Now that we've learned a few tips for creating our own cocktails, we've been experimenting a bit. We've found one combination that's super-simple and refreshing using Trader Joe's Villa Italia Blood O...
We're contemplating a no-bake dessert this weekend, which is not difficult considering how much gorgeous fruit is available right now. Here are two recipes from Domino that take advantage of summer fr...
We showed you one photo from Giulia's lovely white kitchen a little earlier today, on our question about your kitchen non-negotiables. Here are a few more photos from her white galley kitchen. We love...
Cherry tomatoes and varieties of squash and bitter melon
Yesterday we hopped to the Crocker Galleria Farmer's Market to pick up a bag of edible flower salad greens from Happy Boy Farms, and snapped t...
We've always wanted a Meyer lemon tree, but now that we're back up north we're not sure if that will ever happen. But Martha Stewart did a whole segment on fruit trees you can grown indoors; click thr...
Lacking inspiration this weekend?
Is everyone in your family begging for something different?
Trying to use up the remnants of your CSA before the next box arrives?
Whatever our conundrum, CookThin...
Recently we bought a package of dried fava beans and made this delicious recipe that goes back thousands of years in Egypt....
We've finally reached dessert in a series of posts about making my wedding a couple of weeks ago. I've already written about the main dishes and the accessorizing of the fish. Even though I knew it wo...
We've been on the hunt for a new place to live. The kitchen is obviously of chief importance, but we've seen a lot of uninspiring rental kitchens over the past week. Too small, too cramped, odd config...
When we wrote about the Taste of Chicago earlier this week, reader "Eve in Hochelaga" lamented that she will be visiting Chicago just as the festival ends and jokingly asked, "Is there a Taste of Left...
As you can see, leeks aren't the cleanest vegetables around! Not only do their roots hold dirt like Fort Knox, but grit drifts in from above and gets wedged between the oniony layers.
Before using th...
Over the past few months here at The Kitchn, there’s been a lot of talk of “cooking by feel” - of bypassing the comfortable authority cookbooks often seem to offer, and taking a more creative a...
I cooked all the food for my own wedding (50 attendees) a couple of weeks ago. Well, I didn't cook everything. I bought 25 pounds of smoked fish from Acme Smoked Fish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They smo...
La Tourangelle produces a wide range of unusual nut oils: roasted pecan and pistachio, toasted pumpkin seed, avocado. If my life were different, I’d buy them all and spend the rest of my years bat...
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If you're trying to eat as much from a...
We're breaking from the norm a bit and recommending a non-cookbook!
But with so many of us tending herb and produce gardens this summer, we thought this one was worth the divergence.
Gayla Trail is ...
These new stickers made in France by Coco Boheme are made from biodegradeable potato starch and make an easy and guilt-free memo pad for your grocery list. They are available in this clover or a choic...
Giveaway: Two family packs of fresh mangos, courtesy of the National Mango Board
Find it: Grocery stores and markets nationwide
In our pursuit of eating locally and seasonally we have few special exc...
I got married a week ago. Instead of the usual fears -commitment, weather, stepkids' sabotage - I spent the weeks leading up to the event wondering if I was capable of cooking a meal for 50 hungry peo...
We've been seeing a lot of purslane popping up recently at the Farmer's Markets. But what exactly is it?...
Many cocktail recipes for the spring and summer call for the addition of simple syrup. Even better is when the recipe calls for a flavored simple syrup, such as rosemary....
We love the cool creaminess of traditional potato-leek vichyssoise, especially on humid summer days like we've been getting.
So when Elizabeth mentioned an Epicurious recipe for arugula vichyssoise i...
Here's a little Thursday fun. What do you prefer - peas or asparagus? Yes, yes - we know that we don't have to choose between them. They are gloriously in season right now, abundant in the farms and m...
We see a lot of fancy video game cakes around here, but this one made our eyes pop out. And it's a wedding cake, no less! To see Mario taking the castle and the princess, plus lots of little Goombas a...
