What are you cooking this weekend? Do you have plans for a lazy Saturday morning with sunshine, hot coffee, and the paper? There are plenty of good ideas from the past week for weekend eating, cooking...
In a recent post on prepping artichokes, reader cmcinnyc wondered whether artichokes could be steamed in the slow cooker. We were totally intrigued by this idea, since we often don't think to make art...
Well, the weather in New York City is going back towards brrrr this weekend, but while it was unseasonably warm earlier this week, we managed to squeeze in one weeknight picnic in Central Park. If you...
This weekend we are encouraging you to clean, restock, and do one beautiful thing for your kitchen. Small or big — it doesn't matter! Sometimes we get most inspired to do those little thing...
Happy May, everyone! Can we declare the ice cream season officially open? Even if you've been making ice cream all year long, you've got to admit that there's something special about that first batch ...
We have been really enjoying Cookstr, a new site that brings recipes from cookbook authors and chefs to the internet. Many of these recipes have been buried in books, and it's great to have digital ve...
We felt like we'd won the golden ticket when we were invited to go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Taza Chocolate in Somerville, Massachusetts. You didn't have to ask us twice!
Taza has been pro...
Our friends at Amana know that The Kitchn readers are not only passionate about cooking, but you've got an eye for style as well. So, Amana wants to know how you incorporate your personality into your...
• Week 3 Assignment: Deep-clean your kitchen, restock pantry and tools, finish up any little projects you've been meaning to do, and do one thing to beautify
• Cure Clock: 3 weeks (plus...
Tuesday night some old friends who live upstate came for dinner, and surprised us with an armful of Morel mushrooms and a sack full of ramps. I'd planned a simple roasted chicken and vegetable dinner,...
Hugh Jackman has autographed what is apparently the very last case of Tim-Tams in the US, and it's being auctioned off for charity. ...
We've been talking a lot about essential kitchen equipment during the Kitchen Cure, encouraging you to jettison things you don't need and to make sure you do have the right equipment to make cooking a...
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. Why not get things started a little early this weekend with a Margarita?
A cool, thirst-quenching combination of tart and sweet, accented by the warmth of teq...
Jamie is looking for spill-proof, leak-proof containers for leftover and lunch. This is a good question for all of you who bike to work or school! Can you help her?Whenever my boyfriend and I go out c...
We moved on from bottled vinaigrette to our own homemade versions years ago, but for some reason, BBQ sauce still came from Kraft or K.C. Masterpiece. And there's no reason for that, when it's so easy...
When we asked you if you were still missing any essential kitchen tools, we had spatulas in mind. We never seem to have enough, but now we have our eye on these new spatula spoons from Le Creuset....
Recently, a friend was telling us about the herb saver she'd just bought, and the fact that she couldn't stop gushing about it for at least ten minutes got us pretty curious! We've seen gadgets like t...
We love a good small-space garden design challenge, especially when it involves finding new and creative ways to grow your own food. Suzanne Forsling of Juneau, Alaska, wanted to grow vegetables, but ...
Your Kitchen Cure assignment this week is to clean up the kitchen and finish restocking, reorganizing, and doing whatever your kitchen needs to be ready to get cooking next week. Cleaning isn't the se...
When I was a kid growing up in Georgia, our neighbors grew rhubarb in their backyard garden. I honestly didn't know much about it as it wasn't something my mother cooked with. All I remember is her ...
Mint juleps have their moment in the sun come Saturday, when people who don't normally muddle sugar and mint with bourbon will be doing just that (and looking for silver julep cups) in honor of the Ke...
Want to do more bread baking? These are the all basic tools we think you'll need to get started baking bread at home. You might not use all of them for your first loaf of white sandwich bread, but as ...
Welcome to April's Open Thread at The Kitchn. It's spring! Here's the place for your cooking stories, recipe questions, and good ideas. What are you eating this week?...
Those who are participating in The Kitchen Cure know that Week Three's Assignment has you stocking the kitchen. This is a nice opportunity to stream-line your cabinets by replacing some of that ugly, ...
Apparently we're on a bit of recipe spree with Heidi Swanson and 101 Cookbooks these days. First her mushroom casserole, then the salt-kissed buttermilk cake, and now these baked doughnuts! Well, can ...
Delicious Links, the kids edition today, with the awesomest play kitchen ever, and the things kids say about food. ...
Looking for a fast, sweet, comforting snack to nibble with your tea? Here's a childhood favorite that needs only three things: cream cheese, sweet honey, and soft sandwich bread. ...
Rachel's question yesterday about nutmeg graters and Microplanes reminded me of this little jar I picked up in France last autumn. It turns out that most whole nutmegs sold in the supermarket have a g...
Veal and peas from Providence, R.I.'s The Blue Grotto, divorce cakes and a new pasta alternative from the sea – that and more in this week's roundup....
The weather is making it much easier to go outdoors, and Jackie is taking advantage of this with a camping trip this weekend. What should she eat, out there in the wilderness?Going camping this weeken...
