Recipe: Pineapple Basil Cocktail
We didn't stop with rhubarb!
There was plenty of basil and the liquor was flowing easily last night, so we came up with another cocktail — this time with pineapple and a hint of lime... ...
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Memorial Day Cooking Survey: Indoors or Outdoors?
Memorial Day is the traditional start of picnic season, which often feels like a cruel joke in Ohio and New York; more often than not it's drizzly and cold. We're curious - what are your Memorial Day ...
Recipe: Rhubarb Basil Cocktail
Earlier in the week, we posted some ideas for using basil in cocktails, promising to try our own interpretations over the weekend.
Well, we did some experimenting, and while our first inclination wa...
What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of May 25-26, 2008
It's Memorial Day weekend, and it has snuck up on us. The container garden is full of fresh and leafy greens, the sun is shining, and it feels like ice cream weather is just around the corner. We want...
Tip: How to Use Chive Blossoms in Salads and Other Dishes
We have been admiring the beautiful chive blossoms on our rapidly growing plants, but we knew we needed to pick them off - otherwise they'll go to seed and stop growing. We pulled off a few to go with...
Seen at ICFF: Lap Mug, Knee Mug, Knife Hooks and More from Thelermont Hupton England
We've seen these lap mugs and knee mugs - clever and yet oddly impractical in their very practicality - but there was even more from Hupton, a design group from England. Click through to see the next ...
Easy Appetizer: Goat Cheese with Parsley and Lemon
Since Nora has let us all know that spring is high time for goat cheese, we thought we'd share a quick appetizer that frequently shows up at our dinner parties... ...
Long Weekend? Come Have a Cocktail in The Kitchn
Happy Memorial Day weekend - the unofficial start of summer. We've been posting spring and summer cocktails all week, and we're not finished. We'll be around all weekend, posting lightly, and then we'...
Best Burger Toppings
Sometimes the best parties are the do-it-yourself ones. This weekend for Memorial Day, we'll be flipping those burgers we showed you earlier this week, and setting out a huge tray of condiments and t...
The New Farm Bill: What's In It?
So - how about a little Friday afternoon politics? We've been following the passage-veto-override of the new Farm Bill with some interest. The infighting amongst our two major political parties has be...
Our Small San Francisco Container Garden
We don't really have a lot of room to garden at our San Francisco Edwardian row house. Our backyard faces north and doesn't get enough light to grow vegetables, and our south-facing front stoop had v...
Recipe: Egg, Arugula, and Herb Tartine
A tartine is really just a fancy name for an open-faced sandwich. It sounds so much more elegant than sandwich, doesn't it? It seems fitting for this impromptu lunch we had this week. We were pressed ...
Web Resource: Import Food - Online Thai Produce and Thai Pantry Items
Out here in California, we're a little bit spoiled by all the Asian markets and Asian produce available in the farmer's markets. Sometimes we forget that people in other parts of the country don't ha...
Do You Listen to Music While Cooking?
For a lot of us, cooking is something we do to relax and unwind.
Slipping in a favorite CD to set the mood can feel almost as important as the recipe we have planned and the ingredients in our fridge...
Chocolate's Savory Side: Don't Wait for Dessert
Our lunch with Jacques Torres at the All Candy Expo in Chicago highlighted chocolate's savory side with dishes like a fruit and mixed green salad with a white chocolate-orange vinaigrette. Quite tasty...
Straight Up: Using Shiso in Cocktails (Mojitos and More)
I’ve always loved shiso’s distinctive peppery-bright flavor. While the softly furred, frill-edged leaves have the texture, piquancy, and slight sweetness of fresh mint, their complex flavor also b...
Seen at ICFF: Chubby Teapot from Normann Copenhagen
Normann Copenhagen designs products for the home and kitchen, including some of the most iconic popular design items of the last few years. You would probably recognize their green collapsible funnel ...
Recipes for the Graduate and Other Beginning Cooks
Yesterday we showed you our graduation gift ideas for the kitchen, and on many of our ideas we noted "include your favorite recipe." So today we're showing you our favorite recipes for the graduate, o...
Waste Not: Using Leftover Rick's Picks Brine
At last weekend's Apartment Therapy book party, there was a lot of brine going around.
First, Rick of Rick's Picks introduced us to the pickletini, a delicious dirty martini with a splash of pickle ...
Look! DIY Oat Flour from A Year in Bread
This is definitely one of those "now why didn't we think of that?!" kind of moments!
