Is it going to dry out enough for those of us in the northeast to cook outside this weekend? What are your weekend cooking plans? Are you eating outside, or fixing up your little slice of the outdoo...
Looking for a light no-bake summer dessert that still looks impressive?
We've been waiting to try Summer Pudding until we finally had some summer weather. The dessert is a British classic and ...
When you think of sleek and beautiful design, grills are not the first thing that come to mind. They tend to be bulky, awkward, and monochromatic. So when we heard a rumor of a grill designed by the f...
Although we have turned our attention towards more quintessentially summer flavors, we still have beets galore at the farmers' market and are always pleased to discover new ways to eat them. Here's a ...
No ice cream maker? No problem. Make granita instead! All you need is a little freezer space and a mound of the freshest fruit you can find. Here's how!...
In the June 2009 issue of Food & Wine, Nate Appleman (of A16 and SPQR restaurants in San Francisco) recommends using mayonnaise-based marinades for grilling. Just a few pages later, Melissa Rubel ...
Trail mix is the undisputed king of outdoor snacks! Whether you're hiking the Appalachians or just going to a nearby park for some time in the sun, a bag of trail mix in your backpack is insurance aga...
On Wednesday we showed you a custom beer pairing from chef Michael Symon. We really enjoyed that pilsner and pasta pairing; spicy linguini and hoppy pilsner were made to go together! Here's one more r...
Two weeks ago, we were in Italy for our summer holiday and, as you know, I spent the first week wondering the streets of Florence, just following my nose. On the last day I picked up a very generous...
Plus watermelon mint ice cubes, pretty glass dispensers, and and a vintage tea tin for all that summer iced tea. ...
Name: Victoria
Location: Somerville, MA
Type of space: Roof deck
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We live in Somerville, MA, and our condo building has a lovely roof dec...
Here's a sweet question from Lia. Any good ideas? I've started a tradition to give an apron and a few cooking utensils or other food-related gifts to all of my friends getting married. However, my BES...
Something’s brewing in NYC’s Nolita. Hidden away down a narrow flight of concrete steps off Lafayette St. is Pravda, an atmospheric Russian bar-bistro. Infused with the rich, warm tones of ...
These days it seems I look for every and any excuse to make cake. I have been on a bit of a baking rampage, and my tiny studio kitchen is nearly groaning under the weight of so many cakes. It's gotten...
Summer fruit always leaves us with the same dilemma – we long for pies, cobblers and crumbles, but we hate to turn on the oven when we're already struggling to keep cool. Enter the stovetop fruit d...
The Magic Bullet is by far the most "as seen on TV" kitchen product that we own, and yet we're not ashamed to say that we have it, love it, and use it. ...
We had plans to make a big batch of pasta salad for weekday lunches, but we've been getting tired of our old cheese standbys. We wanted something new for summer. Something fresh, light, and mild. The ...
Besides the gorgeous kitchen, the thing that really caught our eye was the pallet plate rack in Katrin Arens's home. It's lovely and simple with a twist of rustic. Katrin Arens, who has furnished her ...
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Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We bought the house 13 months ago, and I could not wait to start gardening. The yard had good bones, inc...
In the great pantheon of Italian frozen desserts, there's gelato, there's sorbetto and granita, and then there's semifreddo. Translating to "half cold" or "half frozen," semifreddo is a velvety, mouss...
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between all the soft spreads? Are jelly and jam the same thing? What's a gelée? In this post, we'll explain the differences....
As we saw earlier this week, when cooking with cherries, sometimes it's just fine to leave the pits in. However, many recipes do require the extra step. Here is our simple and efficient method for rem...
A nicely fried egg with crispy edges and a warm, runny yolk is one of life's greatest simple pleasures. We realized long ago that fried eggs are just as delicious after 9am as they are before, and we'...
When planning what to cook on your camping trip, there are a few basic considerations. First, assuming you are setting up your tent fireside rather than setting up folding chairs outside your RV, you...
We've been on the hunt for good weeknight recipes lately, and this quesadilla pie from Elise Bauer sounded like it would fit the bill! No fancy ingredients, no extensive prep work - just assemble and ...
Supposedly the best garlic bread you'll ever have, plus new stainless steel water bottles from CamelBak. ...
While searching through Flickr for some backyard beverage inspiration, we came across these beautiful glasses of lemonade. After searching further, we discovered that the delicious beverage inside w...
This week's roundup includes crab sliders, a recipe for cattails and fortune cookies to honor a small, sweet treat provided during a dark period in U.S. history. ...
We just saw stinging nettles at the farmers' market, and so did Lilia. She is wondering what to make with them. Any suggestions? So my farmer's market has nettles this week. I once ate an amazing net...
News of alfalfa sprout recalls prompted us to call our mother. Why? Because when we were in kindergarten, she came and taught everyone how to grow their own sprouts in a jar. It seems like a good idea...
Over the past weeks I decided to taste my way around the world of Sauvignon Blanc wines. Overall, I was extremely pleased with what I tasted, showing that you rarely go wrong with a Sauvignon Blanc. T...
