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What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of June 20-21, 2009

What's cooking this weekend? Are you eating outdoors on the front stoop or back deck? (If so, send us photos of your al fresco meal!) If you're looking for a little weekend cooking inspiration, here a...

Carrot Cakey Cookies
Guest Post from Sara Morris of Sprouted Kitchen

This is a recipe for ye of a well-stocked pantry. However, if you go buy all of these things, I promise you will use them up on this specific recipe. I think carrot cake is the favorite dessert option...

Look! Crazy Spaghetti Hot Dogs

We'll give you a virtual high five if you can figure out how these were made. They're part of a group of insane hot dogs we just found over at Woman's Day... ...

Recipe: Goat Cheese Tart with Roasted Eggplant, Zucchini, and Caramelized Onions

This week, Dana reflected on influences, particularly those restaurant meals which inspire us in our own kitchens. This is a dish influenced by my own recent visit to the Porthminster Café, a b...

Weekend Cooking: Bake a Cake!

We recently realized that we tend to only bake cakes when there's a special occasion to be celebrated. Right now we're going through a stretch with no cake-worthy events on the horizon, so we thought ...

In Praise of Cherry Vinegar and Simple Summer Salads

When it comes to salads, I am a picky cook. I like complexity and interesting textures: pine nuts, aged Parmesan, plumped-up currants. Shaved cabbage, oranges, fennel, and caraway. Slivered almonds an...

Kitchen Tech: Organize Recipes Using Google Reader

We follow a lot of food blogs (too many probably!) and we're constantly coming across great new recipes and ideas we want to try. We've used Google Reader to siphon all those blog feeds into one place...

Cherry Kefir Frozen Pops and Top 10 Kitchen Gadgets
Delicious links for 6.19.09

A free download of Emeril's grill recipes, creamy cherry pops, and a very cool teapot in today's Delicious Links....

Following My Nose in Florence With Help

Last week I gave you a little run-down of our adventures in Florence, navigating the city's culinary offerings without much expert help. Then I spent the day with Judy Witts Francini, aka Divina Cucin...

Dark Sweet Cherries: Ten Cherry Recipes for June

Cherries are in season now, and we've been seeing bags of dark, sweet cherries at the market. We've spotted bright scarlet sour cherries too, and we're hankering after a pint or two to bake wit...

Video: How To Peel Garlic - Two Ways
One Minute Tip

We're returning to our series of quick, 1-minute kitchen tips. Because, after all, while we'd all like to brush up on our knife skills, who has time to watch a video longer than 60 seconds or so? So...

My Great Outdoors: Mark's Grilled Pizza on the Balcony

Name: Mark Location: Portland, Oregon Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: The winter weather in Portland forces us indoors for a good chunk of the ye...

Summer Cocktails! The Full Roundup

Last year around this time we went on a major summer cocktail kick. There were gin gimlets, spiked boba, alcoholic vanilla milkshakes, mango coladas, drinks with basil and lemon and all other sorts of...

Good Question: How Can I Tell If This Is French Tarragon?

Here's an herb gardening question from Alexis:Last fall a local nursery unloaded 10 tarragon plants on me. (Ed. note: NOT pictured above.)They are doing great, and I would love to use them in my cooki...

Entertaining: Do You Move Venues for Dessert?

When we have dinner parties, we usually follow this plan: Drinks and appetizers around the coffee table, dinner at the dinner table, and then dessert back in the living room. My husband usually calls ...

Buttter Tub from Mosser Glass

We still haven't found quite the right thing for our butter. We use a lot of butter on our bread, scones, and muffins, and we don't refrigerate it. We find that leaving good fresh butter out in a cove...

Good Question: How to Make Soft Hamburger Buns?

Andrea sent us this question about making soft bread – a good one for the picnic season! I know that crusty bread is all the rage but I sometimes I really just want to make soft burger buns/rolls ...

