Wines, particularly red, often benefit from a little aeration to allow the fruit to shine through and the flavors to mellow out. This can be done the traditional way of letting it sit and open up in t...
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...
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...
Here's a sweet gift idea: cake in a jar! We'd never heard of these until recently, but apparently it's an old country tradition and several bloggers, like Angry Chicken who made the cakes above, have ...
This calendar is more a work of art than a place to pencil in doctor's appointments, but it's a beautiful way to help raise awareness for health care for migrant farm workers. Every month is a diff...
This is our second Martha mention today, which was not planned, we promise. Because this basic (and relatively inexpensive) pan has been on our Christmas wish list for a while......
Most of us don't have access to the beautiful, bountiful mountains of spices seen here. But many of us do have well-stocked grocery stores and/or ethnic markets nearby where we can find a wide variety...
When we think of food to give as gifts, we so often think cookies, candies, sugary nuts, toffee... The list of sweet stuff can go on and on. What about something good and salty? There are these savory...
Here's another wonderfully easy candy recipe for the holidays - salt caramels! Here's the recipe, along with links to great ideas for pretty wrapping and packaging....
This year, everyone in our family agreed that we are blessed with plenty of things in our lives. While we're not averse to gifts of homemade sweets and savories, we're keeping the stuff to a minimum a...
We're not too crafty (as we've stated before) so our food and gift packaging at Christmas stays simple. Here's one clever, inexpensive way, though, to make gift tags and wrapping for all those amazing...
Reader Leigh sent us this great idea for a small food gift. She created little bags of mulling spices for cider and wine, and attached cards with a note and directions. Read on for another photo and m...
People say that the first thing to go when the economy is down are donations to charity. But we've seen a strange thing happening among our friends and acquaintances in the past few weeks. Instead of ...
Anyone heading to a friend's beach/lake/country house this weekend? We are. And we'd like to bring a gift — nothing extravagant, but something more unique than a bottle of wine. So we rounded up ...
It's graduation season. That means thousands of young people are headed out into the world, getting new apartments, settling into new routines . . . and reaching for the takeout menus. But it doesn'...
We made a prediction that silicone would be out in 2008 and warmer, more hand-crafted kitchen tools would have a big growth spurt. This chocolate lacewood butter spreader just proves the point. One ...
We spend a lot of time before the holidays rounding up good gifts (or un-gifts, as the case may be) but we realized that many of the best gift ideas come after the holidays, as we look at the stuff ...
Are you looking for a last-minute gift for a cook? Our Un-Gift Guide is all about gifts that are nourishing and simple, without too much consumer packaging. Some of the best are gifts you buy or use...
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...
It may be too late to make liqueurs, vinegars, and preserved lemons - all great food gifts that need a little time to mature. But there is still plenty of time to make special treats for friends and g...
We love using plain, old-fashioned packaging at holidays, especially when giving food gifts. We stock up on craft paper, rough butchers twine, and postal mailing tags. Here's a pictorial guide to...
One very important element of our Un-Gift Guide 2007 is the holiday gift you give to someone who needs it very much. As UNICEF's Gift of Life Catalog asks, What do you give a child who has nothing? ...
I have a question that is Christmas-gift related. I would like to use the rosemary and sage plants I have in my backyard to make some Christmas gifts. I've come up with rosemary infused olive oil, ros...
Allie Lewis of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food asked for your holiday cooking questions. She's answered your questions on shrinking pie crusts and easy food for last-minute holiday gatherings. Here's t...
We just saw these DIY Kumquat and Bay Leaf Trees over at Betty Crocker and we thought they are a beautiful, kitchen-centric idea for an Un-Gift or a holiday table decoration. Kumquats are currently in...
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