What were the most popular posts published this past week? Here's a peek — read on for the top ten.
15. Sexier Than It Sounds: Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Coconut
14. What's The Difference Betwe...
It's Friday already! How is your weekend shaping up, and what are you planning on cooking? We are plotting another corn and tomato salad, with some ideas of grilling pork chops too. Summer produce is ...
As we learned recently, we're not the only fans of gorgeous, fragrant rose water. This is our very favorite use for it – Persian ice, or faloodeh, a splendidly refreshing combination of rose wat...
Looking at that BLT poster this morning made us crave the real thing. But tomatoes are mighty scarce in some parts of the country right now due to a crop blight in New England. This has forced us to b...
Subway tiles are a common element in bathrooms, but we love the way they look in a kitchen. There's something about the shape and brick-like pattern that makes them look more modern than square...
Here's a recipe that has been on our radar for a long time: Katherine Hepburn's brownies. Yes, apparently Katharine Hepburn baked, and this recipe for fudgy brownies has been passed down in her name. ...
Chirashi, also called chirashizushi (ちらし寿司) is one of my favorite Japanese meals. The word "chirashi" means "scattered," so this is basically a big bowl of rice mixed with fish, vegeta...
Name: Anh
Location: Sydney, Australia
How are you staying cool? Healthy and easy frozen yoghurt with matcha (green-tea) flavour!...
Here's an interesting makeover for you: a kitchen that traded in white cabinets for pine cupboards — an opposite direction than we would generally go. Do you think it works? Read on for m...
We're finally on vacation... a working vacation to begin. First stop was the Berkshires, to tour the kitchen of Margaret Roach. Margaret is the head honcho in chief of the garden blog, A Way To Garden...
Some great weekend cooking in today's Delicious Links......
If you've recently moved into a new apartment like we have, you might find yourself lacking the leftover funds for actually decorating your new digs (also like us!). Luckily, a friend pointed u...
Name: Jessica
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
How are you staying cool? Creating simple and delicious salads. ...
What's that on your sandwich? Bacon, lettuce and ... watermelon? Find out more about that recipe below, plus wines to drink with your potato chips, an award-winning goat cheese and the science behind ...
Q: Last week, Mark Bittman of the New York Times blogged about photographer Pedro Guerrero's experience shooting Julia Child's kitchen. I fell in LOVE with her peg board wall — it would be the m...
Our August theme Stay Cool! is wrapping up, but we still have a few more good ways to stay cool in the kitchen coming your way. One of our favorite cool and crunchy summer meals is spring rolls, and t...
We're not what you might call condimaniacs at our house, and we're usually happy with whatever jar or squeeze bottle comes to hand first. But on a recent summer trip to visit family, we became absolut...
Aside from convenience, there's not much to love about disposable products. We all know that they create a lot of waste and zap resources... but is there anything to take from their design? Some seem ...
We were flipping through old food magazines when we came across this brilliant idea from Sunset. It may be the best solution for two of our questions from the past month: what to do with pattypan squa...
Name: Jill
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rent or own? Own
Jill's kitchen is dark, quirky, outdated, and reminiscent of Mad Men's 1960s style. We have some suggestions and inspiration ph...
We've talked about stocking your liquor cabinet with summer essentials, and other cocktail basics. Now we're curious about the extra sorts of liquor you like to keep around. Besides the big basics of ...
Today was opening day for the new Whole Foods on 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, and we walked through the doors at 8:30 a.m. First up: a latte from the coffee bar, followed by a long stare at the...
When the temperature goes up, this is one of my favorite soups to make. Easy and economical, it is wonderful when served chilled, but it has a split personality - it can also be served hot!...
Want to cook in your dorm? While hot plates and toaster ovens are usually big no-no's, some colleges will still allow these small George Foreman grills! Check your rules and regulations, because then ...
August is Stay Cool! month at the Kitchn. As the temperatures have been rising, so has our frequency of serving ice cream for dessert. This always brings up the question of what are the best wines to ...
We talked awhile back about having a second freezer in the home. We've always been big believers in owning one, but after our recent move to a smaller space, we ended up putting it in a rather unusu...
Unusual (and pretty) scrub cloths, even prettier cake plates, and a great new offering from King Arthur Flour. ...
We are definitely not above having a big spoonful of peanut butter for a quick afternoon snack! Especially if there's a little honey or a few chocolate chips involved. As a raw ingredient, peanut butt...
Name: Whitney
Location: Chicago, Illinois
How are you staying cool? Keeping cool and caffeinated at the same time......
Todd English stopped by to guest judge in week two of Top Chef Las Vegas. If this episode proved anything, it's that this season will likely be just as cheesy as we expected – the craps table, the b...
Q: I'm renting a house for a long weekend with six friends. We'll have a nice big stocked kitchen and a grocery store nearby. Some of us are foodies, others will help but are more eaters than cookers....
