, so you can be sure this recipe comes to you after years of very meticulous and scientific kitc...
Laptop, meet the cookbook. We saw the Kitchen Sync design concept several weeks ago, and we were surprised and happy to meet its designer, Noah Balmer, at the Housewares Show. Balmer received an Inter...
a peek inside STLcolleen's fridge from the Kitchn Cure's Flickr page
Earlier this week we answered a reader's question about how long it is safe to keep condiments. But for those who joined the Kitc...
Via the FDA's website:
Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall on all codes of prepackaged 2 and 4-pack Apple, Pineapple and Pumpkin Empanadas sold in retail bakeries due to the undeclared...
Here's a photo from reader Loren, who says: "My favorite sign of Spring is the marzipan lambs at Court Street Bakery in Carroll Gardens. Festive? Yes! Delicious? Indeed!"
Impressive! Have you seen e...
“Anyone who enjoys whisky would recognize me right away, but never mind. My name is Johnnie Walker.”-Kafka on the ShoreLast week we took a look at Irish whiskey. Before that, straight rye. This we...
Last week, the AP reported that a wide array of prescription drugs including antibiotics, sex hormones, and antidepressants are being found in water supplies across the United States....
Ever wondered why a cake recipe doesn't come out the same every time? It could be how you're measuring.
Pastry chefs and recipe developers typically weigh ingredients to get an accurate measurement...
As long as we're talking about Peter Rabbit... Here's a little more bunny love — a sweet, hand-printed dish towel from Etsy. Click below for details... ...
Clarified butter comes in handy in a lot of different places. Since it has a higher smoking point than regular butter, recipes often call for it when you need to cook over very high heat. It's also gr...
In the San Francisco Chronicle this week, we're seeing a lot of Easter-themed recipes and recipes geared at what's in season at the farmer's markets....
It's the first day of spring, and we're thinking rabbits, eggs, and chicks. Except, here at The Kitchn, we try to avoid all that twee stuff. For us, the trappings of spring mean gold painted eggs and ...
Want to dress up your KitchenAid a little? Maybe give it a little extra boost in whipping egg whites? Check out these copper bowls we saw at the Home and Housewares show... ...
Genetically modified food is quite common in the United States, but Europeans have long been suspicious of it, particularly in France....
Here's the second French-inspired color we'll remember from this year's Home and Housewares show: deep purple. We weren't immediately drawn to this color that Emile Henry, from the Burgundy town of Ma...
Cool Hunting recently ran a High Tech Toaster Challenge, looking at four new high-end toaster models. The top winner was this Breville Smart Toaster, with its countdown LED panel, slow bread subme...
Easter Is for Baking, Too: OK, here's the deal - to those of us from a Slavic background, you really don't need to tell us that Easter is for baking. We're used to a full-out festival of carbohydrates...
If you've never been to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, you're missing out on one of New York's greatest culinary treasures. This tight knit and thriving Italian-American neighborhood is full of old-schoo...
We tried hard to resist a pun about being nuts for nuts... But the truth is, we do love 'em. They are a cinch to set out for last-minute cocktail parties, and there are countless ways to jazz them up ...
The Civic Center Farmer's Market is held every Wednesday from 8 AM to 2 PM on Market Street between 7th and 8th Streets, in the former United Nations Plaza. Since it's so close to Little Saigon, the...
Here's a good question from Elizabeth, and we actually found a great answer for her at the Home and Housewares Show this week. Read on for our answer...
I need a new nonstick pan - what kind should ...
Ok, we admit it. Our secret recipe for chocolate chip cookies? It's pretty much made verbatim from the back of the package of chocolate chips. Nestle Toll House chocolate chips to be exact. Sure, we c...
Here's a lovely and appealing recipe from our friends at Serious Eats: a recipe from Gina de Palma, a chef at Mario Batali's New York restaurant and author of Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo K...
London-based South African architect Jennifer Beningfield was asked to redesign a kitchen to integrate seamlessly into a room that also included the dining and living spaces in a North London flat. "T...
