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Easy Ice Creams, Horchata, Iced Coffee, and Rick Bayless
Top posts published August 15-21, 2009

Easy 1-ingredient ice cream, juicy tomato recipes, and more in the most popular posts published this past week. Read on for the top ten. 15. Fresh Peach Frozen Yogurt with Only Four Ingredients 14. ...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of August 22-23, 2009

Happy weekend! What's cooking in your kitchen? A batch of ice cream, maybe to be topped with berries in port, like the sundae above? It's definitely weather for eating ice cream outdoors. Or perhaps y...

What Are You Preserving This Summer?

We know that many of you are avid canners, jammers, picklers, and preservers. So we're curious: Have you "put up" anything yet this summer, and if so, what? ...

Almost-Instant Sweet Wine Ice Cream
Recipe Review

We've talked about serving wine with ice cream before; what about wine in your ice cream? (Pssst ... no ice cream maker required!)...

Color Under Your Feet: A Gallery of Painted Kitchen Floors

We've been on a kitchen floor kick this week: First the cork, then a survey of what kind of floors you all have. But we've saved the prettiest for last. Read on for all kinds of painted floors,...

Summer Recipe: Cappuccino of Tomatoes & Mozzarella

Have you ever had a cappuccino — of tomatoes? Here's a recipe that upends the traditional idea of a cappuccino and replaces it with tangy tomatoes and a froth of whipped mozzarella and cream. ...

Ingredient Spotlight: Salmon Roe (Ikura)

I just love getting ikura sushi - those jewel-like, glistening orange balls of salty goodness are the eggs, or roe of salmon. They're delicious, sustainable, and economical. They also have a wonderf...

All in the Cocktail Family: Collinses & Fizzes
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Q: The Tom Collins, John Collins, Gin Fizz, Sloe Gin Fizz, Ramos Gin Fizz - and Violet Fizz. They're all related. Do you know how?...

Summer Sweets: 5 Twists on the Banana Split

The banana split is such a classic summer dessert. We have fond childhood memories of soft bananas cradling scoops of ice cream topped with mounds of whipped cream and fudge sauce. And a few maraschin...

Recipe: Homemade Potato Chips with Rosemary

When I was little, my dad and I spent Sunday mornings on the Santa Monica beach. Before heading home we'd sometime hike up to the pier and buy a newspaper cone of freshly made potato chips from a litt...

Get Organized! Using Evernote in the Kitchen

We are constantly bookmarking new recipes on the web, spotting new ingredients to try, and tearing articles out of magazines. Keeping all these bits and pieces organized is tough, but so many of progr...

Cool Recipe: Another Really, Really Simple Ice Cream
Stay Cool!

Name: Bill Location: Miami, Florida How are you staying cool? The world's simplest ice cream (and modular ceviche)...

Farm Fresh Salads and Beet Carpaccio au Bleu
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 8.19.09

We're craving colorful late-summer salads right now – like baby beets and turnips with blue cheese, or a panzanella with sweet, juicy watermelon. More on those recipes below, plus ginger fried chic...

Should I Buy a Molcajete or Mortar and Pestle?
Good Questions

Q: I'm slowly trying to transition my kitchen, piece by piece, into a kitchen with smart, multifunction tools, nice dinnerware and silverware. My current quandary is between a mortar and pestle and a ...

Icy Treats With a Surprise Inside: Volcano Ice Pops

We never got around to buying a set of popsicle molds this summer, but now we have an eye on these Volcano Ice Pops from Prepara. They offer a twist on the usual popsicle molds; they have a hollow cen...

On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
Book Review 2009

If you're the type of cook who needs to know why onions make us cry and gets curious about the molecular structure of melting sugar, then this is definitely the book for you. It has become our #1 refe...

Outdoor Summer Kitchen by Muru & Pere

An outdoor kitchen is a total fantasy in New York City — it's even less attainable than your own washer and dryer or walk-in closet. That's why this circular cooking and entertaining space in Estoni...

Hibiscus Berry Sundae
Stay Cool!

We are really big fans of hibiscus flowers in syrup; we love their tangy, juicy taste and they are so pretty too! So when we received this recipe from one maker of these pretty little things we had to...