Summer make us think of birthdays. Maybe it's because several family members have birthdays in June and July, and it seems like birthday cake is on the menu every weekend. But what do you do when said...
Here is a good question from reader Bre. Click through for a larger version of her floorplan.
We're in the process of purchasing a one bedroom apartment in New York which has an odd layout. There ar...
What's cooking this week over at Serious Eats? One writer argues that dragonfruit should be sweet and delicious, not insipid - you just have to buy the red version, not the white. That and more from S...
Sherry wines are really quite extraordinary. They are diverse, delicious and incredibly versatile. They are also some of the most under-appreciated and undervalued wines in the world.
So many people...
Victory gardens, or war gardens, were introduced during World War I as a way for U.S. citizens to support the war effort, growing vegetables at home to supplement the wartime food supply. The practice...
If you love French vintage kitchenware from 1900-1960 but can't make it to Paris, D.O.T. (Diffusion d'Objets de Table) on rue Saintonge in the Marais has an affordable solution for you. Their online U...
OK, so maybe we can't really call our dinner inspiration tonight "cooking." It's really just an easy collection of light snacks that together make up a very nice summer meal. We found this particular ...
It's time to feature one of our favorite house tours ever - a carefully renovated London Victorian. This home is so beautiful! But we also admire the owner's taste. She says, "The kitchen is the focus...
We are moving in about a month, and we are looking forward to a big project: making over our pantry storage. We have been waiting for a big move and now we're finally going to invest in good glass sto...
We've gushed about Jeni's Ice Creams a few (too many?) times here, but we can't stop talking about how good this ice cream is. We are very proud of this local treasure - all inspired by Ohio dairy and...
It's Hump Day, which means we're here with the food news of the week! This week's been a little quiet in food news, so this will be a quick read....
When Emma announced that she had been given some blue cornmeal last week, I gasped. The very same thing had just happened to me! Never one to let a coincidence go unexplored, I set to work finding t...
Love it or hate it, Chicago's largest food event is back for another 10 days of face-stuffing festivities. The Taste of Chicago starts Friday, which means hordes of hungry locals and tourists will ...
A lot of people think this is an unripe green tomato, but it isn't. It certainly looks like a tomato, but it's covered with a paper husk on the outside. What is it?...
Grilled apple pie? In a paper bag? Yes indeed. That and more in our delicious links of the day. ...
Take a look at our little tomato plant. Notice anything different? No? Take a closer look... ...
We didn't make it to the store this weekend and had to scrounge a bit for something to eat at lunchtime yesterday.
We started with a can of cannelloni beans from our pantry, rummaged through the frid...
This week the Times dining section has a special issue - it's all about drinks! We were hard pressed to choose just five favorite things this week, but we managed. Here are our top picks, including so...
Take a look at this "floating net" - a very practical small-space solution. It takes up way less room than a colander, but it gives you plenty of space still to rinse all your fresh produce from the f...
Last week, we reported on the abundance of stone fruit at the Hollywood Farmers' Market. One of the most prized stone fruits available in LA and other California farmers' markets is the Blenheim apric...
The beautiful kitchens in our house tours tend to be on their best behavior. Crumbs are cleared. The cookbooks are neatly stacked. All the chairs are pushed in.
Published in the spring issue of Gastr...
British designer Cath Kidston’s vintage-inspired patterns include kitchen goods like retro aprons, tea towels, oven mitts, paper napkins, tea cosies and more in florals, stripes and woven checks to ...
Simmer sauces are an easy and healthy way to make a quick, delicious meal for your family. It's simple - add your choice of vegetables, tofu, meat, chicken, or seafood to a pan, add a jar of simmer s...
Good news in the ongoing saga of vanished favorite site Tastespotting; tiny cookie cutters and more below in our delicious links of the day. ...
Spaghetti squash is a cylinder-shaped squash that ranges in color from pale yellow to canary yellow. Do you know why it's called spaghetti squash?...
Is it just us or do all these kinds of yeasts sound suspiciously the same?
We've been baking and buying yeast for years, and sometimes the yeast choices in the baking aisle still get us confused!