We're a bit crazy about peanut butter, and try to sneak it into as many desserts as possible. (In fact right now, we've baking another batch of the hamantaschen cookies we showed you yesterday, filled...
Watching Top Chef last night, we were reminded that you can't judge a book by its cover. Or its language. Andrew, the contestant who seemed like a freewheeling time bomb during Episode 1, actually tur...
Reading through all the great Bathroom Month posts over at our sister site got us thinking: when is the last time we actually took the time for a honest-to-goodness bath? With our hectic schedules, a ...
Here is one of the more charming products we saw at the 2008 Home and Housewares Show this week. Watch this video! More info below... ...
As we download photos and edit video of our coverage of the International Home and Housewares Show 2008, we are reflecting on our experience there. We (Chris and I) walked miles of expo floor, scoutin...
With Easter coming up, we've started thinking about where to buy Easter ham from sustainable-raised pigs. We did some research and found several farms that raise their pigs without hormones or drugs,...
We've missed the lectures that Owen Taylor, city farms training and livestock coordinator at Just Food, has been giving about raising chickens in NYC. Twice, actually. But we had to know more about th...
Many food bloggers are looking toward Easter this week, anticipating Sunday's brunches, Easter egg hunts, and ham dinners.
But there's also another important holiday happening, with a tasty food tie...
A collapse in wild chinook salmon populations has prompted the US Fish and Wildlife Service to seriously consider closing the 2008 salmon fishing season from northern Oregon to the Mexican border. Th...
Tomorrow we can officially say good-bye to winter and hello to the first crops of spring. Okay, maybe we're jumping the gun a bit, but why not just get the ball rolling?
Tender micro-greens are ofte...
One of our favorite kitchen tools to cook with on busy weeknights is our Romertopf clay baker. It's so easy to use, and food cooked in a clay baker is healthy and flavorful....
Tara's house tour made it look like she has tons of space. But her San Francisco apartment is a tiny rental that measures up at only 400 square feet. She has a classic rental kitchen, too: plywood cab...
From reader Ruibo, who is looking for a good strong tea without too much caffeine:
I love black tea. Earl grey, English breakfast, oolong, I'll guzzle it all, but I'll also be up all night staring a...
After a long delay and much anticipation, we literally jumped with glee to find the latest issue of Art of Eating tucked into our stack of mail.
Editor Ed Behr, normally so verbose and articulate, wa...
On the morning of Easter Sunday, there won't be any slaving over a hot stove. There'll be no worrying about whether the eggs will poach properly, or how to have half-a-dozen omelets hot at once. Inste...
We've given you plenty of wholesome, heartwarming dishes in scenes from some of our favorite novels.
But in Revolutionary Road — a bitter look at suburban life in the 1950s — it's a grotesque di...
We're really enjoying this new series of "Tastemaker Booklists" from Heidi Swanson over at 101 Cookbooks! She's been interviewing folks from all different walks of life about their self-described cook...
This tour comes to us from Sabra Krock, a new tour contributor and photographer based in New York City. She also has a beautiful food blog of her own at Cookbook Catchall. Welcome Sabra! Read on for t...
Organic and sustainable ingredients have been a focus in our kitchens for years. Now, at this year's Home and Housewares Show here in Chicago, we're seeing manufacturers launching lines of eco-frien...
Confession: We had a foodie crush on David Lebovitz long before we saw the tour of his quirky Paris kitchen last week. We've been loving his Guinness-Milk Chocolate Ice Cream for some time now.
The r...
We're like magpies this week, gathering ingredients and treats from all our favorite specialty food stores in anticipation of company this weekend. After all, the only thing better than making a great...
There's no doubt about it--emulsions are tricky. They're confusing to understand and they're confusing to make. Sometimes even the most seasoned chef can have trouble getting their sauces to emulsify!...