Every week we bring you our favorite home cooking and good food from our friends at Serious Eats. This week there's a fine lineup of recipes, including this lovely chickpea bruschetta, plus a zucchini...
Susan is looking for some clarification on types of cornmeal. Can we help her out?
I have a burning question! What is the difference between corn meal and polenta? Can I use regular corn meal (the st...
Ever just want a delicious cookie recipe filled with a whole lotta chocolate?
Then this your lucky day because I have one here for you that is not only a chocolate cookie itself but it is stuffed wit...
We spotted this bush, heavy with dark purple berries, while on a walk near our apartment, but aren't sure what berry it actually is. Do you recognize it? More pictures below!...
Canning has become quite the buzzword these days. People are canning up a frenzy across the nation, and co-op groups are popping up all over the place. Raise your hand if you thought pickles and toma...
It’s no surprise that baked beans are a new favorite subject among food bloggers: they are incredibly cheap, laughably low-maintenance, and perfect for a summer barbecue or camping trip. I always ma...
Andrea at the blog Cooking Books just got married, and she baked her own wedding cake. That alone is a feat (we've watched Faith do the same thing). But Andrea also draped fondant, which is not alw...
We know that a lot of you are big fans of enameled cast iron; who doesn't love their Dutch oven? We use ours every day, and while it's perfectly functional, we use it from oven-to-table so ofte...
I must admit, a wee bit of envy welled up when I read Elizabeth's post on moving venues for dessert. Ahh, how lovely it would be to meander from coffee table to dining table to living room in the cour...
So you know we've been getting into beer recently, and we've even started using it more in our actual cooking. We'd also like to start getting a better handle on how to go about pairing the beers we l...
When cooking with cheese, there's nothing much worse than choosing the wrong cheese for the wrong application. Mozzarella's not great as a finisher atop pasta in the same way that parmesan is, for exa...
A few weeks ago, our beloved dutch oven developed a chip in its enamel, and after much deliberation, we've decided to go ahead and replace it. (Thank you, everyone, for all your great advice!) Here's ...
Brooklyn Kitchen is one of our all time favorite stores. From affordable vintage cast iron, to copper made in Brooklyn, not only do they have everything you'd need to stock your kitchen, but it's that...
The Orion cooker has become a staple in our household. It uses convection, steam and smoke (if desired) to cook and flavor our favorite dishes. You might already have a grill or smoker (so do we), ...
A rich, sweet cheesecake, plus ricotta fritters and a pretty idea for a summer table. ...
Name: Bruce
Location: Wicker Park, Chicago
Type of space: Garage rooftop vegetable garden
Last week, we profiled Heidi and Art's rooftop garden, and today, we're touring the garden of their nei...
I am visiting Washington state right now, and cherries are spilling out of every market stall I pass. Ripe red juicy cherries, scarlet-cheeked yellow sour cherries — they all look good to me! So...
We've totally had this problem. Julie asks: I've had a bad week when it comes to plasticware in the kitchen. First I forgot that a bunch of stuff—including some plastic food savers from Ikea&mda...
My Grammy Joan was no cook. Though she was rumored to make a killer meatloaf, I saw her do little more in the kitchen than unload a packet of Sweet’N Low into a glass of ice tea.
Despite her kitch...
We've been promoting our own well-stocked inventory of cocktail recipes lately, so this article in today's Times was right up our alley. It's a list of terms, some of them as basic as ice, but ther...
What was happening on The Kitchn a year ago this week? Well, there was a lot of grilling. Also, two beautiful little kitchens in Paris, some favorite ideas from kitchen tours, a 12-step set of ideas f...
Many of us probably have a little jar of turmeric sitting somewhere in our cupboards that we bought for one specific recipe, and then haven't really used since. Right?! We have an inkling that turmeri...
The Apartment Therapy team was thrilled to see our own Amy Azzarito featured in The New York Times that showcased her (illegal) beekeeping endeavors in Brooklyn...
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We adore breakfast sandwiches with eggs. But up until last weekend, that invariably meant a fried egg. We hadn't ever even considered scrambled eggs on a sandwich. But then we ordered this scrumptious...
After writing about this cherry recipe from The Atlantic yesterday, we decided to try the leave-the-pits-in method with another fruit: plums. It was so easy and fast, and we love the way the whole, pu...
There’s a restaurant near my husband's office called Rice that makes—you guessed it—really good rice. There’s one thing that I always get and it comes with this amazing black rice with...
Are you grilling fruit this summer? Just as barbecue cooking doesn't have to be limited to savory ingredients (see our recent roundup of grilled desserts!), your skewer options are not restricted to b...
When we think of gnocchi, our mind jumps straight to those soft little potato dumplings served in a lot of Italian cooking. But did you know there are actually several different kinds of gnocchi, each...
Welcome to June's Open Thread at The Kitchn. This is Outdoor Month, and we want to see your garden and outdoor entertaining spaces! Are you growing tomatoes? What are you cooking? Any questions or goo...
Tired of round pancakes? Maybe even the standard chubby pancake man is losing his charm. Mix things up with pancake letters instead, like reader Jackie who sent us these cute photos of her own breakfa...