What is your view on selling wine in supermarkets?
In the United States, many states (35 to be precise) allow wine to be sold in supermarkets, but many including New York prohibit the sale of wine i...
Look at this tall, slim pear. Do you recognize it? We found it at our little organic food co-op, nestled between the oranges and beets. We had never seen this particular variety, so we scooped one up ...
Other the fact that it's a great Van Morrison song... a lot.
We recently read an article about Tupelo honey that opened our eyes to what a rare, seasonal, and utterly unique thing it is.
For examp...
In case you missed this in his interview with Evan Kleiman on Good Food last week, we wanted to share Michael Ruhlman's excellent words of advice regarding "good" versus "perfection" in the kitchen:
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Every week we round up our favorite cooking and eating from our friends at Serious Eats. This week we have a truly scrumptious dish of pasta: multigrain noodles with pistou forestier — a sort of...
Three recent introductions to the Kohler lineup are particular standouts to us. One's a kitchen sink, one's for utility, and one's designed especially for food prep...
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Spring is progressing, and the season for early spring foraged treats like morels and ramps will be over soon. So eat them while you can still find them! This pasta takes these two spring delicacies a...
After reading this post over at Apartment Therapy, we ordered some oil cloth to line the drawers of an old chest in our bedroom. That project left us with quite a bit of extra cloth, so we decided to ...
OK everyone, this is it! The big push to get your kitchen clean, organized, and well-equipped before we turn and start in on the cooking part of the Kitchen Cure next week. We're going to give you lot...
Hey, take a look at this! It's President Obama's afternoon snack. What do we spot? Butterfly crackers, cheese, carrots, and is that a slice of pear? ...
Now that the weather is getting warmer, we're all about the pale ales! The crisp, clean flavors of these beers are perfect for hot afternoons next to the grill. What pale ales are you enjoying right n...
One of our most popular Kitchen Spotlights came from Kyle, an Apartment Therapy blogger who lives in Boston and has a sunny, colorful kitchen. You loved her built-in windowseat, bright cushions, ...
Although they held a strange fascination for us as children, melon ballers certainly aren't the first thing that come to mind when we think about essential kitchen equipment these days. But if you've ...
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words "swine flu"? Pigs, right? Sick pigs. Sick pigs that might make you sick too. Well, swine flu really has very little to do with pigs, a...
(Here's a post from last year's cure that I've updated. We'll keep this one alive with each and every Cure, taking into account your suggestions.)
It's a listy week here for Kitchen Cure takers as we...
As we focus on restocking the pantry and making sure we have adequate kitchen tools, this question from Rachel is very timely. I really love your site, and I've been inspired to use more fresh food in...
Working in an office, we've become quite finicky about the containers we use for our lunches. We eat plenty of cold lunches, but sometimes we crave something hot, which means using the microwave. For ...
One Costco chicken served three times, three ways for frugal, delicious meals. Plus a frugal coupon catcher and more, in today's Delicious Links....
We're deep into artichoke season and it's sad to think that many people won't cook artichokes at home because they're intimidated by all those spikes and thistle-y chokes. But no more! Here's a gr...
We don't talk much about eating out here on The Kitchn, but our visit to Marfa, Texas, yielded a lunch spot with a specialty we've got to recreate at home. ...
The New York Times is broadening its meat horizons today, with an introduction to some of the best bargain cuts at the supermarket. Chefs are in on the gig—serving less elegant cuts of lamb as posh-...
This one goes out to all our readers who are currently reading this in a study carrel surrounded by books, papers, and notes. We remember this time very well, yes indeed, and we know those stretches o...
A year ago this week we were warming up to better weather and talking about last year's Kitchen Cure. There are plenty of good recipes and interesting ideas in our archives from a year ago; here's a q...
This time of year we almost drink more tea than in winter — especially with the weather not being able to make up its mind. We have two vintage insulated French teapots we adore (one steel, one copp...
We got this recipe from a friend of a family member. Apparently, these little shortbread cookies were the hit of the teachers' workroom at an elementary school. We figured any humble cookie that can w...
We usually think of pickling and preserving late in the summer or fall, when summer's bounty of vegetables means jars of tomato sauce and tangy pickles. But what about pickling one of spring's quintes...
Here's an ultra-quick dinner vegetable that you can literally throw together and cook in under ten minutes. It takes two late-winter, early spring vegetables: peppery watercress, and cool and crunchy ...
Ok, so you've probably gathered by now that we go a bit head-over-heels for caramelized onions here at the Kitchn. We've talked about how we make big batches, use them in everything, and then freeze t...
Are you starting a garden this spring? For the last several years, the only gardens we've been planting have been in containers. But growing food in containers shouldn't be a drawback; urban gard...
Did you know that bread actually begins staling almost the minute it comes out of the oven? Yes, you can thank a little chemical process called "starch retrogradation" for this particular effect! Howe...
