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Fall Dessert: Baked Pear Dumplings
Olive Magazine

Rustic yet elegant, these pear dumplings are among the prettiest autumn recipes we've seen. We might have to plan a dinner party just so we can serve these for dessert!...

Modern Kitchen Design: A New Authenticity
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

The modern kitchen is not so easy to define these days. I can think of a variety of kitchen themes which could have the word or concept "modern" attached to it: the new traditional, modern/rustic, eco...

Wedding Registry: If You Could Do It All Over Again...

Over the past few months, we've had several good friends tie the knot and we won't lie, we're kind of jealous of their gift registries. The ability to create a kitchen from scratch at a time when ki...

Color in the Kitchen...On the Cheap
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

You look at the kitchen and you immediately get groggy, with a big fly-catching yawn, and before you get totally cranky, you know something has to change. If change doesn't come, no court will convi...

Are You Persuaded By Pretty Packaging?

We'll be the first one's to admit we have a severe weakness for well designed packaging for our food and beverage products. We shop local farmers markets and support CSA's in our area, but inevitab...

A Pinch of Sugar Color
Guest Post from Susan Serra of The Kitchen Designer

We're celebrating color on the table and in the kitchen this month! We asked Susan Serra of the great site The Kitchen Designer to inspire us this week with some colorful kitchen spaces, and with some...

Ingredient Spotlight: Apple Cider

We've been guzzling apple cider by the gallon since it started appearing in markets a few weeks ago. Now that our by-the-glass consumption has slowed down somewhat, we're starting to think about other...

Canning Across America and Swallowing Swords
Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper

Curious about canning? Why not get some friends together and host a canning party?! Kim O'Donnel of "Canning Across America" tells us how. Plus, the art of sword swallowing, how cooking played a role ...

Autumn Place Settings: Napkin Rings Made from Felt

Earlier this week over at Apartment Therapy, we featured the home of Jason Loper in northern Chicago. We couldn't help but swoon over his adorable fall place settings, made out of felt. Don't they jus...

Kitchen Confessional: What's Your Cooking Obsession?

You make a recipe, but it doesn't turn out quite the way you'd pictured it in your head. So you make it again. And then again. And again, each time tweaking it just a little bit or playing with the fl...

What's Your Favorite Special Occasion Dish?

When you're celebrating a holiday or some good news, what is your favorite dish to make? You know, that special thing that you only cook once in a while. Do you use a regular standby, or do you us...

Crust and Crumb: A Return to Baking Bread

Our very favorite thing about fall isn't apple picking, or seeing all the great produce at the market, or even gearing up for the approaching holidays. It's the ability to turn on our oven again! And ...

Weeknight Luxury: Quick-Cooking Scallops

Scallops do not have to be a special occasion food. Why not make them for absolutely no reason? On a Tuesday? We recently spent $10 on some local scallops (much less than we'd spend on steak) and they...

Confidence In The Kitchen & Cooking Without Apology

Judging by the empty theater this past weekend, my family were the only ones who hadn't seen Julie & Julia yet. After curbing the urge to go home and cook everything in the house, I realized the gre...

Personal Taste: Do You Like Sweet-Savory Combinations?

Fall seems to bring on a lot of dishes that combine sweet and savory flavors: butternut squash in pasta, roasted meat with stewed fruit sauce, even desserts spiced with herbs like rosemary and thyme. ...

Tell Us: What Do You Do While You Wait?

Even for the quickest meals, nothing ever times up perfectly. There are always little bits of down time here and there while we wait for water to boil or onions to soften or some meat to thaw. What do...

Bring On Autumn! Pumpkin Spiced Baked Goods

In another month or two, we'll probably be groaning at the mere mention of a recipe with pumpkin spices...but not now! Right now we're definitely ready for some pumpkin-y treats, warm from the oven an...

10 Kitchen Staples for Quicker Weeknight Dinners

A quick dinner is often very dependent on how you stock your pantry. What do you stash away in your pantry for quick, easy meals? Here's a peek inside my own pantry and freezer with ten good staples...

Looking at Microwave Potato Chips
Anatomy of a Recipe

Making a batch of super crispy, low-fat potato chips in the microwave is still one of our very favorite ways to take care of a late-afternoon snack attack. They're so easy to make, and it's fun to jaz...

Weeknight Meal Tip: Try a Quick Brine!

Quickly grilled chicken breasts or pork chops are great for weeknight meals - except when they turn out as dry and flavorless as shoe leather. Brining has become our saving grace! And unlike turkey an...

Quick Rewards: Steamed Mussels for Dinner

For a dish that's fast, easy, and luxurious, you really can't beat a bowl of steamed mussels. They can be dinner for one (our preferred option!) or an appetizer for a crowd. Either way, fridge to tabl...

Weeknight Dinner: How to Make Pizza on the Stove Top

This started out as a way to make pizza during the summer without heating up our entire apartment, but it's quickly become a favorite new technique! Using a cast iron skillet, the pizza gets super cri...

Dinner Tonight: 7 Tempting Stir Fries!

Forget take-out! Now that you know all about how to stir fry, take one of these recipes for a spin. They're fast, easy, and certainly more tasty than anything arriving in a white container!...

14 Chili Recipes for Fall
Better Homes & Gardens

There's a nip in the air in New York today, and it's making us really excited for chilly weather. And chili weather. Chilly chili weather, if you will. Here are 14 recipes perfect for Fall, from ch...

It's Almost Fall! What Foods Are You Excited For?

Is it too soon to talk about fall?...Nah! With kids back in school and football season starting in another week, we definitely have autumn - and cool weather food - on the brain. What foods are you lo...

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