In our family, svestkove knedliky was served as a full dinner -- even though it seems more like a breakfast, lunch or side. We'd do it with plums, peaches, apricots, or cherries, and covered in lots o...
If you've spent even a little time poking around the bread baking world, you have likely heard the name Peter Reinhart. As an instructor at Johnson and Wales and the author of several books on bread b...
Somewhere along the road to adulthood, Cream of Wheat got pushed aside for steel-cut oatmeal, tricked-out granola, or other fancy things in a bowl. But there are times (like a snowy morning in March) ...
This whole wheat pastry flour called to us from across the co-op and we had no choice to buy a few cups for experimentation purposes. We have a few ideas for what we might make, but what would you rec...
If you're feeling a little tongue-in-cheek this Valentine's Day, think about making up a big dish of pasta puttanesca! This classic Italian dish is easy to prepare, delicious, and has a story that wil...
Freekeh? Freaky? We're not quite sure how this word is pronounced, but regardless, we're fans. Trader Joe's recently started carrying these packets of cooked freekeh, and we think they're a great addi...
If you've been following along this past month, you know that we love beans. We also love our slow-cooker. Lucky for us, it just so happens that beans and slow-cookers make excellent friends! Here's h...
Last week, when we had a hard time finding farro for our Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables, we briefly thought we'd give up the hunt and go with Israeli couscous instead. It has a similar shape...
We expected a bit of trial and error, perhaps a snafu or two. We hoped we'd end up with some good pasta, or at least a good story to share with you. Never did we imagine that making pasta would be so....
Whether you're trying to eat light or not, this is a good trick to know about: if your sauce seems a little soupy, add splash of starchy water leftover from cooking the pasta! Sound crazy? Here's how ...
An ubiquitous Italian dish in the fall and winter, Risotto di Zucca e Salvia, or Risotto with Squash and Sage, is a hearty meal that sticks to your ribs and fills your belly in the cold parts of the y...
When we talked about our love of wild rice a few months ago, several of you mentioned buying it at Trader Joe's. We looked for it the next time we were in the store, and sure enough, there it was!...
We're not sure if this is a new product or if it's been there all along, but we were excited to discover arborio rice on a recent shopping foray to Trader Joe's!...
And since we're writing about grits, we thought we'd give you a good mail-order source for an exceptional, stone-ground variety. Anson Mills in Columbia, SC, grows organic, heirloom corn and sells ...
We certainly do love our pasta around here and we're always on the lookout for new ways to jazz up our humble dishes. This pipette-shaped pasta recently appeared on our grocery store shelves, and we'v...
We went to our favorite cheesemonger a couple weeks ago and bought some cheese and crackers. We were browsing around for a new cracker and asked him for recommendations. He practically pressed these A...
Thanks for all the excellent blue cornmeal recipe suggestions, everyone! We think we'll save it for something fun for the Fourth of July--stay tuned... As we were reading over the tortilla recipe on ...
A friend just got back from a trip to Arizona and brought us a pound of this blue cornmeal. We love its gritty texture and earthy smell, and we can't wait to cook with it! The package comes with a to...
Last week we blogged Zingerman's, a deli and purveyor of fine foods in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We really like their homegrown approach and locally-owned flavor, but we also love their excellent taste for...
We've blogged a taste test of whole wheat pasta before, back when new brands were popping up and the whole genre was still gaining steam. Now, it seems whole wheat and multi-grain pastas are everywher...
We must admit that our culinary experience with spam is rather...limited. It's not an item that we generally keep stocked! But a friend made this spam sushi for us the other day, and doesn't it look,...
In these days of "fresh is better," wouldn't it seem like fresh pasta would be preferable to dried pasta? After all, fresh pasta is often locally-made and uses, well, fresh ingredients, while dried pa...
Cheerios? Tiny rubber bands? Spaghetti-Os? Nope - none of the above. This is Trader Joe's new anelletti pasta, and we're smitten. ...
Think you know your fusilli from your gemelli? Can you tell the difference between stellete and pastina? Looking for a ten-minute brain diversion, we stumbled upon this fun little quiz. ...
Be honest, ladies. No matter how many little black dresses you have in your closet, you're still on the lookout for new and exciting ones, right? In the kitchen, we're constantly looking for those gra...
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