Flickr Find: Hanging Vegetable Garden

This is practically one of the wonders of the world. This particular hanging garden isn't just decorative, though - it's a vegetable garden... • Click here for full post: Flickr Find: Hanging V...

Recipe Roundup: White Sangria

Oh, red sangria, that feisty, hot-blooded attention hog. White sangria—its fairer, sweeter cousin—deserves a little time in the spotlight. It's not exactly traditional (sangria gets its name from ...

What Can You Do With Unusual Preserves?

Sometimes when I am traveling, I find a local market or farm stand. I like to seek out regional delicacies that I can take home. Sometimes I come across a jar of something really interesting, but it...

Summer Drink: Lemon Barley Water

Wimbledon is just around the corner, and while the spectators may be sipping Pimm's Cups, the players will be served the tournament's official drink, lemon barley water. Barley water may not sound ter...

Good Idea: Make a "Stuff I Like to Eat" List

You know those times when you feel totally uninspired to make dinner, but also don't want to succumb to the lure of the take-out menu? Molly from Orangette has a suggestion: make a list....

Sumo Sunomono: Quick Noodle Salad with Pickles
Guest Post from Pierre Lamielle of Kitchen Scraps

If you plan on strutting around in nothing more than a tightly pack mawashi (sumo g-sling) this summer take some dietary advice from the dudes who make their living as male bikini models. There is a l...

Set a Patriotic Table for Independence Day

The 4th of July is barely two weeks away; do you have a big bash planned for your back stoop? Will the grill be going in full force? Well, we're not waiting until the last minute to give you id...

Recipe Review: Pasta alla Norma from Cook's Illustrated

We knew immediately upon opening the July/August issue of Cook's Illustrated that we would have to make this dish. We're recent converts to the clan of eggplant-lovers, and the description of carameli...

Found! Inexpensive Bulk Vanilla Beans

In a store where the term "bulk" usually implies 50+ pounds of an item (does anyone really need that many canned peaches?), we stumbled upon two test tube shaped packages of awesomeness! In them wer...

Sweet Miniature Burgers and Fries
Delicious links for 6.18.09

Adorable mini-burger cupcakes and fries from Bakerella plus vintage-style tea towels. ...

National Food Roundup: Father's Day Grilling
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 6.17.09

If there were an official Father's Day dish, it would probably involve steak, on the grill. We've got several ways to prepare it below, plus some salad ideas and recipes to balance out dad's meal. ...

My Great Outdoors: Margaret's 2-Balcony Kitchen Garden

Name: Margaret Location: Chicago, IL Type of space: Wooden balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I fell in love with this apartment because it has two balconies, a co...

Wine: Heard it Through the Grapevine by Matt Skinner
Book Review 2009

In May I had lunch with wine author and writer Matt Skinner, who shot to fame as the new generation sommelier from Jamie Oliver's restaurant Fifteen in London. Matt was in the US to promote his newly ...

Good Question: What Can I Do With Unsalted Butter?

Here's an interesting question from Victoria. I love to use real butter in my baking, and when I shop I usually buy one salted butter, and one unsalted. But, as unsalted butter isn't as common in ingr...

Spotted: Yellow Baby Carrots

We saw a bag of these the other day at Westside Market and did a double-take. Are we missing something? Are you eating yellow carrots?...

Good Eats: Genovese Minestrone

Every week we bring you our favorite home cooking and eating from our friends at Serious Eats. Here's the latest installment: Genovese Minestrone, cupcake kebabs, and an ode to crème fraîche....

Look! Favorite Picnic Sets from Etsy

A faded old bedspread will certainly do just fine for a meal outdoors. But if you're having a garden party or want a special set of linens just for picnicking adventures, check out these lovely picnic...

Inspiration: Jasna's Evolving Kitchen

Eclectic and cozy, Jasna documents her evolving kitchen for all to see. Embroidery hoops in progress, a kitchen table that was once country white is now seafoam green... • Click here for full p...

