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Recipe Review: Roasted Eggplant Caviar from Good Food

We heard a description of this recipe on an episode of Good Food a few weeks ago and knew we'd have to try it. Not only did eggplant "caviar" sound like a perfect dinner party appetizer, but it would ...

Recipe Review: 2 Minute (Microwaved) Lime Cheesecake

We know what you're thinking, because we thought the same thing at first! Cheesecake in 2 minutes and made in the microwave?! It doesn't sound like a good idea, let alone delicious one. But our fe...

Classic Recipe: Katharine Hepburn's Brownies

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. ...

Chocolate and Vanilla: Two New Favorite Cupcake Recipes
Recipe Reviews

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...

Looking at Jamie Oliver's Chicken in Milk
Anatomy of a Recipe

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...

Sexier Than It Sounds: Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Coconut
Recipe Review

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...

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!)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Why We're Loving Super-Flat Brownies

No, these weren't a mistake. Remember these brownie ice cream sandwiches we mentioned earlier this week? Well, we only got as far as the brownies, never making it to the sandwich part. And they're so ...

Recipe Review: Cajun Lemonade
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Looking for something cool and refreshing, with all the summery herbal flavor of a Pimm's Cup, but with a little extra kick? How does a tall glass of spicy, spiked Cajun Lemonade sound?...

Watch Out! Dangerously Addictive Olive Oil Granola
Recipe Review

A few weeks ago Melissa Clark had a recipe in her New York Times column that we knew we had to try: Homemade granola with pistachios, sunflower seeds, apricots — and a dose of silky, fragrant, s...

Chicken Tikka Masala from The Pioneer Woman
Recipe Review

We love eating spicy foods when it's hot outside, so when a spike in temperature coincided with finding this recipe on the Pioneer Woman's site, we didn't hesitate! With a quick trip to the store for ...

Recipe Review: Cucumber Ice Pops With Lime & Chile

Yesterday, we asked about eating spicy food in hot weather, and some of you mentioned dishes that are both heating and cooling, such as fruit sprinkled with chile powder. We just tried a recipe for a ...

Recipe Recommendation: Baked Falafel from Chow Vegan

Falafel is one of our favorite Middle Eastern snacks, so once we had homemade pita, it seemed natural to progress to homemade falafel! We weren't in the mood for deep-frying, so we hunted around for r...

Recipe Recommendation: West African Ginger Drink

With faraway travel in mind this month, we have been watching online videos of the Australian television program "Food Safari," which takes viewers into multicultural kitchens across the country. We r...

Recipe: Cake Love's Chocolate Butter Cake with Pastry Cream & Italian Buttercream

We received mixed reviews after sharing our thoughts on the Cake Love cookbook last week. We'd tested 5 or 6 cakes from the book with extreme success, but those who live near the bakeries were in dis...

Recipe Redux: Pasta alla Norma

Remember our somewhat unsatisfactory attempt at the Pasta alla Norma from Cook's Illustrated? Well, based on your suggestions, recommendations, and encouragements, we decided to give it another go. As...

Recipe Review: Sour Cherry Coffee Cake from Lottie + Doof

We may have mentioned that we have ten pounds of sour cherries burning a hole in our fridge. We've been whittling away at them with weekend clafoutis, sour cherry pancakes and baked cherries with haze...

Summer Refreshment: Sweet Basil Lemonade

We spend a lot of time talking about fun summer cocktails. What about something non-alcoholic that feels just as special (and, ok, would taste pretty good with vodka)?...

The Definitive Cobbler: Nectarine Cobbler from Bon Appétit

OK guys, this is it. If you bake just one cobbler this summer, this is the one. ...

Recipe Review: Hemingway Daiquiri
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Not that you need a special reason to enjoy a delectably citrusy rum drink on a summer night, but this weekend you'll have one: Sunday, July 19th is National Daiquiri Day. Already a big fan of the Cl...

Recipe Review: Blueberry Crumb Bars

Now that blueberries are in season, we're ready to put them in just about everything. These Blueberry Crumb Bars have all the crumbly, jammy goodness of a tart or pie, with no fork required. ...