Class is back in session, and so are the classics. If you'll permit us a bit of nostalgia for one of our own favorite authors — in and out of the classroom — we'd like to show you our new ...
Part of being able to take the heat is knowing where the heat is coming from! We recently came across two guides to help us identify peppers and how much heat they're packing. Take a look!...
Every week we bring you our favorite posts on cooking and eating from our friends at Serious Eats. This week there's this glamorous yet frugal salad that uses up scraps of leftover roast chicken or ro...
After 10 years of working in a cramped 1950s kitchen, the owners of this kitchen gave it a sustainable update. They reused the existing appliances, but installed a host of new updates that made this k...
School and work are back in session, and so cupcake season is fast upon us. We don't bake a lot of cupcakes; we usually prefer the ease of one whole cake. But when it comes to school classrooms and wo...
Tiny studio dwellers, this kitchen is for you! Lorin's kitchen is tiny — a postage-stamp of a workspace. And yet it feels so comfortable to work in — we're amazed at how well she ha...
When I first heard about Time for Lunch, a national campaign to get real food in schools, it sounded like an admirable cause, but I wasn't instantly moved to action. I don't have kids, I grew up bring...
We've been throwing and attending a lot of cookouts and dinners this summer. It's so fun to gather with friends around a big meal — but sometimes feeding a lot of people can get expensive. There...
We're not even sure we'd risk sending this to school in our child's lunch bag, lest it get traded for an Oreo. These sweet, summery, little handheld pies we'd keep for ourselves... ...
Even though summer is filled with an abundance of fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables, it also brings higher temperatures. When the mercury is rising outside, do you still cook as much as you do dur...
There was a time when a certain bunny-shaped pasta with instant cheese mix figured prominently in our weekly meal plan. Now we turn to a quick dinner solution that’s just as easy and, dare we say, m...
Well, it's not new pricing, exactly, but Whole Foods had made a pretty major change to their cheese signage. At first it seemed tricky, like a marketing ploy, but after giving it more thought, we thin...
Taking your lunch to school has become all the rage with the recent wave of concerned moms and dads. Lunches that are dished out at school, although they meet strict standards, aren't really all that ...
Gentle readers, here is a question of dinner party etiquette; we hope that you can help us out and settle an ongoing household debate.
We have hosted quite a few dinner parties this summer, and our ...
This is one of those cook’s tricks we keep in our back pocket. A simple sugar icing will fancy up some scones for company or add the perfect touch to a batch of cookies. It’s so easy, you don’t ...
A really wonderful and colorful idea for your lunchbox today, plus fruit desserts and a chart of calories vs. caffeine in many popular coffee drinks. ...
Ever since Faith posted about the London-based housewares store Labour and Wait, I've been craving a nice set of enamelware ladles. But even if I could blink away the cost of international pos...
Q: Our summer subletters recently vacated our apartment to return to China and left this jar of mystery food behind. They are a little fuzzy looking.
What are they? And how do I use them?
Sent by M...
Name: Alicia
Location: Westchester, New York
How are you staying cool? Cold salads and breakfast for dinner......
This recipe for cooking whole chicken is still one of our absolute favorites. Between the tender slow-cooked meat and that incredible lemon-sage sauce, there’s so much to love! Just how does this ch...
If you're like us you hate throwing anything in the regular garbage. It seems like such a, pardon the pun, waste. But there's some stuff you just don't know what to do with.
Check out our list plus ...
School starts this week for students all over the country, and many of us are also filtering, reluctantly, back into regular work schedules after summer vacations. To make the transition back i...
When a friend brought us a jar of intensely fragrant oregano from travels to Portugal, we became curious about the different varieties of this herb. What's the distinction between Greek, Italian, Turk...
This is the time of year, replete with picnics and cook-outs, when there always seems to be a quarter of a watermelon languishing in the fridge. We adore ice-cold watermelon, but one of these ponderou...
Rental kitchens! The most difficult part of a rental apartment. We are mostly stuck with the kitchens that come with our rented dwellings, and yet there are ways to add pops of color and small ...
We should have included this in our roundup of Street Fair Food, because it reminds us of the trademark Del's Frozen Lemonade we see at every outdoor festival and beach boardwalk in the Northeast. Thi...
Here's a sweet and savory side dish that's economical and easy to make. Sweet fried plantains, or plátanos maduros in Spanish, are a staple of Latin American cuisine, and are found in a f...
Or is it that we love to hate them? In either case, in honor of all the students heading back to campus this week, we thought we'd pay homage to the pop-top beers and cheap tall boys that we called ou...
It's time to go back to school and hit the office routine once again, and we're here to cheer you on in packing your lunch! Sure, an office lunch out at the corner deli is nice once in a while,...
