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Recipe: Blake's Mt. Prospect

While doing a kitchen tour of Blake's well-utilized kitchen, I was treated to an early cocktail. Blake chose to name the drink Mt. Prospect but if there is already a name for this particularly excel...

How To Make Chili
Home Hacks

Who doesn't love a big pot of chili, especially on a cold evening? I had some friends over on Saturday night and we all enjoyed sitting around, eating chili, and watching a movie together. Chili i...

How To Make Sauerkraut
Home Hacks

In today's shaky economic times combined with a movement to eat more sustainably, we're turning more to DIY food-related projects. From making our own bacon to building root cellars, we're learning h...

How To Make Hummus
Home Hacks

This ubiquitous Middle Eastern spread made with chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and lemon juice has gotten so mainstream now that I even see tubs of pre-made hummus in gas station convenience stores. ...

Recipe: Cara Cara Orange Curd

Soon after Elizabeth mentioned them, we spotted cara cara oranges at our local grocery. We ate a few for afternoon snacks, but then our thoughts quickly turned to dessert. Wouldn't this sweet citrus m...

Rhoda’s Peppermint Hot Fudge Sauce
Holiday Guest Post from Kelsey of The Naptime Chef

One of my favorite parts about the holiday season is making homemade gifts for friends. Ninth grade marked the beginning of this tradition, when I handed out clear bags of my simple chocolate-covered ...

Recipe Review: Homemade Eggnog
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

A fresh-tasting blend of cold milk, cream and eggs seasoned with sugar, vanilla and nutmeg and spiked with dark, rich liquor, homemade eggnog is a far cry from the cloying, chemical-laden stuff that ...

Easy Weeknight Dinner: Potato Tacos (Tacos de Papa)

I first had potato tacos (Spanish: tacos de papa) at a small hole-in-the-wall taqueria in East Los Angeles. My first reaction was, "Potato taco?! Never heard of that!" but my friend insisted I try o...

How To Make Pretzel Bites Fit For A Crowd

We have a serious love for party food that is both, super tasty and easy to make while being super inexpensive. For us, pretzel bites fall into that category. Their salty outsides and super soft i...

How To Make DIY Spicy Tuna Sushi

Since I am watching my finances these days like most people, I've been making a lot of food at home, including my own sushi. One of my favorites is spicy tuna, and with a little experimentation, I fi...

Cilantro-Mint Chutney: Going Beyond Indian Food

I absolutely adore chutney. It offers sweet, sour and heat in one delicious dollop. Classically served with Indian food as a condiment, chutney can also harmonize with other dishes as I discovered las...

Colorful Cooking: How to Make Colored Pasta

Want to add a little color to your plate?! Lovely ribbons of green, red, and yellow pasta really bring a dish to life. They're also as easy to make as they are to eat! Here's how:...

Recipe: Homemade Candy Corn (and Candy Dough!)

Candy corn is one of those Halloween treats that you either love or hate. We happen to enjoy those stratified orange triangles, and have been excited to try out hand at making them at home. But we ...

Recipe: Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)

This is one of my favorite Thai dishes - that crunchy, fresh, shrimpy salad slathered in lime, fish sauce, cilantro, and Thai basil. It's also one of those foods I never thought to make on my ow...

DIY Fall Appetizer: Fig Salami

Inside these cheesecloth packages are homemade salami, flavored with red wine, herbs and spices. But the main ingredient isn't meat – it's figs! These have some aging to do and won't be ready for an...

Recipe: Hot & Sour Soup - So Easy!

One of my favorite soups is Hot & Sour Soup, and I was flabbergasted to discover that it's really quite easy - and cheap! - to make. Who woulda thunk it? Called suan la t'ang in Chinese, it gets its...

Copycat Recipe: DIY Nutri-Grain Fruit and Nut Bars

Of all the pre-made and pre-packaged foods that we've been trying to move away from, we've found it hardest to let go of snack bars - particularly Nutri-Grain's Fruit and Nut Bars. We were devastated ...

DIY Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Latte (Just Like Starbucks!)

Many fans of Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte eagerly wait for it to show up on menus again in the Fall. It made its annual re-appearance last week. However, for those of us on a budget, those little ...

Recipe: Homemade Beef (or Turkey or Fish) Jerky

Lobel's Prime Meats on Manhattan's Upper East Side is known for their fine (expensive) cuts of meat, excellent service, and family-owned small-shop vibe. So it was with great excitement that I opened ...

How To Make Your Own Dolmas (Stuffed Grape Leaves)

I've always loved dolmas - they're such a healthy and delicious finger food to take to a picnic or to add to a collection of mezedhes spread around the table. In the past, I used to just grab a pla...

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...

How To Make Corndogs At Home
Street Fair Food Week

You know what? I've never liked corndogs. The ones I had came from concession stands, and I just didn't like the taste. But after I made my own corndogs from scratch, I became a corndog convert. ...

She Taught Me About Mayonnaise & That's No Small Thing

This is a story that would take pages and pages to tell properly. Instead, I'll just pull out the most important points and hope to leave you with just a fraction of the feeling it leaves with me. I...

How To Make Nachos At Home
Street Fair Food Week

Fair food nachos aren't like any nachos we've had anywhere else. No fancy sauces or piles of extra toppings. No impressive presentation or attempts to win us over. We're simply handed a paper tray o...

Got Tomatoes? How To Make Tomato Paste

Rich, savory tomato paste is one of our absolute essential kitchen ingredients. Just a tablespoons adds a wonderfully deep tomato flavor to our pastas, sauces, and spreads. We always have a can or two...

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