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Holiday Baking: Bake-and-Give Pans

We love bringing quick breads and pound cakes to holiday gatherings, but struggle with ways to make them look pretty when we present them to our hosts. The folks at King Arthur Flour are way ahead of ...

Setting the Table: Showcasing Special Family Dishes

Bringing out Great-Grandma's serving platter or using the special candle holders a favorite relative gave you years ago sends a clear signal that festive and delicious things are about to happen! And ...

Holiday Baking: Stock Up On Nuts Now!

We'll never forget the year that we put off buying nuts for our pecan pie until the weekend before Thanksgiving and then had to go to four stores before finding one lone stale package still on the she...

How To Make Funnel Cakes At Home
Street Fair Food Week

If we had to name the ultimate Fair Food, hands down it would have to be funnel cakes. The sweet smell of fluffy, frying bread in combination with powdered sugar is enough to make even the stronges...

What Are You Cooking for Hanukkah?

Hanukkah began at sundown Sunday evening, and the Festival of Lights will run all week. We like to think of Hanukkah as the Holiday of Fried Food; fried treats are very traditional, and it's a great e...

Un-Gift Guide 2008

Every year we do a rather ad-hoc Un-Gift Guide here at The Kitchn. It's intended to help you think creatively about gift-giving, and to help you get in the kitchen as you cook up sweet gifts for frien...

Candy for Giving and Party Snacks: The Full Roundup

DIY peppermint patties (quick, easy!), caramels with salt or cinnamon, old-fashioned whipped divinity, herbed almonds, fruit jellies, and slabs of toffee -- here are all of our favorite recipes for Ch...

15 Really Useful Kitchen Items for Your Favorite Cooks
Un-Gift Guide 2008

This is a homemade, handmade Christmas for many of us, and over the last two weeks we've shown you a great deal of homemade treats and sweets. But perhaps you don't have the time to make food gifts, o...

Stocking Stuffer Idea: Mini Bags of Coffee
Un-Gift Guide 2008

While paying for our stash of holiday blend coffee beans the other day, we spotted some sample-sized bags near the register. This sparked an idea: Why not make our own "sample" bags of coffee to give ...

Tip: Use Spreadable Goat Cheese in Place of Cream Cheese

I recently got hip to a great cream-cheese alternative for bagels and such and was thinking it'd be a nice time to pass on the tip given what a brunch-y time of year this is between Christmas and New ...

Wrap Food Gifts in Paper Bags
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Wrapping gifts in paper bags - sounds rather unromantic, right? Not when you do it like Martha Stewart! Brown paper bags are a low-cost, easy option for making homemade treats and goodies look very pr...

Last Minute Gift Idea: Beer Bread Mix
Un-Gift Guide 2008

It doesn't get much better than beer bread: mix, bake, slather with butter, smile. Repeat last two steps until satisfied. What's better, all the dry ingredients can be mixed together ahead of time and...

Wrap Your Gifts in a Dishtowel, Furoshiki-Style
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Furoshiki are Japanese cloths that are used to wrap gifts and other items such as bento boxes. They can be used as book bags, grocery bags or to wrap any small items for transportation. They’re al...

Holiday Food Gifts: What Are You Making This Year?

Food gifts are one of our favorite ways to give at the holidays. Let's face it: we all have a lot of stuff, and with a recession on, it's wonderful to both give and receive sweet things for eating and...

Affordable Wines for Gift-Giving: White and Sparkling

As more and more Americans enjoy wine, giving wine as a gift has also grown in popularity. As usual there is the feeling that you need to spend a lot if the wine is to be appreciated. This absolutely ...

Gourmet Magazine's Favorite Cookies: 1941-2008

Sixty-seven years of amazing cookies -- 1941-2008. That's what Gourmet Magazine is featuring on their website right now. They went back through every year of their magazine's history and chose a favor...

Good Question: Cheap, Pretty, and Airtight Gift Packaging for Granola?

Time to start thinking about holiday food gifts! This is our favorite part of December, and reader Rebecca helps us kick it off with this question: I've decided to make granola for friends and famil...

What Are Your Favorite December Recipes?

December is a big, big month for cooking. There are the holiday parties, with fizzy cranberry cocktails and elegant appetizers. There are the big family meals with hearty beef roast and caramelized on...

Placesettings for Thanksgiving and Other Holidays

Yesterday Sara Kate asked for photos of your Thanksgiving tables. We'll post a roundup soon of the beautiful tables that you've sent in. Meanwhile, here's mine. ...

Conscientious Entertaining: How to Spend Less Money this Holiday Season

There's a lot of pressure during the holiday season - and at Thanksgiving in particular - to throw the most extravagant, impressive dinner parties possible. This can leave many of us torn between holi...

Good Question: Best Holiday Quick Breads Without Pumpkin or Cranberries?

Here's a holiday baking question from reader Ashley. Maybe you can help? She writes: I have a holiday baking dilemma. I want to bake a breakfasty quick bread for the holidays but my boyfriend hates ...

Good Food with Evan Kleinman: Tips for Stress-Free Holiday Baking

As much as we love baking fresh goodies for all holiday gatherings starting to happen this time of year, the task can often become time-consuming and stressful. No more! This week on Good Food, Cindy ...

Holiday Tools: Multi-Tier Oven Rack

Now here's a handy tool for Thanksgiving and the other holidays swiftly approaching. We don't know about you, but there never seems to be enough room in our oven on the day itself. There are squash ca...

Post-Holiday Gift Guide: Vintage Serving Dishes

We are big fans of Three Potato Four and other purveyors of well-curated vintage pieces. Vintage dishes and glassware are often unique and well-made, and exchanging vintage pieces instead of new see...

Reader Tip: Use Bakery Sheets for Wrapping Candy

We found this good tip from reader sarahrae in our post about wrapping homemade candy. She says: I cater baked goods and what I have found to be the most economical is food wrappers... the pieces of...

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