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Kitchen Cure Download: Leftovers Log
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

Last week when we gave you the first Cure download, a reminder sheet for your groceries, reader Eliza said she would also like a way of remembering when each leftover was cooked. We realized that some...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of April 25-26, 2009

What do you have planned for your kitchen and table this weekend? More cleaning and Curing, or ham-and-cheese picnics on the balcony? Is the weather beautiful where you are? Are you inside or out this...

Kitchen Tour: Emily's Wide-Open Inspiration
Newton, MA

We met Emily at her home on a cold Wednesday morning when her husband and four kids (all under 9) were out and occupied. We chatted while she showed us around the old Victorian which was quiet and cal...

Bacon Pops! Goat Cheese Pops with Herbs, Pecans, & Bacon

Oh yes. All the cuteness of a cake pop, all the fun of an easy appetizer, and it's all wrapped up in bacon....

Kitchen Cure Check-In: Decluttered Cabinets and Storage
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009 - Week 2

• Week 2 Assignment: Declutter, Give Away, and Organize Kitchen Equipment • Cure Clock: 4 weeks (plus a weekend) remaining • Cure Takers: 695! and counting (sign up here) How is ...

Twitterpated: Follow Us On Twitter (If You Want To)

We've had several requests for a Kitchn Twitter stream, and we're finally giving in. We post quite a lot here, so don't expect very frequent updates there, but we may offer a tweet every now and then ...

Guess Whose Kitchen This Is...

We'll give you a couple of hints. It's in Mississippi, and it belonged to a writer. Read on for a quote from the writer's memoir, a childhood memory of a full moon and a favorite food......

Recipe: Sardine Salad with Chickpeas and Feta

My mom grew up in the 40s and 50s camping in Yosemite where she dined on my grandfather's version of a sardine sandwich: a Ritz cracker with a slice of cheddar, a lump of sardine packed in mustard, an...

Weekend Project: Clean Your Kitchen in Five Steps!

Even if you're not officially taking the Kitchen Cure this year, we hope you've been inspired and motivated by our decluttering and organizing posts this week! Here's one last post to take with you in...

Kitchen Spotlight: Deeply Colorful International Kitchens

Small Cool 2009 is in the voting stage now (have you voted for your favorite small cool space yet?) and as we reviewed some of the entries we realized that the international entrants often have t...

Survey: How Do You Organize Your Pot Lids?
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

Okay, after so many Cure-takers called out for help with their pot lid problems, both Faith and I have weighed in, in depth, on the issue. I slide mine above my hanging pot rack (here are the details ...

A Slide-Out Hideaway Stove
Delicious links for 04.24.09

Look at this hot stove!! Also, a debate on pressure cooking beans, and what it really takes to open a pizza joint....

Recipe Review: Mary Sue and Susan's Asparagus Salad

We are great fans of Los Angeles chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, whose dishes are never fussy but always fresh and inspired. So when we received their April newsletter with a recipe for Bab...

Good Idea! Sharing Kitchen Equipment

If you're doing the Kitchn Cure, you've been busy decluttering and re-organizing your kitchens this week. We've been thinking about the appliances and other equipment we only use a few times a year an...

Favorite Spring Cocktail: Gibsons - with Ramps!
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Take a Martini, that sublime mixture of cool, crisp gin and dry vermouth, and garnish it with a pickled onion instead of a green olive. Now you have a Gibson. But what if that delicately savory, cru...

Is It Cost-Effective To Make Pantry Staples Yourself?

We love offering DIY recipes — recipes for things like butter, instant oatmeal, chocolate pudding, yellow cake, crackers and jam. You can see a huge list of all our DIY recipes here. But is it m...

Clean-Out-the-Freezer Strawberry Trifles

Remember these Easter egg cakes we made a few weeks ago? We had a container full of pound cake scraps sitting in the freezer that we didn't want to waste, and cake pops were too laborious for a weekni...

Good Question: How Do I Use Ghee?

We recently received a question from a reader who had bought a jar of ghee. She was curious how long it would last in the fridge, and what she could use it for. Sara writes: I also got a jar of ghee; ...

Entertaining Tip: An Alternative to Name Tags

We've all been at those large parties where we're handed a "Hello my name is..." sticker when we walk through the door and then stand around feeling rather awkward while we make small talk with strang...