The Ultimate Best Kitchen Tool? Your Hands

We've been talking a lot lately about our favorite and least-favorite kitchen tools, but we've forgotten to mention one tool that we use all the time, every day, and without fail: our hands! They're ...

How Easy a Pickle Can Be: The Zuni Pink Pickled Onions
Recipe Review

Have you seen those hot pink pickled onions from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook? Over the last couple of years it seems like they've been everywhere in the blogosphere. We've been meaning to try them for a ve...

LEGO In the Kitchen: 5 LEGO Kitchen Accessories

We can't help it; we are total nerds for LEGO stuff. Remember this slightly goopy attempt at a LEGO birthday cake? And LEGO fosters that nerd-nostalgia for building blocks of youth with all the...

Quick, Cool Cucumber Sauce for Sandwiches and Vegetables

This is not tzatziki. We know it looks like tzatziki. And before you ask, "How many cucumber-yogurt sauces does one really need, anyway?" let us explain the difference......

Ingredient Spotlight: Sea Urchin

The first time I had sea urchin (uni,) I gagged and spat it out. The texture and the taste of the sea were way too much for me. And then one day, I was flipping through my Nobu cookbook and came acr...

Making Horchata: Which Rice Is Best?

Last week's post on aguas frescas gave us a mean craving for Mexican-style horchata, a refreshing drink made with rice, cinnamon, and sugar. We decided to try making a batch at home and wound up makin...

My Favorite Wine Glasses: Best Value for the Money

When I first became serious about wine, I really noticed the difference that a good glass made to my appreciation of the wine. At that time the choice of wine glass was pretty polarized. Either...

Recipe Review: Rick Bayless' Dairy Free Avocado Ice Cream

In accordance with last night's Top Chef Masters events, we thought we'd share a recipe from Mr. Rick Bayless himself. This is one of our favorites and unlike his 27-ingredient Oaxacan Mole, this re...

Peaches Under Meringue and a Cookbook Timer
Delicious links for 8.20.09

A cookbook that counts down the time left in each recipe step, sparkling wines under $15, and a birthday cake competition. ...

Summer Love: Raw Shredded Cabbage

While Elizabeth is head over heels for Bibb lettuce, we're nursing our own unexpected food crush...on cabbage. That's right, cabbage. It turns out that raw, shredded cabbage is good for way more than ...

What Are the Best Dairy-Free Cake and Frosting Recipes?
Good Questions

Q: I have a dear friend who just turned 30 and I would love to make a birthday cake or cupcakes for her. But she is deathly allergic to dairy. Other than boxed cake (yuck), could you recommend a nic...

Top Chef Masters: A Winning Storyteller

For last night's final episode of Top Chef Masters, finalists Michael Chiarello, Hubert Keller and Rick Bayless were asked to cook the meal of their lives, quite literally. Note: We reveal the winner...

Cool Recipe: Gabriela's Salsa Huevona (Lazy Salsa)
Stay Cool!

Name: Gabriela Location: New York City, New York How are you staying cool? Sweating it out with a spicy salsa that doesn't require us to roast any ingredients!...

Too Many Zucchini? Swap Them Away Via VeggieTrader

Are you awash in pole beans, with nary a ripe tomato? Or perhaps you have a bumper crop of tomatoes and no zucchini this year. What if you could find a fellow gardener nearby who wanted to swap you so...

Flavor Inspiration Board: Raspberries and Lemon

Just the thought of raspberries and lemon together in the same recipe makes our mouths water! All that tartness in one dish is almost more than we can handle - almost! - but we also can't help reachin...

How To Cook Dinner In Your Hotel Room
Good Eats! A Weekly Roundup from Serious Eats

Every week we round up our favorite posts on eating and cooking from our friends at Serious Eats. This week we were fascinated by this video they found from British comedian George Egg, showing how to...

Moving Tip: Haul Your Dishes in Restaurant Racks

Carefully wrapping all of our glassware in bubble wrap and newspaper only to drive it ten minutes to our new house and unwrap it was making us a little bonkers so we came up with an idea. • Read...