He...
We mentioned in a recent weekend roundup that we were planning on using the slow cooker for our weekend cooking. The slow cooker is invaluable in hot weather; you can start it up in the morning and th...
Here's something new and interesting. We just happened across this "freshness detector," which promises to determine the freshness of your meat and poultry. ...
We saw this post over at Apartment Therapy: Chicago about Moo on-demand printing, and immediately thought, "Oooh! Dinner parties!"
Cute and crafty, Moo gives us the ability to reproduce our favorite ...
When I visited Eric Gower last month for a kitchen tour, I was also invited to stay for lunch, which turned into a lesson on how to make fried rice, breakaway style. It took Eric all of seven minutes...
What was cooking a year ago this week? Here's a look back at some of the seasonal posts from this time last year, including a rhubarb and Aperol cocktail, refreshing summer wines, a peek into a free k...
There are many a mystery to be had in the world of cheese. And that's no surprise, considering that we're talking about a product whose structure is based largely on the scientific intricacies of bact...
Sure, shelling peas can be a relaxing and rewarding activity – therapeutic even. But it's not one we can always find time to do, so one of our favorite farmer's market indulgences is a carton of fre...
Have a hankering to brew your own beer? How about some homemade cheese? Or maybe you'd like to build a smoke house for curing your own meats this summer?!
We first discovered Leeners when co-owner Ei...
If you happen to be in Krakow and looking for modern kitchen items -- like these colorful dishes -- in a town filled with old-fashioned tourist shops and shopping mall chain stores, duck into LuLu Liv...
There aren't any children in our household, so we wouldn't usually think to pick up a magazine for parents in search of recipes or cooking inspiration. But we noticed that some of our bookmarked recip...
Last fall we catered a wedding for a friend. It was just a dessert reception, so we served bonbons, cookies, meringues, and ice cream. We served the ice cream in pleated paper soufflé cups, eac...
A friend of ours was in an accident recently and broke her leg, requiring surgery. She's unable to walk for the next few months, and a group of us are banding together to prepare foods that she can s...
Have you ever seen anything like these porcelain spoon holders? We're semi-obsessed with these obscure pieces of formal dinnerware. They were designed to keep spoons for a buffet or coffee station ele...
We're captivated by this strawberry-walnut salad on Alyson's lovely blog, Milk, Eggs, Chocolate. It just looks so cool and refreshing. Strawberries are finally (really) in season, and all we want to e...
No matter what, we always seem to end up with leftover herbs after making a recipe.
A single sprig of thyme. An extra teaspoon of chopped oregano. A leaf or two of basil. Since they're not quite enou...
Ever wanted to visit a creamery? We love cheese and have always wanted to see where it's made. Check out this virtual tour and photo gallery from Black Star Farms in western Michigan, home of Leelanau...
In April, the United States Postal Service released these new 27-cent stamps with beautiful illustrations of tropical fruits....
A lovely summer cocktail, Cookie Monster, and Stephen Colbert... ready for our good links today? ...
In the introduction to his book, 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World, Gary Vaynerchuk gives one of the most compelling arguments on taste that we've heard:
The ...
Carbs were top of the heap last week - what with our top posts including a recipe for ricotta gnocchi, ideas for making naan at home, and DIY wedding cake inspiration. Links to these and more top post...
I first had goat butter at Bar Tartine a few years ago, where it was served as an appetizer with radishes and salt and a very nice glass of sparkling rose. Swoon.
I was smitten and wanted to know m...
We had a free afternoon this past weekend and thought we'd try out the baguette recipe from Local Breads, Daniel Leader's latest book on bread baking.
Leader says that he didn't include this recipe i...
French magazine Madame Figaro has a regular feature called Idées diner (Dinner Ideas) that features various themed and often high-concept table setting ideas, plus buying info for all of their finds....
Many people don't enjoy grocery shopping but I do. I think this is because I'm a bit of a maverick: It's rare that I have a list and my usual strategy is to meander about, browsing in every isle, lo...
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