1% For The Planet: The votes are in!

Thank you to everyone who voted for their favorite 1% For The Planet non-profit. We had more comments and votes than ever before, and we're happy to say that we'll be giving 1% of our 2008 profits to ...

Nishiki Market
Kyoto, Japan

In Kyoto, there is a market hall with beautiful stained glass ceilings that stretches on for six city blocks. Called the Nishiki Market, this place is a food lovers' paradise; row after row of the fr...

Recipe Redux: Breakfast Poha with Coconut

This recipe has been on my mind for a long time — over a year, in fact. It was published right here on The Kitchn as part of a kitchen tour: Devesh and Tara's Spice Pantry. It just looked so goo...

City Kitchen, Country Kitchen: Ina Garten's Two Kitchens

I have a fresh appreciation for Ina Garten these days, after her recipe for lemon cake turned out to rave reviews on Easter. And now that I've gotten a closer look at her city kitchen, I'm smitte...

Farmers' Market Report: Lettuce for Your Garden
New York

The New York City farmers' markets are still peeking out from under the blanket of winter. Ramps have arrived, but there's not much else in the way of exciting produce. There are, however, plenty of f...

Weeknight Recipe: Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

This is the mac n' cheese that we grew up on - creamy sauce, chewy pasta, and don't spare the cheese! This was way before "fat" was a dirty word, but we still can't think of anything else we'd rather ...

Which Ingredients Can You Not Live Without?

We're gearing up for the Kitchen Cure's third week when we'll be talking a lot about ingredients. Those who are participating (wow, almost 700 of you!) cleaned out the fridge and pantry during Week 1....

Kitchen Cure Update: New Pot Lid Rack and Better Storage
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

How is this week's Cure assignment going? Have you reevaluated your kitchen tools and utensils, and decluttered? Are you Curing your equipment and storage? Send us photos of your before shots, an...

Decluttering Tip: Use It or Lose It!

Having trouble parting with that old potato peeler? Or the cute egg separater you use twice a year? Well, here's an easy, low-stress way to wean yourself off your "occasional use" kitchen utensils and...

Four-Star Chocolate Bread Pudding and Vegan Lemon Bars
Delicious links for 04.23.09

Chocolate bread pudding, vegan lemon bars, and a cheery table for a spring party. ...

Could You Live Without an Oven?

This kitchen corner with dining nook is one of our favorite tiny kitchen spaces from Small Cool 2009. The whole apartment is only 260 square feet! Ann, the owner, made some tradeoffs, though, when she...

National Food Roundup: Yellow Beet Sandwich with Avocado, Grapefruit and Radish Sprouts
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 04.22.09

We've got a serious case of sandwich envy in this week's roundup. Plus, using leftover pickle juice in a Scarlett Quinoa Salad and desserts for right now. ...

Good Question: Help Us Find a Really Good Cheap Knife

This is a good question for today, given all our recent talk about knife storage. Reader Jesse writes: My boyfriend and I are moving in together this month to our first darling little apartment. One o...

Wines to Celebrate Earth Day

Earth Day (April 22nd) in the U.S. was yesterday and Dana gave us lots of Earth Day friendly ideas. Over the past five years we have seen an exponential jump in the number of wineries promoting their ...

Bake a Hungry Caterpillar: New Caterpillar Cakelet Pan

Here's a piece of spring morning whimsy. Do you remember this very hungry caterpillar cake? It was such a cute idea, and so well-done. Well, if you'd like to bake a caterpillar cake of your own, ...

No More Mops: Cleaning the Kitchen Floor with a Sponge

A few days ago, Emma asked for your suggestions on the best mop for the kitchen. You all gave a lot of good opinions, but I have one more. See, the mop I use most frequently is attached to my arm....

Good Eats: Kumquats are Warheads for Grownups

Every week we round up our favorite eating and cooking from our friends at Serious Eats. This week the Grocery Ninja takes on kumquats, those sour little explosions of citrus, salty-sour inside, and s...

What's the Deal with Microgreens? (And How to Grow Your Own!)

One thing you can say for the food world - there's always something new! If it's not foams and infusions, it's some new ingredient like microgreens that has everyone excited. So what are microgreens? ...

