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Posts tagged “Year Ago Lookback”

Natural Oven Cleaners, Great Pie Fillings, and Pinot Noir
This Time Last Year

This time a year ago we were talking pies! We also were discussing natural oven cleaners, and what to cook with inexpensive cuts of meat. Plus: when to dock a pie crust, brown rice with squash and cas...

Fall Soups and How To Clean a Stinky Dishwasher
This Time Last Year

Two fabulous fall soups, including a chicken and potato stew. Plus, a buttery yet very dangerous fish, five uses for pumpkin seeds, how to convert Dutch oven recipes for a slow cooker, and what's a s...

Cheap Wines and Best Healthy Comfort Foods
This Time Last Year

A year ago this week we were happily talking about fall food! Here's a look back at some of our favorite recipe and posts from this time last year. They include healthy comfort foods, pickled tea sala...

Sticky Spiked Apple Cake and Saving Money in the Kitchen
This Time Last Year

How about a sticky spiked double-apple cake with brown sugar brandy sauce to kick off the fall? Yes, that's our plan too. See that recipe from a year ago this week, plus good resources on baking bread...

Best IKEA Kitchen Stuff and Tips for Great Sandwiches
This Time Last Year

What was cooking this time a year ago? There was good stuff from IKEA for the kitchen, plus how to make a great sandwich and copycat Samoa cookies! ...

Fresh Fish, Bulk Foods, and Jamie Oliver's Gadget
This Time Last Year

Plus — illustrated guide to chicken giblets, all about cocktail bitters, a (sort of) home cooked wedding feast, and squash pasta with sage. ...

Microwave Potato Chips and Could You Eat on $25 a Week?
This Time Last Year

What kind of weekly menu could you cook up for $25 per week? That plus wine storage under the stairs, a spicy cider sorbet, some new favorite gins, and quick microwave potato chips. Read on for these ...

How To Cook Quinoa and Open Wine Without a Corkscrew
This Time Last Year

What were the most popular posts around this time last year? Well, there was a tip on how to open wine without a corkscrew (no, it doesn't involve your teeth), a great cheap wine, grilled cheese sandw...

Top Trader Joe's Wine Picks and How To Make Mozzarella
This Time Last Year

Great picks for cheap wine from Trader Joe's, a foolproof way to cook rice, a discussion of how you all clean your ovens, and how to frost a layer cake too. Read on for these posts and more from this ...

How To Get Rid of Fruit Flies
This Time Last Year

A year ago this week there were good tips for getting rid of fruit flies, recipes for early fall, discussions on what NOT to put in the dishwasher and the recipes you just can't seem to get right. Plu...

Vegan Ice Cream and Peanut Butter and Fruit "Sushi"
This Time Last Year

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 ...

Mango Lassi Frozen Yogurt & the Perfect Tomato Sandwich
This Time Last Year

What was cooking this time last year? Well, there was rosemary lime sparkle ice cream, a recipe for summer braised pork shanks, tomato tarts, and the best way to cook pasta. Read on for these posts an...

Best Dairy-Free Ice Cream and Homemade Granola
This Time Last Year

What was happening this time a year ago on The Kitchn? Why, it was the Best Lick! Ice Cream Contest. We had all sorts of tips for making ice cream, lots of recipes from our readers, and much more. Rea...

The KitchenAid BeaterBlade, Shopping for Bargains at Whole Foods, and a Kitchen Visit with Melissa Clark
This Time Last Year

Melissa Clark's kitchen, quick kale salad, how to soften brown sugar and more. Just in case you missed them the first time around, here's a look back at the posts from this week a year ago. ...

Kitchen Tours from Joanne Weir and Melissa Clark, a Recipe for Frozen Yogurt, and How To Clean a Grill Pan
This Time Last Year

What was cooking a year ago this week? There was cold frozen yogurt sorbet and watermelon agua fresca. There were kitchen sneak peeks and tours, including one of cookbook author Joanne Weir's gorgeous...

How to Find Good Cheap Wine, Make the Perfect Tomato Salad, and Use Your Car As a Dehydrator
This Time Last Year

Here's a quick look back at this week last year. Perfect tomato salad, good cheap pinot grigio, what to do with zucchini, fried squash blossoms, a gorgeous little kitchen, and how to clean the grill w...

How To Grill Fish and Reheat Pizza, The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies, Kitchen Islands, and One-Bowl Pastas
This Time Last Year

A year ago this week we were talking a lot about grilling, summer desserts, and good tips for summer cooking. Here's a quick look back at some of those posts, including how to reheat pizza and peel a ...

Duralex Picardie Glasses, Mystery Fruit, the Best Shrimp Boil, Mango Colada, and How To Pair Wine and Cheese
This Time Last Year

What was cooking here a year ago? Here's a recap of some of our favorite posts from this week a year ago. There's mango colada, vanilla milkshakes with a kick, and non-alcoholic cocktails too. There a...

5 Creative Storage Solutions, Better Pasta Salad, How To Make Iced Coffee, Chez Joan in Paris, and Grilling Indoors
This Time Last Year

What was happening on The Kitchn a year ago this week? Well, there was a lot of grilling. Also, two beautiful little kitchens in Paris, some favorite ideas from kitchen tours, a 12-step set of ideas f...

How To Make a Wedding Cake, The Best Cheap Cabernet, and What To Do With Leftover Egg Whites
This Time Last Year

Here's a peek at some of the best stuff happening at The Kitchn a year ago this week. There were some very popular posts published this time a year ago: the very best cheap Cabernet Sauvignon (a list ...

Cookies On the Dashboard, DIY Vinaigrettes, Summer Popsicle Molds, and How Many Cups Are In a Gallon
This Time Last Year

Ice cubes, popsicle molds, berry pies, and Father's Day recipes. Yes, summer was in full swing a year ago this week, here at The Kitchn. Here's a look back at some of what we were talking about then. ...

No-Bake Sunflower Cookies, Rhubarb Lavender Crumble, Cute Cocktail Glasses, and Great Summer Salads
This Time Last Year

This week a year ago we were heading into June with a full raft of cocktails, summer recipes, light-filled kitchen tours, and good ideas for warm-weather food. Here's a look back at some of the best p...

Easy Fruit Crisp, Pretty Frying Pans, a Kitchen Quiz, and More Summer Cocktail Recipes Than You Will Ever Need
This Time Last Year

A year ago this week we were just wrapping up a serious marathon of summer cocktails that absorbed us through Memorial Day and beyond. There was Lemon Verbena and Orange Blossom Fizz, Strawberry Basil...

Beet Ice Cream, French Kitchen Treasures, the Perfect Peanut Butter Jar, and Breakfast Pizza
This Time Last Year

What was happening on The Kitchn a year ago this week, way back when? Well, there was breakfast pizza, fat asparagus, spaghetti with ramps, a see-through refrigerator, ultra-quick desserts, and more. ...

Blow-Dried Chicken, a Mint Chandelier, English Peas, Mint Chocolate Ice Cream, and Mango Ginger Frozen Yogurt
This Time Last Year

A year ago this week we were talking about spring cooking and recipes, with a heavy emphasis on garden and ice cream. There was mint chocolate cookie ice cream, a review of a good ice cream maker, tip...