When we first got curious about this question after making Jamie Oliver's chicken-in-milk recipe, we had no idea how complicated the answer would turn out to be. It definitely requires a trip back to ...
Freezer pops and the molds to make them, plus another good freezer idea: yogurt with granola. ...
It's nice to bring a bottle of wine when you head out on your summer picnics and parties, but we don't always want to bring along the bottle. For starters, it can weigh your basket down and it also ...
Name: Cecilia
Location: Anaheim, CA
Type of space: Backyard
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoyed it: It's Father's Day, and officially the first day of summer, so we had dined...
Renegade Handmade is the brick and mortar extension of the popular Renegade Craft Fair, which is held annually in Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Their Wicker Park storefront ...
Aimee wants to eat a better variety of foods, but she has a problem! Can you help her?Dear Kitchn, I am looking to start a lifestyle change with eating better and getting more exercise. But I've come ...
It seems like we get a question from a reader nearly every week on what to eat for breakfast. The constraints are always the same: fast, cheap, easy to grab on the way out the door. We generally recom...
Just before I left on a long trip to the Northwest (cross your fingers for the continued health of my garden for me, please...) I pulled up my first garden radish. It was a tiny, late-planted little g...
Last night we made a very simple, quick dinner—spaghetti, broccoli, and tomato sauce—and it was even easier because we put everything that needed to boil in the same big pot. It takes a little fin...
There were quite a lot of recipes and recipe reviews published last week on The Kitchn. Here's a quick recap, in case you missed one or two. Goat cheese tart, carrot cookies with honey yogurt filling,...
Did you catch Good Food this past week? If you have small children, you'll definitely want to listen to the sections on cooking for kids. There's also an audio walk-through on how to de-bone duck feet...
To all you play kitchen lovers out there - we've seen lots of fabulous DIYs from our readers, many of which use IKEA parts and components. Well, a friend just alerted us to the fact that IKEA has its ...
We love make-ahead desserts, and among easy, delicious, elegant make-ahead desserts, panna cotta reigns supreme. And yet we find that it's not as well-known as it should be. Why? Is there an impressio...
Are you eating, cooking, or growing food outdoors this summer?Whichever it is, we want to see it! Show us your outdoor meals! If you are doing anything at all with food outside this summer, we want to...
We get pretty wide-eyed at the cherries that are showing up in the market. We think of all the things we could make with them... and then we remember that we'd have to pit them. And we don't own a pit...
We're deep into a lemon kick right now, so we thought we'd take a moment to craft an ode to our current favorite darling. We just can't seem to get enough of that clean, tart flavor! How do you use le...
If you're lucky, you might have this growing in your front yard or garden. The next best thing is finding it at the farmers' market!...
I love pineapples and they are everywhere during Summer. What better way to enjoy them than having them cold and refreshing? This sorbet is both satisfying to your sweet tooth and healthy because it ...
Not so great about meal planning? Take some cues from a famous French chef:
We never really plan ahead. If we don’t know what to do, there are always eggs. We love them. Right now I have beautiful t...
We love sangria, so when we saw these sangria-inspired little tarts, we jumped at them. ...
Lately, we've been getting in the habit of buying an extra baguette or two when we're at the store just to throw in the freezer for later. It's extremely handy to have bread ready to thaw and use when...
Back in our post about saving your butter wrappers, we mentioned off hand that we're trying to be paper towel free. Well... that isn't exactly correct. We figured it was better to be honest about o...
Have you peeked at the slideshow of wedding food from New York Times readers? No? It's worth taking a look! The Times put out a call for unique or homemade wedding food from their readers' wedd...
Chelsea is wondering how to store her brown sugar. She writes: I just saw the question about storing flour, and it made me think my brown sugar always gets hard before I can use it all. How do you sto...
Soupe au pistou, the classic Provençal summer soup made with the freshest summer vegetables, shell beans, and pasta and finished with a dollop of basil pistou, will always carry a special place...
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If you think Milwaukee's culinary offerings are limited to cheese, sausage and beer, you haven't been ...
Roya wrote to us looking for help in selling her grandmother's vintage spice jar collection. We were so fascinated by this enormous collection of vintage spice jars we had to show them to all of you. ...
We're not ones for elaborate breakfasts (which is why we've devoted quite a bit of space to grab-and-go recipes and things you can make ahead of time). This is even more true when the weather turns wa...
The most popular posts published last week on The Kitchn included crazy spaghetti hot dogs, good uses for butter wrappers, a discussion of how much is too much for pasture-raised eggs, and a real hot ...
The first strawberries? A simple gin and tonic on the porch? Clambakes on the beach? What is the one food that for you signals that summer has officially arrived?...
Maxwell and Sara Kate used Henrybuilt cabinets in their kitchen renovation a few years ago and the Seattle-based cabinet and furniture manufacturer has added a line of design-conscious functional kitc...
This is my father's recipe for fudge, written and illustrated in his own hand. I have many fond memories of standing on a chair next to the stove, stirring up batches of this fudge in our Revere-ware...
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