Crispy spicy ice cream sandwiches, a grill to get you thinking about warmer weather, and more below in today's Delicious Links....
(Here's a post from last year's cure that I've updated. We'll keep this one alive with each and every Cure, taking into account your suggestions.)
Beginning next week in the Kitchn Cure, I'm going to...
As we urge you to finish cleaning your kitchen this week and restock your pantry with any needed supplies, you may be struggling with a tiny space that just doesn't seem to work for you. Maybe your cu...
Many small-apartment dwellers dream of a spacious, well-appointed kitchen. But what happens when you get it? Well, if you're like Laurie Colwin, sometimes you find yourself reminiscing about washing a...
As you restock your pantry and tools this week we'll be looking at a lot of pantry and baking staples. Here's a good question from Anne on one of our favorite baking staples: vanilla. I'm just curious...
It's one of the first tenets of cheese etiquette: don't eat cheese straight from the fridge. Ever.
Cold cheese doesn't taste like much. But how long should you leave a cheese out? And what's the one ...
Take a look at this sweet cupcake with a cherry on top. Well, it's not actually a cherry; it's just as cute but more practical. ...
Rumor has it that there were some asparagus at the Union Square Greenmarket yesterday. (We read it on this handy website). Finally! Go buy some, then take a look at these 10 great recipes to show them...
We tune in to Good Food every week to hear what food news Evan Kleiman has uncovered. In this latest episode, she brings us a discussion on what makes heirloom vegetables heirloom, a look at how the f...
Asparagus salad with roasted almonds, goat cheese rolled in bacon, true homemade macaroni and cheese, simple granola with dried fruit — these are just a few of the recipes and recipe reviews we ...
Austin has long been the home of a great tradition of taco carts and other types of food sold out of roadside trailers. While we've enjoyed a number of city favorites for some time now, recently there...
The Los Angeles Times, where we found this recipe, writes that "each bar is like a perfect miniature pecan pie baked over a wonderfully crumbly graham cracker crust." The ingredients list is short and...
Are you thinking about starting a garden this year? Do you just have room for a windowbox or perhaps one little pot? Are you trying to choose between a pot of flowers and a kitchen herb or vegetable? ...
Maya asked us how to make the fluffy pink strawberry cake she remembers from childhood. The problem with that cake is that it uses Jell-O and boxed cake mix, and now she wants to make it more naturall...
Chefs have them, so why not us?! Maybe it's the dish that everyone always runs for at potluck dinners or the dessert that you've slowly perfected over the years. Maybe it was your mother or grandmothe...
Take a look at these vintage soda bottles, recycled by Monika into easy-pour bottles for her oil and vinegar. This is a great idea for this week of the Kitchen Cure, as we ask you to finish deep-clean...
This has become one of our go-to weeknight meals. It's fast, it's healthy, and it's a great way to use bits and pieces of things from your pantry or freezer. This dish is something of a hybrid between...
Spring is here, strawberries are about to arrive, and Maya has a special request. Can you help? I am about to be inundated with strawberries, and it's also about to be my birthday and I’d like to ba...
Candle forks, pickled grapes, what to do with prickly pear fruits, and more below. ...
EM in Japan says "I stuffed a glass with many toothpicks and put the knives in. If the knives are short in length (like a paring knife) and light in weight, I think it will work."
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Do you ever taste a dish at the end of cooking and think that it tastes okay, but just kind of...blah? What you need is something to perk up the flavors, and in our kitchen, that "something" we reach ...
Do you drink kombucha? It's a fizzy, sour, fermented tea that has a huge and active cult following. Drinking the probiotic-laden brew purportedly brings all sorts of health benefits: increased energy,...
• Week 2 Assignment: Declutter Kitchen Equipment
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We are just finishing the second week of the Kitch...
While meandering the internets recently, I found several references to an odd but intriguing method of making pizza. The pizza is started on the stovetop using a very hot cast iron griddle or inverte...
Yesterday we asked you about the things that are inspiring you in the kitchen. In response, Susan wrote in to say that her new kitchen computer has been very inspirational lately! Read on to see what ...
Here's a sneak peek at the most read posts from last week on The Kitchn. There was not one but two kitchens from Ina Garten, a bacon-y snack, tips for storing your knives, and more! Here are five top ...
You may think you don't need to be told how to wash lettuce, and you may be right. But we've heard more than one chef recommend this way—with a big bowl and some hand towels—and we've got our own ...
While looking for information on microgreens last week, we came across a fantastic chart from the Splendid Table explaining all the different stages of growth for salad greens and other edible plants....
The newest Great Rooms feature from Wendy Goodman and New York Magazine shows us the apartment of photographer Annie Schlechter and bookbinder Russell Maret — it's a budget-conscious renovation on t...
What's inspiring your kitchen this week? Maybe you've bought something new you that can't wait to try out or you've noticed it's spring and the asparagus, peas, ramps and morels are calling to you. ...
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