There's a convenience store in town that sells freshly baked brownie bites at their register. Now living in the midwest, grabbing a snack and a drink at a gas station is a daily occurrence for...
Yummy stacked potatoes and French toast on a stick (with blueberry sauce) in today's Delicious Links. ...
If you don’t currently share a kitchen, we’re guessing that at some point in time you did or you will. When it comes to sharing forks and fridge space with other people, we know that relationships...
Q: I'm in the market for a portable dishwasher and I was wondering if you have any suggestions or can ask the audience? You've featured so many small New York City kitchens, I'm sure I'm not alone in ...
Microwave popcorn is a college dorm staple – when your kitchen is limited to a microwave and a mini fridge, what choice do you have? But did you know there's a way to make it that's healthier...
We are so enamored of this sweet garnish that we just spotted at Pastry Pal, a lovely and helpful blog. These strawberry chips are easy and special; read on to see how they're made! ...
Name: Dana
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
How are you staying cool? Lemon salad! I know — lemon salad?! But it's great. It's refreshing without being too sour or bitter....
College students, here's one way to get around the restrictions on hot plates and toaster ovens in your dorm rooms: get yourself a stove necklace! You've got to see this to believe it....
What were we talking about this time last year? Well, there were still lots of ice cream recipes rolling out, including a pink lemonade ice cream and a mango chili flavor too! We had tips on the best ...
We've been curious about eco-friendly non-stick skillets for quite awhile now. So, when we saw that Cook's Illustrated was testing eight different brands, we were excited to see the results ...
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This is one of our very, very, most very favorite cakes. And yet the photos don't quite do it justice. This is a moist, tender cake with a gooey topping of broiled coconut and sugar, and while "oatmea...
Our theme all August is Stay Cool! It's hot out there, and we are doing many things to stay cool: churning up ice cream, granita, and sorbet; shaking up frosty drinks, and getting out in the garden. W...
When it comes to sunburns, prevention is best, but sometimes you forget to pack the sunscreen or stay out a little too long. You might not feel like cooking or even eating much while recovering...
Please meet our newest ally in our on-going quest to find more ways to sneak smoky flavors into our dishes! Chipotle peppers are actually jalapeños that have been smoked and dried, giving them ...
A couple weeks ago I attempted canning for the first time in several years. Yes, I've made refrigerator jams and pickles, but I hadn't actually canned anything in quite a while. The process was...
We're so inspired by Sunday Suppers, the Brooklyn-based cooking class that created these menus. Their table decorations are always stunning, and yet this particular idea is so simple, we're filing it ...
For a long time, I thought jasmine rice and basmati rice were the same thing, and I am certain I am not alone in this misconception. It was only recently that I discovered they are two different rice...
One of our favorite holiday cooking features last winter was Gourmet's look back at seven decades of their favorite cookie recipes. Well, right now they're doing the same for cocktails, and it's one o...
Our tomatoes are blessedly blight-free and in full form right now. We've been picking candy-sweet Pink Caspians and tangy Early Cascades, and of course our favorite way to eat them is in a caprese sal...
We can offer suggestions about eating healthy and fresh while you're away at college all we want, but the truth of the matter is, most of us are broke as a joke during our time spent on campus. Eati...
We've been talking about rental kitchen makeovers, and we often hear laments about bland oak cabinets and brown tile. So here's one idea: don't fight the rental kitchen brown. Embrace it. ...
Wow, a Super Epic Rainbow Cake! This plus marshmallows made with aperitif wine Lillet, and better freshness labeling. ...
A fried egg over a simple salad or a bowl of grains and veggies is one of the best quick meals we can think of. It follows that frying a good egg is one of the best basic techniques you can know! Here...
Those of us who live in the Bay Area have the (quite decadent) opportunity to nosh on 4505 Meats' amazing chicharrones at any time. We can also check out owner Ryan Farr's butchery demos or taste som...
Q: I'm wondering about drying corn for snacking. Years ago I was driving across rural Tennessee and picked up a snack labeled "dried sweet corn" at a farm stand. It was lovely and addictive — no...
Name: Michael
Location: Copley, Ohio
How are you staying cool? Grated carrot salad with lemon dressing. This recipe works great with fresh carrots from the farmers market, and the lemon dressing gives...
Last Thursday the President had a chat with reporters about health care, healthy eating, and staying fit. Then he mentioned that he might like to see a farmers market right in front of the White House...
Sweet potatoes are a vegetable-hater's dream: what could be better than a potato that tastes like candy? But sweet potatoes aren't that way to begin with. They need a little extra help to transform th...
We were talking with friends the other night about dinner parties and how even the most formal of events seemed to have gone casual in our houses. Our friend Jen talked about never ever using her wedd...
It was one of those days in the kitchen today. An awkward tumble of Lucy Ricardo moments, one slapstick event following the other. Things kept burning, or dropping, or breaking. I picked up the rip...
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