Kitchen Spotlight: Erin and Melanie's Sunny White

Here's a little end-of-day kitchen bliss for you: a sunny white kitchen in a San Francisco rental apartment. The kitchen may be all white and beige in that rental-kitchen way, but the windows tha...

Help Legalize Beekeeping in New York City
Just Food's Pollinator Week June 22-28

Have you ever been to a Beekeepers Ball? No? Well, here's your chance. Just Food is celebrating Pollinator Week 2009 next week in an attempt to bring attention to the fact that beekeeping is still ill...

Good Question: Quick Antipasti for Houseguests?

Do you have guests visiting this summer? Maybe you have a similar question to Jeff's here: I've had friends visiting for the past few days, and they'll all be in and out of the house constantly for at...

Ketchup With a Kick: Add Curry Powder!

We recently experienced our first, glorious encounter with curry ketchup. Served with fries at a restaurant, it initially seemed like a gimmick, but with each subsequent bite, we became increasingly a...

What's the Difference? Sauté Pan vs. Skillet

These two terms tend get used almost interchangeably, it seems. Believe it or not, though, there is a difference between them! Does it make a difference in your cooking if you use one instead of the o...

The Well-Stocked Kitchen: Our Essential Serving Dishes

We received a question from a reader asking about the most useful and essential serving pieces. Carrie said that she just inherited a set of fine china, but the set (as well as her everyday Fie...

Product Review: Trader Joe's All-Purpose Flour

Trader Joe's certainly caused quite a hubbub when they decided to stop carrying King Arthur Flour and switch over to a store brand. We saw the new Trader Joe's all-purpose flour on the shelves for the...

Chocolate Spotted Bacon Pancakes
Delicious links for 6.17.09

A visit to a modernized market in Athens, Greece, an unusual coconut dessert, and of course bacon pancakes. ...

4 Ways To Reuse Your Butter Wrappers!

We've always saved our butter wrappers after using up all the butter that lives inside. They come in quite handy for several different things around the kitchen, plus they can be an inexpensive reso...

Cheese Review: Tomme Crayeuse
The Cheesemonger

It seemed nearly impossible, looking at all our past posts, that we haven't covered this cheese before. When I worked at a cheese store with hundreds of choices, it was consistently one of the only ch...

My Great Outdoors 2009: Heidi and Art's Green Oasis

Name: Heidi and Art Location: Wicker Park, Chicago Type of space: Backyard and rooftop Some 20 years ago, Heidi and Art pulled their Airstream trailer right into their new home: a former disco ...

Good Question: Why Are There Bugs In My Storage Jars?

Here's a cry for help from reader Lena. Do you have any advice?I have recently invested an incredible amount of time, energy, and money into acquiring, organizing, and labeling dry food storage, so th...

On Why I Pay $7.50 for a Dozen Eggs

There's plenty of opportunity to wince while watching the must-see new film Food, Inc (hopefully coming soon to a theatre near you.) One of my more minor wince moments was when uber-organic farmer Jo...

Rusty Dishwasher? Try Dishwasher Rack Caps

Here's a product for all of you in old tenement kitchens with ancient dishwashers. You know... those old, rusty dishwashers, with spikes of rusted metal creating tetanus hazards and rusty streaks acro...

How To Make a Wedding Cake, The Best Cheap Cabernet, and What To Do With Leftover Egg Whites
This Time Last Year

Here's a peek at some of the best stuff happening at The Kitchn a year ago this week. There were some very popular posts published this time a year ago: the very best cheap Cabernet Sauvignon (a list ...

Rooftop Gardens in the City
The New York Times

As part of My Great Outdoors, we've seen some rooftop gardens from you urban dwellers who don't have a backyard. Well, The New York Times is showing off some ambitious city gardens today—and one's f...

From the Spice Cupboard: Bay Leaf

Bay leaves have always seemed to us like the oddball seasoning in our spice cupboard. Unlike pretty much every other spice in there, we don't actually eat bay leaves, after all. So what are those drie...