Bees Come Home to Brooklyn
Beekeeping on a Brooklyn Rooftop

On a very chilly Easter Sunday, together with my bee partner, we picked up our package of bees from our beekeeping instructor, who had driven all the way to Georgia and back with bee packages for some...

Gallery: Colorful Rugs for the Kitchen Floor

We know you're still cleaning out cupboards and organizing pots and pans as part of the Cure. Decorating may be a ways off. But we thought we'd give you a little jolt of colorful inspiration. A p...

Reader Gallery: Knife Storage Solutions

Yesterday we asked you for your best knife storage solutions. Where do you store your knives? Do you hang them on the wall? Throw them in a drawer? Well, several of you responded, and here's a lo...

Best Kitchen Composters

We have this pretty great arrangement whereby I keep a canister for kitchen scraps on my counter, and our neighbor, who has a small garden and compost bin behind her apartment, takes the scraps down e...

Essential Baking Tools: An Electronic Scale

If you're starting to really get into baking, treat yourself to an electronic scale. This may seem like a superfluous addition to your kitchen equipment at first, but trust us - it will be your best f...

Kitchen Cure Tip: Stand Back and Reevaluate Storage
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

As you are clearing out extra tools and pans in your cupboards, you may also be confronted afresh with a state of disorganization. We don't all have custom-built drawers and shelves, crafted carefully...

From the Spice Cupboard: Za'atar Seasoning Blend

A friend gave us a homemade blend of this spice mix a while back and we just had to share! Za'atar seasoning is fragrant and tangy with just a hint of nuttiness. This sounds like a spice mix with a lo...

Classy Strawberry Jell-O and More Pink Treats for Spring
Delicious links for 04.22.09

Take a look at this very classy strawberry gelatin with a creamy topping. You'd never suspect it was plain old Jell-O, would you?...

Solving the Pot Lid Problem: The Space Above the Pot Rack

When we launched the Kitchen Cure, we asked people to tell us about the problems they had with their kitchens. One issue that came up many times was the problem of where to store pot lids. Faith and...

Good Question: Best Books for New Gardeners?

Here's a question from reader lili2728 that we noticed in the comments on our recent post on garden tools: I'm a novice gardener planning to begin a vegetable garden. Do you have any book recommendati...

Cooking Without Recipes: Michael Ruhlman on Ratios

Think baking is hard? Afraid to cook without a recipe? Chef and author Michael Ruhlman has some simple-but-profound advice: Start thinking about cooking in terms of ratios. ...

Look! Tie Rack Used as a Cheap Pot Rack

Take a look at this simple pot rack. It isn't made out of anything fancy; in fact, it's made from just one inexpensive product that isn't found in the kitchen aisle at all. ...

Happy Earth Day! Earth Friendly Ideas from The Kitchn

What are you doing today to celebrate the earth and raise environmental awareness? Here in The Kitchn, we think that every day is Earth Day and do our best to promote delicious, sustainable kitchen p...

Good Quote: Dan Barber On a Cook's Most Important Tool

As you clean out your drawers and evaluate your kitchen equipment, here's a good quote from chef Dan Barber to keep you grounded: Q: What is your single most important cooking tool? A: A spoon. The mo...

A Tale of Two Stuffed Artichokes

In The New York Times today, Melissa Clark writes about her ex-mother-in-law's Italian stuffed artichokes. It's a dish we've made and shared with you before, only ours has one distinct difference. Rea...

Local Ostrich Eggs, How To Dice an Onion, Cinnamon-Spiked Tomatoes, and the Best Chef's Knives
This Time Last Year

This time last year we were deep into our first Kitchen Cure, and there is a lot of inspiration in our archives for those of you doing the Cure this year. There were also some great spring recipes and...

Weeknight Meal Inspiration: Breakfast for Dinner

We've had plenty of pizza for breakfast in our day, so scrambled eggs for dinner isn't too far of a stretch! Aside from being a fun change of pace, making breakfast for weeknight dinners has a few oth...

Dishware: All White or a Mix?

There are a lot of reasons to choose white dinnerware - the emphasis remains on the food, pieces are easy to replace - but for some, standard white can be a bit boring... • Click here to read th...

Survey: How Do You Store Your Knives?