How To Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient!

Yes, that's right; you heard us. Creamy, soft-serve style ice cream with just one ingredient — and no ice cream maker needed! What is this one magic ingredient that can be whipped into perfectly...

Party Snack: Edna Lewis' Old-Fashioned Cheese Straws
Recipe Review

Have you ever had a cheese straw? No? Yes? They are a total staple of an old-fashioned Southern appetizer tray, so if you're from the South you probably know what we're talking about right now. We hav...

Organic: The Debate Rages On

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a British study claiming that organic food is no more nutritious than conventionally grown food. After the news broke, a rousing debate emerged in newspaper columns...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Premieres Tonight!

Top Chef fans: At last, the wait is nearly over. Top Chef Las Vegas premieres tonight on Bravo. Read our thoughts on the upcoming season and share your reaction to tonight’s episode below. ...

Recipe: Barbecue Chicken and Macaroni Salad

About this time in the summer, we start getting tired of the goopy, mayonnaise-thick side salads that are standard fare at every cook-out and picnic. We wanted something a little different to bring to...

Survey: What Kind of Kitchen Floors Do You Have?

On Monday we showed you a kitchen with eco-friendly (not to mention leg muscle-friendly) cork floors. We're guessing, though, that most of you have something more traditional. We're curious what kind ...

What Foods Have You Learned To Love?

Last week, we asked you which foods do you wish you liked more. The results were surprising! These are the foods that you've tried and just don't like, no matter what. Well, what foods did you once...

Try This Cheese Now: Pugs Leap Cheese
The Cheesemonger

If you live in the Bay Area, put this cheese on your To Try list (much more enriching to follow than that nagging old To Do). The story behind the cheese and the people who make it ain't bad, either: ...

The Bodum Bistro: Ode To A Beautiful Toaster

We like toast, it's a quick snack or even dinner sometimes. But our love for toast is matched by our hatred for cleaning fingerprints off the side of the toaster. That is, until we saw the n...

Squash Blossom Flowerpots and the History of the Fork
Delicious links for 8.19.09

We love fried squash blossoms — especially when they're presented as beautifully as this. ...

Can't Take the Heat? How to Eat Spicy Foods

Sweating, flushed face, light-headed, fiery mouth? Yup, you've been eating chili peppers! Here's how to eat spicy foods without going into complete shock - and even how you might build up your toleran...

Cool Recipe: Diliana's Tarator (Bulgarian Cold Soup)
Stay Cool!

Name: Diliana Location: Los Angeles, California How are you staying cool? Cold soup (Таратор) is a refreshing and healthy summer dish....

Cast Iron Pie Pans: Have You Ever Used One?

We've heard of aluminum, Pyrex, ceramic and perforated pie pans but never cast iron until we ran across this example on Amazon. It has a solid five-star review from six customers who say that the cas...

How Do I Adapt My Cooking Style to a Professional Range?
Good Questions

Q: The cornerstone of our tiny kitchen renovation, a 24-inch BlueStar range, was installed last week. Ordinarily a confident home cook, I am embarrassed to admit that I am somewhat overwhelmed by the ...

What's Your Favorite No-Heat Meal?

We've been gathering inspiration for heat-free suppers from a recent slideshow at Bon Appétit. They have a week of no-cook, no heat dinners, and we have our eye on a couple of the recipes. But ...

Mango Lassi Frozen Yogurt & the Perfect Tomato Sandwich
This Time Last Year

What was cooking this time last year? Well, there was rosemary lime sparkle ice cream, a recipe for summer braised pork shanks, tomato tarts, and the best way to cook pasta. Read on for these posts an...

From the Herb Garden: Rosemary

Take one look at the imposing needle-like leaves on a rosemary plant, and you might wonder how anyone ever thought to put this herb in their mouths! But crush a few of those needles between your finge...

Flickr Finds: Ashley's Clever Dining Room Bar

Maybe we've been watching too much Mad Men, but lately we've been obsessed with stylish bar set-ups in the dining room, where cocktails can be close at hand for easy mixing during or after a meal. Ash...