Plywood in a Parisian Loft

We've sung the benefits of plywood before — it's low cost, can be purchased from almost any hardware store and there are options for sustainably harvested wood and low-chemical composition. This ren...

Looking For: Sweet New Uses for Nectarines

For some reason, there are a ton of recipes out there for peaches and apricots. Muffins, ice cream, savory tarts, jam, crostata (to name a few). One reason we don't see a lot of nectarine recipes i...

Kitchen Garden Harvest at the White House Today

We just read that there is going to be an early harvest at the White House today: some of that big, beautiful vegetable garden is getting harvested by kids from Bancroft Elementary, the same kids who ...

Five Ways to Eat Squash Blossoms

Along with the arrival of summer squashes this season are their dainty, edible flowers. The bright orange blossoms sold at farmers' and specialty markets are generally from zucchini plants, though the...

In Praise of American Cheese

Individually-packaged American cheese slices are not exactly the first thing to come to mind when we think of quality gourmet foods. But hear us out! American cheese has some redeeming qualities that ...

Hot or Not? Pepper Corer

Yes, yes, yes. We know this jalapeño pepper corer is a uni-tasker. But some uni-taskers are that way for a reason: there's no other way to get the job done. So we want to know, is this particular uni...

Food Science: Why Bread Crusts Crack

Far from being a bad thing, hairline cracks like those in the photo above are the sign of a fantastic, shatteringly-crisp crust. We've heard that this is something to which many bakers actually aspire...

Summer Salads and Colorful Canisters
Delicious links for 6.16.09

Summer salad with corn, radish, avocado, and feta. Blueberries in syrup with a pinch of black pepper. Under-the-sea serving dishes. These and more in today's Delicious Links. ...

How To: Calibrate Your Meat Thermometer

Outdoor cooking, especially cooking for a crowd can mean use of your trusty meat thermometer. But how do you really know the reading it's giving you is correct? Did you know you can calibrate them ...

Nutella and Banana: Dressed Up S'Mores
Sunset

We've had S'Mores on the brain ever since Elizabeth showed us those cute sacks of S'Mores fixings from a recent wedding. But let's say you wanted to add a little extra flair to the traditional S'More....

Recipe: Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Fruit Slinger, Chicago

The Fruit Slinger blog, one of our favorite summertime reads, is back for another season of commentary from the front lines of the Chicago farmers' markets. But the Fruit Slinger doesn't just sell t...

My Great Outdoors: Jennifer's Edible Container Garden

Name: Jennifer Location: Long Beach, California Type of space: Apartment balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Apartment dwelling often limits a person to creating a ...

Strawberry Tart, Chocolate Bites, and Vegetable Sandwiches
Last Week's Recipes

There were a lot of recipes published here last week — especially a lot of sweets! Read on for a quick recap of last week's recipes and recipe reviews: strawberry tart with chocolate, couscous s...

Good Question: Looking for More Uses for This Tiny Pan

Here's a great question from Laura, who writes: I love tiny/mini versions of regular sized things, and my friend recently got me this adorable mini pro pan from Crate and Barrel. Her usage for it is f...

One-Pan Wonders: 6 Bar Cookie Recipes
Bon Appétit

The bar cookie is a beautiful thing. Same handheld gem as a regular cookie but far less scooping and dropping. Emma's Sour Cream Raisin Bars whetted our appetite for some interesting recipes, and Bon ...

Nagging Food Questions, Kevin's Law, and Backwards Beekeeping
Good Food with Evan Kleiman

Each Saturday, we make it a special point to tune in to Evan Kleiman's radio program Good Food. Our favorites from this week's show included an explanation for the ice cream headache, a very personal ...

Good Question: Where To Find This Bag?

Mike sent us this question the other day: In Germany I used to shop with an expandable plastic fish-net shopping bag. They cost about $2 each. They would expand as you put your groceries in the bags a...

Hot Drink for Summer Evenings: Lemon Verbena Tisane

Even summer evenings can be breezy and cool, and some nights we want a warm drink that is still refreshing. The perfect choice is an herbal tisane, especially one made with lemony summer herbs: lemon ...