Over at A Year in Bread, the Kitchen Mage has been obsessed with making her own oat flour. How? Simply grind a sco...
Try This: Yucca (or Yuca) Fries
We've been thinking about how much we miss yucca fries (errr - that's actually yuca fries), easily available in our old Florida haunts, but not so common up North. It's not a surprise that this photo ...
Kitchen Spotlight: Nina's Open Sky Blue and White
Ready for a little end-of-Thursday kitchen eye candy? We are loving this house tour, especially its kitchen and dining space, from a flat in the Netherlands. Even though we focus mostly on cooking too...
Thursday Giveaway: Power Plant Mini from Prepara
Giveaway: Three Power Plant Minis from Prepara
Find it: Buy through Prepara directly for $39.99
We have a treat of a giveaway for you today. We have been looking forward to this ever since we saw thi...
Good Question: Best Modern Shopping Carts?
Here's a good question from reader Ria on the best modern shopping trolley or carts. We have answers below...
Any idea of where to find a modern shopping cart to fit my modern self?
Thanks,
Ria B....
Field Trip: COPIA - Napa's Center for Wine, Food, and Arts
Memorial for Robert Mondavi in the COPIA lobby. Mondavi passed away last Friday.
A few weeks ago, we made plans to visit a friend in Napa for the weekend. During the drive up Friday after work, we ...
Entertaining: Q&A with Jessie Saunders, author of The Two of Us...and Friends
Jessie Saunders knows what it's like to cook and entertain in a tiny kitchen. For years, she and her husband lived in a small apartment in New York's Greenwich Village, where, she says, "If everyone ...
Cherry Desserts from Bon Appétit
Kathryn found newly in-season cherries at a California farmer's market, and now we're way too hungry for plump, juicy cherries. Raw, half-cooked in a pie, or stewed in a sauce - we'll take them any wa...
Graduation Gift Ideas for the Kitchen
It's graduation season. That means thousands of young people are headed out into the world, getting new apartments, settling into new routines . . . and reaching for the takeout menus.
But it doesn'...
Recipe: Easy Ricotta Gnocchi
A traditional Florentine pasta, ricotta gnocchi is the lighter, hipper cousin to northern Italy's potato gnocchi.This gnocchi cooks up as soft, mild-flavored dumplings. They make a great base for any ...
For the Spring Kitchen: Eat Your Greens
Eat your greens! As if we needed any reminder this time of year. Our arugula is throwing out leaves left and right, and all we want to do is go and nibble it like a rabbit. There are delicate chives g...
Summer Cocktail: The Americano
In our week of summer cocktails so far we've had some new concoctions, like The Cuke and The Pickletini. We've had herbed drinks and a fresh cocktail with beer. Now for another direction. When the wea...
If You Grow Just One Thing This Spring... Plant Arugula
We were at the greengrocer a couple months ago, slightly nonplussed because we couldn't find arugula yet. The girl at the counter told us that she just grows it herself; even through the winter, she ...
Seasonal Spotlight: Cherries!
We couldn't believe our eyes when we were at the Napa Farmer's Market this past weekend. There they were - deep ruby globes of juiciness, taunting us to bite into their plump flesh. We asked the far...
Dagger and Spoonchela: Tord Boontje's Witches' Kitchen
Spork, spurk, dagger and spoonchela - here's a new set of cooking utensils from birds 'n' flowers Dutch designer Tord Boontje, perhaps best known for his romantic, emotional chandeliers and lighting. ...
In Defense of Chardonnay
Poor old Chardonnay wines! They are the victims of so much bad press. How often have you heard someone say “Anything but Chardonnay”? Indeed many an article has been penned with said same title. I...
Jacques Torres' Chocolate Tasting Tips
We spent yesterday snacking our way through a sea of goodies at the All Candy Expo in Chicago. As if that weren't enough of a treat, we also had the chance to hear legendary pastry chef Jaques Torres ...
Summer Cocktail Recipe: Michelada
For our relaxed Memorial Day party. this weekend, we know that beer will be the drink of choice. But to make it a little more fun and fancy, we'll be offering guests the option of making a michelada w...
Top Chef Chicago: Restaurant Wars!
Sometimes, in war, the mighty fall...
We're skipping right to the next page to discuss the winner and, more importantly, the surprising loser. Come!...
Did You Have a Defining Moment in Your Life as a Cook?
At the Apartment Therapy book party this past weekend, a few of us got into a conversation about our defining food moment: that moment when we realized that cooking and being in our kitchen had gone f...