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day and Spring, this cheerful and bursting-with-green Trio Herb Pot from A+R Store is perfect for our windowsill....
Jelly beans, Peeps, chocolate eggs all hollowed out with gooey marshmallow inside - we do love Easter candy. We loved poking through the green plastic grass to find the smallest jelly beans at the bot...
The International Home and Housewares Show has been a great opportunity to meet inventors and innovators in person. We were excited to meet the team behind a strange yet fascinating product we fea...
St. Patrick's Day may be over, but be sure to hang on to a hot tip we picked up this year. No, no methods for keeping up with those binge drinking college coeds who mistake St. Patty's Day for St. Par...
A yeast question, from Liz:
I've been trying to conquer my fear of working with yeast — so far, so good. But one thing I've noticed is that when I punch down the dough after the initial rise, it ...
A few weeks ago, when a friend sent us a link to Jen Causey's photo blog, Simply Breakfast, we didn't totally understand it.
As the title suggests, each day she posts a photograph of her breakfast. S...
Open kitchens are often the norm in new houses or apartments, the assumption being that most people like to cook without feeling isolated from the action in the living room. But one of us here at the ...
With all the Hungry Reader nostalgia going on, we couldn't help but run to the bookshelf for our copy of Little House in the Big Woods. Whether it's hasty pudding or salt-rising bread, Ma's always got...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that Costco was recalling approximately 10,368 pounds of frozen chicken that may be infected with listeria....
Congratulations to readers missywins and diannem, who both won a set of Eiko egg boilers from Vessel in our most recent Thursday Giveaway.
Check back later today for a special lightning round Easter...
Lo and behold... There were farmers in flannel shirts and coveralls on the front page of The New York Times Sunday Styles section yesterday. Turns out there's a crop (yep) of young city dwellers leav...
In our produce box this week, we were very happy to receive a beautiful bunch of dandelion greens. They were promptly drizzled with a little bit of basil oil and devoured....
Whenever we have bread dough to separate, icebox cookies to cut apart, or even onions to scoop into a prep bowl, we find ourselves reaching for our bench scraper. As those of us diving into the Kitchn...
The Home and Housewares Show here in Chicago is its own kind of runway. Some colors are in, like orange and vanilla. Others colors, including red and lime green, are showing up less than they did la...
Every so often, we're too tired to go to the market. But, we still want to eat healthy! Salvation comes in the form of Westside Organics, one of the many home produce delivery companies in San Franc...
Who could have guessed that a pair of $20 kitchen shears would become our most used kitchen gadget? But these little guys have 100 uses in the kitchen. Click through to read about some of our favorite...
We are looking forward to spring fruit - tiny berries and other fresh treats from the garden. But that doesn't mean we don't have fruit in our fruit bowl now. ...
Dr. Andrew Weil's Healthy Kitchen line makes it easier to eat healthy in a small kitchen. Weil's Multi-Function Rice Cooker cooks rice, of course, and other healthy grains. It also works to steam vege...
If you live in Texas and like to drive to the coast for fresh shellfish, be warned: an algae bloom has closed the bays in Aransas, Corpus Christi and Copano. A recall of oysters, clams and mussels ha...
A condiment question! This is from Amanda, who asks:
How long do condiments keep in the fridge? I don't often use things like ketchup, mustard, Worcesteshire sauce, etc. but I still have them arou...
Some of you probably started brining your homemade corned beef days ago. Other enterprising types made a beef and Guinness stew in the slow cooker this morning. But there's still hope for the procras...
This time of year, bunny-shaped sweets and candy eggs are everywhere. What about something springy that can be useful after Easter is over? This Garden Patch Cakelet Pan from Williams-Sonoma is season...
The big pots from our summer container garden are stacked next to the back door, and this morning on the way out, we noticed this little guy poking it's way toward the sun--a volunteer seed from last ...
When I turned my Nikki McClure calendar page to March earlier this month, something about the image and the word provide caught my attention and wouldn't let go. I realized that provide is a complex...
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