We want to see how you store your knives! As you are cleaning up extra tools and decluttering cupboards, are you making changes in how you store and organize those most essential of kitchen tools: the...

Appetizer Recipe: Flatbreads with Goat Cheese, Caramelized Onions, and Basil

This is another installment from the wedding shower/cocktail party we threw last week (where we also served those tomato skewers). We've already made these little pizzas again, they're so easy and goo...

Quick Tip: How to Clean Morel Mushrooms

Morels are one of our favorite mushrooms of all time, and they're in season right now! Since they're harvested from the wild, morels come with a fair amount of grit and all those little nooks and cran...

Look! Sushi Roller

Look, a sushi roller! It's like a pasta machine and a ravioli filler all in one, except, you know, for sushi rolls. This roller is a concept for the kitchen ecology exhibition at Dwell on Design ...

Help Us Give 1% To The Planet: Vote For Your Favorite!

We're almost there! Apartment Therapy is giving away 1% of our 2008 profits to the nonprofit of your choice. You've given us your recommendations, and we've rounded up your Top 4 and added in 2 top ch...

Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipe Review: Oatmeal Clafoutis

We've been talking about make-ahead lunches with recipes that can carry you through the week, but what about make-ahead breakfasts too? You've asked us for easy, portable breakfast recipes, and here's...

How To Declutter Your Pots, Pans, and Kitchen Tools
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

Congratulations to everyone who finished the first week of the Kitchen Cure by cleaning out the fridge, freezer, and pantry. If you haven't got that far yet, no worries — the Cure is fluid, and ...

Food Science: What's the Deal with Ultra-Pasteurization?

Regular pasteurization we can understand and even get on board with to a certain extent. Since the vast majority of our milk is still pooled from several different sources, it makes sense to take some...

Dandelion Bread and All About Miso
Delicious links for 04.21.09

Did you know that you can eat dandelions? Not just the greens, mind you — the pesky little yellow flowers themselves? ...

Recipe: A Simple Duck Ragu

When I cleaned out my freezer last week as part of The Kitchen Cure's Week 1 Assignment, I found some duck legs. What a treasure! Most frozen meat, including duck legs from an unknown date, is best sl...

Kitchen Spotlight: Bright and Bold Cottage Kitchen

With spring knocking on the door, and brighter sunshine coming in through the windows, we're looking for a little more color in the kitchen. This kitchen delivers it in spades. It's a modest kitc...

Vegan a Go-Go! by Sarah Kramer
Book Review 2009

For a vegan, traveling can be a bit daunting. Unless you’re heading to a city with lots of vegan food options, how can you be sure your trip won’t be ruined by endless side salads and dry toast? A...

IKEA DROMMAR: What Kind of Cake Should I Bake?

Ironically, just as we begin Week #2 of the Kitchen Cure and tell you to clean out extra unused pans and tools from your cupboards, I go to IKEA and buy a new cake pan. (Although, keeping the Cure in ...

Know Your Age: How Understanding Ripeness Can Help You Pick Better Cheese
The Cheesemonger

Understanding how cheeses age is about as important as being aware of the difference between a perfectly ripened peach and one that is as hard as a softball. Knowing what's right is most definitely to...

Good Question: What Can I Do With Loquats?

Look at the beautiful loquats in this photo from reader Camilla. She is wondering what to do with all this fruit on her tree.What do I do with loquats? I just moved to Southern California, and while I...

Tip: Store Your Standing Mixer Attachments in the Bowl

Do you do this? We've never known any other way of corralling all our mixer attachments. Our mother put hers in the bowl, and we've always done the same. Whether your mixer is a KitchenAid or somethin...

Yogurt Biscuits, Tomato Skewers, and Lemon Cake
Last Week's Recipes

Did you catch all the recipes we published last week? There were a lot of them! Fresh spring salads, a lamb sandwich, lemon cake, and pasta with peas and ramps. Here they are in one place, just in cas...

Good Food with Evan Kleiman: The American Grilled Cheese Sandwich

April is National Grilled Cheese Month! Evan Kleiman has Laura Werlin, author of Great Grilled Cheese, on the show to talk about the history of this sandwich and to share a few recipes. What's your fa...