Easy Weeknight Meal: Spanish Tortilla
This is one of those dishes that tastes great morning, noon, and night. It's good cold, it's good hot. And it's as easy to pull together as a simple frittata... ...
Cutlery to Go: Stix Eyewear
Never go hungry again - for lack of cutlery anyway. Those of us unlucky enough to need glasses can make up for it with these frames that conceal a well-placed pair of chopsticks! ...
Good Eats: Mangosteens and Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
So, mangosteens are now legal in the States. Are they worth the hefty price tag they command? Boxes of 8 go for up to $39, due to their highly perishable nature. Ed Levine says yes, though, quoting R....
How to Start a Green Roof Garden
Garden-lovers without backyards, go vertical!
Such is the cry of a Park Slope resident who recently showed a crowd of New Yorkers (including yours truly) how to start a green roof garden. Since star...
Good For Warm Weather: Sparkling Sodas
When the weather gets warm, we love drinking these light, sparkling, non-alcoholic sodas made with cane sugar (no high fructose corn syrup!) and natural flavors. See inside for more information ......
Ribs Under the Broiler
From the NY Times Dining Section 05.21.08
Our neighbors have pulled out the grill, but we're grill-less for now, and July seems a long time away. What do you do when you have no grill? Mark Bittman comes to the meat-lovers' rescue with tips ...
Word of Mouth: Fell
Fell (noun): The papery, porous membrane covering the fat and muscle of lamb and mutton.
This membrane is incredibly high in lanolin. This might be a desirable ingredient in soap and candles, but whe...
Threatened Truffles, Ground Beef Recall, and Foie Gras:
Top food news for May 19-23
Wow, so much food news this week, but most of it good! Read on ......
Look! Cute Cupcakes from Hello, Cupcake!
In our world, delicious trumps cute, especially when it's cute for cute's sake. And yet, the new book Hello, Cupcake! features such adorable and easy to make creations that we fell in love.Take those ...
Spring and Summer Drinks: Cocktails with Basil
Basil really does scream summer to us — mostly because it's so closely linked to tomatoes (in our minds, at least).
On a trip to Sonoma Valley last year, we kept seeing basil on cocktail menus. An...
Good Food with Evan Kleiman: Simple Curry
We absolutely love Indian curries of all kinds and could probably come up with a reason to eat them morning, noon, and night. To feed our addiction, we've started attempting some simple curries in our...
San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Alemany
Sour plums and green almonds
The Alemany Farmer's Market is located at 100 Alemany Boulevard under the junction of the 101 and 280 freeways, and is held every Saturday from 7 AM to 1 PM. Founded in 1...
Recipe: Stuffed Artichokes
Remember when we contemplated the first meal cooked in our new apartment? Well, this was it. A little off-the-beaten-path for us, but it's an old family recipe that we'd been wanting to make......
Recipe: Old-Fashioned Juicy Burgers
Memorial Day means burgers and beers - the kind of comfort food that pleases a crowd, and signals the start of summer.
There are hundreds of ways to make a burger, but here's an old family recipe wh...
Food Science: Why Sliced Fruit Turns Brown
One of the things we love more than anything else this time of year is a big bowl of fresh fruit, especially with a generous dollop of yogurt or creme fraiche on top!
Unfortunately, in the time betwe...
Summer Cocktail: The Cuke
When the air heats up and we're trying to stay cool as a cucumber (pun intended!) we love this cocktail. It combines cucumbers, limes, mint, and one of our favorite gins, Hendrick's....
What Is In Season Now? May
May and Garden Month can be slightly agonizing. All these growing things, but nothing to show for it yet. What can we eat now? Here is a brief list of in-season fruits and vegetables that we enjoy thi...
Good Question: What Is This Mystery Mill?
Here's a mystery from reader Ihor. He says it's a mill, but not for pepper...
What is it for?? No access opening, prongs hold contents against base plate blade slots, might be for truffles, garlic, ...
The Cheesemonger's Seasonal Spotlight: Goat Cheese
Spring is the best time to make goat cheese, which means that we're at the height of the season to eat it. Now, more than ever, you can taste a bright, piquant freshness in some of the younger, smalle...
Recipe: Homemade Agave Nectar Ketchup
One of our favorite finds at the Global Food & Style Expo in Chicago last month was agave nectar ketchup. We have a weakness for the sweet and tart classic sauce, but it's typically loaded with high f...
Finding Inspiration and New Recipes in Men's Magazines
We used to think that men's magazines were nothing but rags, full of bikini-clad babes and advice on pumping iron. But things have changed. Men's magazines have gotten more serious, and in turn, serio...