Funky Picnic Dessert: Apple and Maple Verrine
Canadian House & Home

Apples... Maple syrup... Yes, we're aware that it's June, not November. But seeing as apples are still plentiful in the markets in New York and this recipe comes from our friends up in Canada, it isn'...

Are Cookies the New Wedding Cake?
Gourmet

It's high wedding season. Was there wedding cake on your plate last weekend? Gourmet's contribution to wedding season is a nod to the newly popular tradition of a cookie buffet at a wedding. Have you ...

Handle with Care: Early Summer Delicacies
Hollywood, California

If we looked a little guarded and paranoid while navigating the crowds at the farmers' market yesterday, the reason was our bag of highly coveted, delicate produce. In winter, we can toss hardy squash...

Apartment Hunting: Is Proximity to a Grocery Store Important?

When looking for a new apartment, we foodies often have a long list of "ideals". We want ample counter space, decent storage, good natural light, and a gas stove, too, if you please. After all, we're ...

Five Reasons to Keep a Chocolate Bar on Hand

Other than the fact that your favorite hunk of dark chocolate makes a perfectly delightful dessert all on its own, it can dress up other desserts or morph into something entirely new. We've got five g...

Inspiration: Better Homes & Gardens Barbecue

Remember our hot dog buffet post from last week? The graphic from that post came from our new favorite cookbook, The Better Homes & Gardens Barbecue Book. The pages are full of outdoor cookin...

MixMyGranola: Custom Granola at the Click of a Mouse

Do you like granola? We do. We always think about making it ourselves, but never seem to get around to it, sadly. So we jumped at the chance to try out a new online product: MixMyGranola, which lets y...

Quick Tip: Add Basil Last

Fresh basil is definitely one of the signature tastes of summer, and you can be sure we'll be tasting a lot of it from now until the weather turns cold again! Want to get the most flavor and aroma fro...

My Great Outdoors: Janice's Raised-Bed Garden

Name: Janice Location: Marlborough, MA Type of space: Outside garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I have moved from California to Massachusetts. I decided to take a...

Good Question: Help Me Find a Flour Container

Sheri is looking for a good flour canister. Can you help?I am completely hooked on Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day (which I originally spotted on your site). I haven't bought bread at a store in two ...

Ingredient Spotlight with Recipe: Wild Arugula

My mystery box included a nice bag of wild arugula last week, much to my pleasure. For the past year or so, I've been enjoying this pungent, more peppery version of arugula in salads, on top of pizza...

Write, Freeze, Remember: Don't Fah-Get Freezer Bags

We strongly believe in the power of the freezer. Some of us don't use that mysterious space above our fridge for much other than ice cream. But the freezer is such a good place for ingredients and lef...

Lunch at Work: How Do You Keep Your Sandwiches from Getting Soggy?

The other day we took this sandwich to work, only to bite into a very soggy piece of bread come lunchtime. We made a few crucial mistakes—ones we remedied the next day. Here are our tips......

The Truth About Orange Juice, a Restaurant-Quality Kitchen Remodel, and Chocolate Strawberry Pie
Top posts from June 8-14, 2009

Last week was all about summer and eating outside, with a few interesting questions and good discussions, too. The hottest posts published last week included a strawberry pie (with a secret layer of g...

Culinary Blank Slate: The Bagel

We've been daydreaming about bagels ever since our discussion of chewy versus soft last week. A good bagel is really a blank slate for so many delicious toppings. What's your favorite?...

Hot or Not? Go Late to the Farmer’s Market to Save Money

As farmer’s market season kicks in to full gear, we’ve been reading tips on how to have the best shopping experience. One of the suggestions – hit up the farmer’s market just as it’s ending ...

Weekend Meditation: Influences

Here in The Kitchn we're all about home cooking. But home cooking, especially in this age of interwebs and world travel, food networks and glossy monthly magazines, is deeply influenced by things bey...