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February Is Soup Month

Happy Soup Month! We're going to be diving into all things soup this month, with sidetracks into braising, stewing, and pureeing. We figured that this month is probably the coldest; even you lucky Sou...

On A New Presidency and Some Seafood Stew

Just a quick thought from the CNN-side desk of your founding editor. Instead of telling you about the parsnips I roasted this weekend (I'll do that tomorrow) I want to take a brief moment to acknowled...

Today is MLK Day: A Day of Service

Today is a national holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, and a big inauguration weekend too. It's a quiet day for us, but we did want to give a shout-out for the Day of Service that the Obamas encou...

Calling Kitchen Tours! Kitchen Tour Submission Form

Where do you cook? Is it a little kitchen with big ideas, or a big kitchen with loads of enviable counter space? Is it an apartment kitchen with a city view, or a cottage with a garden? We want to see...

Pork and Beans: Food and Cooking Predictions for 2009

What will 2009 bring to our tables? What will be the big stories, the hot new trends, the foods everyone is talking about? Well, at the risk of sounding terribly blasé, we really think that the...

From The Kitchn: A Few Things That Make Us Feel Thankful (2008 Edition)

We did an internal poll here at Kitchn HQ -- we asked our little community of writers about the things (food-related, of course!) that make them feel thankful this year. Farmers, toast, a new applianc...

Happy Thanksgiving from The Kitchn

Happy Thanksgiving! All of us here at The Kitchn wish you a joyful and nourishing Thanksgiving, full of good things to eat and time to reflect on all the good things we have to be grateful for. How's ...

From The Kitchn: Please Vote Today

I'm blogging live from the corner of Bleecker and Grove in NYC where I'm devouring a terrible scone. After this I'm going to a phone-banking gathering around the corner where there will probably be mo...

Fall Colors Showdown: Which Kitchen Will You Vote For?

204 colorful homes later, our Fall Colors Contest is finally narrowed down to just TWO FOUR entries. Today is the day to vote your favorite in our final Fall Colors bracket, and we are asking our Kitc...

Coming Soon: The Kitchn's Best Pie Bakeoff

The holidays are almost here! That crunching is the sound of Halloween just around the corner, leaves underfoot, and we know that the smell of baking pies and roasting turkeys will follow shortly. The...

October is Harvest Month at The Kitchn

Welcome to October! Last month we were all about Home Cooking - getting back to basics, getting reacquainted with your kitchen, and remembering the pleasures of cooking at home. This month will be a l...

Home Cooking: Laurie Colwin on Luxury and Frugality

"I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato. But there are things it is worth spending money on. ...

On Hurricanes, Refrigerators, and Wedding Ice Cream

Right now there are a lot of people without power across the United States. Are you one of them? I am. ...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of September 13-14

What's happening in your kitchen this weekend? We're baking wedding cakes, making a frittata, having parents over for cocktails, and eating and drinking good things. Here are ten ideas from The Kitchn...

Eating Local, Eating Well: Home Cooking In September

Welcome to September at The Kitchn. How was your summer? Ours was hectic, and it seems like we're not alone in this. Vacations, holidays, August heat, and summer slowdown make kitchen time dwindle. ...

Happy Labor Day from The Kitchn

Happy Labor Day from The Kitchn! According to Wikipedia Labor Day has been around since 1882, when the Central Labor Union of New York City worked to create "a day off for the working citizens." ...

What's Cooking? Good Food for Labor Day
Weekend of August 30 - September 1, 2008

Long weekend ahoy! We are in the thick of setting up a new kitchen (in a new house) so the long weekend is a welcome stretch of time to get ourselves comfortable again. Any good kitchen moving-in tips...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of August , 2008

What's cooking this weekend? We're taking a break from ice cream (although we'll have the results of a very interesting experiment to show you Monday) and focusing on lazy breakfasts and a good dinner...

From The Email: Off the Grid Grilling

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on July 10. To receive Sara Kate's weekly email, sign up in the column to the left or click here. Something tasty will arrive in you...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of August 16-17, 2008

What's cooking this weekend? Ice cream, of course! See our first four entries in the Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest, plus a great giveaway this week and some more very good weekend reading. ...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of August 2-3, 2008

Welcome to August at The Kitchn! What are you cooking this weekend? Are you giving your kitchen a break and just sucking on popsicles and fresh garden tomatoes? Or are you planning backyard (or front ...

In Eric Gower's Kitchen: The Barefoot Stir-fry

When I visited Eric Gower last month for a kitchen tour, I was also invited to stay for lunch, which turned into a lesson on how to make fried rice, breakaway style. It took Eric all of seven minutes...

Summer Cocktails All Day Long! Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day from The Kitchn. We hope that you have a day off from work and that you are enjoying it. We have a whole day of cool and fizzy spring and summer cocktails for sipping on your day of...

Comment Trouble in IE? Try This

We're experiencing some comment trouble in Internet Explorer (IE). We've fixed it, but the problem will persist for a little while unless you clear your cache yourself. To do this, simply go to the UR...

1% for the Planet: Check Out the Check

We have finally done it. Hats off to Yvon Chouinard, our readers and advertisers. We've turned AT into an earth supporting machine. Click on over to Re-Nest, our green site for the home, and chec...