Cold and Chocolatey: 11 Ice Creams with Chocolate Bits
Stay Cool!

Do you like your ice cream thick with nubbins of chocolate? Do you like to snap bittersweet shards between your teeth? If so, these recipes are for you. They're not chocolate ice cream — ...

Ingredient Spotlight: Saba

We have been grilling tons of fruit this summer – plums, peaches, pluots, figs – and it has been the perfect opportunity to break out our precious bottle of saba. ...

A Whole Kitchen Inside One Pot: MSR Flex 4 Cookset

Could you fit your whole kitchen in one pot? No, we can't either. So we're quite fascinated by this clever cookset that is designed to all fit inside one lightweight pot. ...

Kitchen Spotlight: Allison's Peaceful Cottage

Ready for some simple, serene kitchen eye candy? We just love this little cottage kitchen from Australia; it belongs to Allison and Paul of the charming shop Lark. Take a look, and definitely d...

Why This Is Our Favorite Lettuce

What is it? Bibb, Boston, Butter... It goes by many names. And it's slightly more expensive than your average romaine. But we have good reasons for why we love it, so read on... ...

What's The Deal With Green, Black, White, and Pink Peppercorns?

Peppercorns come in different colors and tastes. Which one is best for which recipes? I'll talk about that in this post. Learn more about peppercorns behind the jump ......

Kicking the Imported Ham Habit with Virginia's Surryano Ham

As much as I hate to think of the fuel used to bring delicacies across the world to my plate, some things are worth importing. We gave up Pellegrino a few years ago, I avoid Chilean apples and I tend ...

Brewing Beer at Home: Basic Homebrewing Equipment
Beer Sessions

We are absolutely giddy at the prospect of brewing our own beer. It's something that we've wanted to do for quite some time, and this weekend we finally took the plunge! Want to join us? Here's...

Snack On The Go: Veggies Stored In Dip

We all strive to eat more vegetables during our day-to-day adventures, but there's something slightly lackluster about opening your bag or container to find just six sad little carrot sticks. Dips ca...

How To Make Your Own Taco Seasoning
Delicious links for 8.18.09

It's a meaty roundup today, what with pork lunchbags and award-winning grilled ribeye with Mediterranean herb butter....

Ingredient Spotlight: Fleur de Sel

A friend brought us this little pot of sea salt as a souvenir from her travels in France. It's been sitting in our cupboard staring at us every time we open the door, tempting us and begging to be use...

Cool Recipe: Liz's Elderflower Champagne Cocktail
Stay Cool!

Name: Liz Location: Brooklyn, New York How are you staying cool? This cocktail tastes like vacation, a refreshing respite from the August heat. It's champagne stirred with St-Germain, a delicate Frenc...

How Do I Make and Preserve Tomato Sauce?
Good Questions

Q: We're having a bumper crop of tomatoes here in the Northwest this year. In years past we've canned diced tomatoes for use throughout the year, but this year we thought we would like try making and ...

Have You Ever Tried a Cobb Charcoal Grill?

We showed you what is quite likely the prettiest grill we've ever seen, but we're not done browsing grills this summer. We're currently very interested in the Cobb grill, a tiny yet powerful tabletop ...

Need Ideas for Dinner? Try Old Food Magazines!

We came across this treasure trove of Fine Cooking and Saveur back issues at a yard sale the other day. It made us smile to flip through pages of old recipes, out-dated equipment reviews, and food fad...

Jeffrey Saad Back on Food Network
The Morning News for 8.18.09

The favored contender (yet narrow loser) of The Next Food Network Star's fifth season is back on television after all. Jeffrey Saad has a new video series online at Food Network's website, and he look...

On Display: Le Creuset in the Home

Fashionistas have Prada. Home enthusiasts have Le Creuset. Whether it's a tiny space with limited storage or a huge loft featuring a walk-in cupboard, people love keeping their enamelware out for the ...

Recipe: Chocolate Mousse with Olive Oil and Sea Salt

Last week I was planning dinner for visiting friends, and I was seized by a craving for cool, creamy chocolate mousse. I had a bag of Scharffen-Berger chocolate burning a hole in my baking cupboard an...