Good Product: Immersion Blender with Whisk
As we gear up for some summery cocktails, we start thinking about blending things — margaritas, daiquiris, milkshakes with homemade ice cream...
Problem is, this is our blender: A hand-held immers...
Redefining Value (In & Out of the Kitchen): The NeckLAdle
ICFF is all about design. There's a lot of beautiful design that begs to be admired and examined. We saw some things that seemed like good and practical additions to our kitchen, but mostly we saw de...
Garden Tour: See Martha Stewart's Garden in the Country
Most of our Garden Month coverage is about the small gardens that most of us are limited to in the city. But it's fascinating to also see the sprawling country gardens of a lucky few that can really s...
Recipe: Mussels Steamed in Wine and Served On A Bed of Vegetables
Last week at the Alemany Market, we picked up a mess of Asian vegetables and some mussels from Sun Fat Seafood in San Francisco....
NY Times Sunday Magazine: How To Cook with Green Garlic
Doesn't exactly look like typical garlic, does it?
In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, chef Daniel Patterson talks about his love of young, green garlic — something we saw at the Green Flea ...
NYC Best Food Stores: A Foodie Walking Tour of Bleecker Street
Whenever food-loving visitors come from out of town, we take them to our favorite markets and restaurants. And we're always sure to lead them on a foodie walking tour of Greenwich Village's Bleecker S...
Good Product? Keepeez Vacuum-Sealed Lids
We were reading the comments on our post about storing leftovers and noticed ksmile's enthusiastic endorsement of Keepeez lids.
When we went looking for more information, we found a promo video on Y...
Technique: How To Remove the Skins from Nuts
In our post last week on Dried Fig and Nut bars, we mentioned needing to remove the skins from the hazelnuts we were using. If left on, these skins can discolor your baked goods or make them taste bit...
Funny Food Art: Green Eggs and Ham
Over the weekend, a friend gave us some fresh eggs from her Araucana hens. These eggs have a slight pale-green tint that's so subtle, it's hard to photograph. We also happened to have some cured ham...
Recipe: Pickletini
This weekend we were treated to a special dirty martini from our favorite pickle joint in town, Rick's Picks. Just in time. In an effort to get you ready for summer, we're going to kick off a week o...
Craft Brewers Rejigger Their Formulas
Do you know what these pellets are? Fish food? Garden fertilizer? Ear plugs? No - they are much more important than that, and there's a major shortage on... ...
Survey: How Big Is Your Garden?
It's Garden Month and we're curious about how many of you are gardening this season and how much space you have. We only have containers but we do have some outside space, so we got a little crazy wit...
Kick Off the Season With Spring and Summer Cocktails: Spiked Boba from The New York Times
Memorial Day is a week from today; we can scarcely believe it! To celebrate the informal beginning of the summer season we are giving you a warm weather cocktail recipe every day this week. We'll lead...
Cooking by Feel: Strawberry Refrigerator Jam
To answer Elizabeth’s question, here in California we are blissfully deep in the middle of strawberry season. My Mystery Box provider has been bringing in flats of dead ripe organic strawberries fo...
How to Find a Pick-Your-Own Strawberries Farm
The strawberry pie from last week had us daydreaming all weekend about crouching in the warm summer sun, plucking a ripe, juicy berry from the row stretching out before us, and immediately popping it ...
Survey: What's the Best Way to Store Leftovers?
We employ all kinds of methods when wrapping up leftovers. We save take-out containers and re-use them, we ball things up in aluminum foil, and we've been known to stick an entire stock pot half-fille...
Company Profile: Terroir Coffee Company
Looking for a new coffee to wake you up first thing Monday morning?
Look no further than Terroir Coffee Company, a small Massachusetts roaster trying to to make some big changes in the coffee industr...
Elegant Bites: Prosciutto, Pea Shoots, and Roses
Here's another lovely bite to go with those "bacon and egg" spoonfuls we showed you last week. This little appetizer is easy and looks like a rose... ...
Seen at ICFF: Slow Food Tray from Design Glut
From the designers who brought you the Egg Pants, here comes an old-fashioned cafeteria tray, but with a twist.
Trays like these were originally designed to slide quickly along a fast food line, bu...
Weekend Meditation: Harvesting Heaven
A couple of evenings ago you could have found me at home on my living room floor, peeling fava beans with my dinner guests. I had spontaneously invited them in only to discover there was nothing much...
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