Green Style: Red Radish Place Setting

What a simple and lovely idea for a place setting. A small bunch of radishes are tied together with twine and placed upon a cloth napkin, creating a very organic (literally) yet modern table tableau. ...

Make-Ahead Lunch Recipe: Big Green Salad with Shallots, Chicken, Smoked Almonds, Goat Cheese, and Dates

Last week Emma urged us to make our lunches ahead — having a big bowl of something you can easily take to work is one of the best ways to make sure you eat a homemade lunch instead of going out ...

Inspiration: Secret Suppers

Not quite a potluck, definitely more high brow than a picnic, and more exciting than a meal in a restaurant, the renegade supper club is part of a growing trend of food lovers gathering in fields, war...

Essential Kitchen Tools: A Roundup of Basics
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

One of the most common questions we get from readers goes something like this: I'm outfitting a new kitchen — what do I need? Or, similarly: I'm moving and I have to pare down! What do I get rid...

Kitchen Cleanup: Looking For One Good Mop

Please, just one! We've tried all sorts of mops, from those sponge-type ones to smaller home-versions of the industrial cotton string mop. They're unwieldy, messy, and half the time we just feel like ...

Good Question: What Can I Do With Venison Meat?

Here's another "what-do-I-do-with-this question" — this one is from reader Liz. My father in law and brother in law hunt all winter and recently "gifted" my husband and I with several pounds of ...

Good Product: Canning Jars from Sur La Table

We love the look of old fashioned canning jars for storing rice, beans, oatmeal, or tea bags. You can find them a lot of places—flea markets, garage sales, and The Container Store—but vintage ones...

Quick Tip: Freeze Pre-Baked Cakes

When we're throwing a dinner party or any other kind of gathering, we like to do as much of the cooking ahead of time as we possibly can. We love this trick of freezing baked, unfrosted cake rounds be...

Mint Grilled Tofu and Egg Slicers Old and New
Delicious links for 04.20.09

Two egg slicers, separated by at least fifty years, plus vegan animal crackers with a kick! ...

Kitchen Cure Week #2: Declutter and Give Away Kitchen Equipment
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

Faith says her pots lids are slithering everywhere. We'll help you with that this week. She adds that her tool drawer is "embarrassingly jumbled." See for yourself on the next page. • Cure Cloc...

How To Make a Radish Wreath for Spring

Wow, look at this radish wreath! Wreaths aren't just for winter greenery and fall gourds — check out this very springlike version that you can make yourself. ...

Citrus Spotlight: Limequats

Just when we thought we knew all there was to know about kumquat varieties, we discovered limequats at our local farmers' market. ...

Kitchen Cure Confession: Reverse Cure for the Fridge

So, how did your weekend Cure activities go? Is your fridge gleaming? Are your cupboards decluttered and neat? I wish mine were! I have been meaning to show you my own fridge, in the spirit of honesty...

Good Idea: Printable Recipe Card Templates

Do you use recipe cards? Do you keep them organized in a box, maybe alphabetically or by subject? Or maybe you like to copy a favorite recipe onto a card and attach it to a whisk or a clutch of ...

The Spanglish Sandwich, Ina Garten's Lemon Cake, Tips for Organizing the Refrigerator, and More Small Cool Kitchens
Top posts for April 13-19, 2009

Can you guess what the top 15 posts of last week were? Count down with us — there was the first Kitchen Cure assignment and a lot of good ideas for cleaning out your cupboards; there was an egg ...

Monday Morning Detox: What Do You Eat or Drink After a Gluttonous Weekend?

We had a weekend full of fried food, mindless snacking, and a road trip stop at Waffle House. We know you've been there, too, waking up on Monday morning with a craving for salad (for breakfast). How ...

Recession Eating & Cooking: Really Cooking at Home More?

Over the past few months, we've seen articles pop up in all the national papers about how people are cooking at home more in order to save money during the depression. We cheer a little every time we ...

Ekobo: Ecology Meets Design

The French company Ekobo creates the most beautiful bamboo tableware we've seen, with over 300 handcrafted products in delicious colors. (Like an eco-friendly version of Fiestaware!) The process is ...

Weekend Meditation: Some People Grow Things

Confession: I do not have a green thumb. I would like one but the truth is I'm lucky to keep a few house plants (barely) alive. I just don't have the instinct for it like I have the instinct for ho...