How Should We Use This Microwave?

Our household received this microwave to test for The Kitchn's sister site, Unplggd. The thing is, we have never owned a microwave and are at a loss for what to do with it! (Ahh, the effect of growing...

Japanese Street Food: Takoyaki

Last week was Street Fair Food Week on The Kitchn, which reminded of one of my most favorite street fair foods; takoyaki! Found at almost all Japanese fairs and festivals, takoyaki are yummy little b...

Help Erin and Brendan's Butter-Yellow Kitchen
My Kitchen Needs a Makeover!

Last week we asked if you needed a kitchen makeover. Lots of you do, apparently, because we already have an inbox full of submissions! Here's our first attempt to offer a little advice and insp...

The Perfect Finish: How Do You End a Meal?

For some of us, it's a nice slice of pie. For others, maybe a wedge of cheese or a cup of coffee does the trick. Whatever that "little something" is, our meal doesn't quite feel complete until we've h...

Update from Black and White: Patterned Cork Kitchen Floor
Country Living

We love the classic look of black and white, diamond-patterned kitchen floors. They're very 1950s diner but can look clean and modern, too. Well, this is an eco-friendly riff on that idea, with sustai...

12 Juicy Tomato Recipes for August Evenings
Summer Recipe Roundup

Got tomatoes? Lucky you! The Northeast's historic episode of tomato blight has left tomato-lovers in a sad state — no tomatoes from their own vines, and tomatoes extra-expensive at the ma...

The Toddy Take On Iced Coffee

We've been talking a great deal about iced coffee lately, but it is after all a place where many of us spend extra cash, buying cold drinks at the coffee shop when it's actually easier and bes...

Friendship T-Shirt and Delightful Stories About Julia Child
Delicious links for 8.17.09

Some delightful things in today's Delicious Links: a panel of friends reminisces about Julia Child, with some funny stories, and a t-shirt that proposes more friendship around food. ...

Hearty Greens: How To Keep Them From Clumping

We've been buying big bags of swiss chard and other greens at the farmer's market lately and adding them to just about everything we cook (for better or worse!). One problem we keep having in dishes w...

Cool Recipe: Cannellini Salad with Goat Cheese & Mint
Stay Cool!

Name: Laura Location: Santa Barbara, California How are you staying cool? When the Pacific breeze and fog doesn't blanket the city I like to keep cool with simple salads. No ovens. No stoves. Just fr...

Seasonal Recipe: Jamie Oliver's Tomato Consommé

My kitchen is overflowing with tomatoes, a 'problem' I truly love and appreciate! I'm making plans for tomato chutney and tomato jam and homemade ketchup. Canning projects are being penciled in and ...

What Can I Do With 10 Pounds of Whole Wheat Flour?
Good Questions

Q: I am moving to a new apartment in about a month. Other than my spices, oils, and vinegars I need to eat all of the food I have stored up. It's been going well up until now: throw a can of this in ...

Good Idea! Serving Platters with Handles
Best Kitchen Basics

We found the perfect serving piece the other day — right before a big party, too! It was a big platter, gently curved enough to hold a chopped salad, but open and flat enough to still be called ...

Coffee Talk: Café au Lait, Cappuccino, Latté, Machiatto
What's the Difference?

Whether we're headed across campus for class or into the office for work, chances are that most of us have a travel mug of something caffeinated in our hands. Chances are even better that your beverag...

The High Cost of Celiac Diets
The Morning News for 8.16.09

The Times has a perceptive piece on the high cost of living with celiac disease. Would prescriptions for gluten-free foods help those who suffer from celiac? This plus increasing numbers of students n...

Blue Kitchens: Edgy & Serene

The House Beautiful archives are rich with color inspiration — this week, we've narrowed our focus and pulled a collection of blue kitchens. From very vibrant turquoise to relaxing ocean-inspired hu...

Weekend Meditation: Joie de Vivre

Joie de vivre is a french term that literally translates as 'the joy of living.' Not the joy of life, but the joy of living: the active, energetic, enthusiastic engagement in the business of being al...