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Posts tagged “Ingredients - Pantry”

Hot or Not? The New Milk Jug

So, have you seen the new milk jug yet? What? You didn't know there was a new milk jug? Indeed there is. But if you don't shop at larger retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco you may not have seen it yet...

Thrifty Shopper: Ideas on Saving Money and Cooking with Minimal Space

We spotted this article on "Seven Ideas for Preparing Food at Home" over at The Simple Dollar (via Mark Bittman's blog, Bitten). Blogger Trent Hamm takes a look back at his college days when money to...

Piment d'Espelette: France's Home-Grown Hot Pepper

When I moved to Paris, I never expected that French cuisine, known for its subtlety and refinement, would have anything to teach my palate about heat. And then I discovered Piment d'Espelette, a homeg...

Sense of Place: The Flavors of New England

To understand the flavors and cuisine of New England, you need to understand one basic idea: It gets COLD up here! Our growing season is pretty darn short, with heavy emphasis on fruits and vegetable...

Essential Bar Ingredient: Rosemary Simple Syrup

Many cocktail recipes for the spring and summer call for the addition of simple syrup. Even better is when the recipe calls for a flavored simple syrup, such as rosemary....

Weeknight Meal Tip: Simmer Sauces

Simmer sauces are an easy and healthy way to make a quick, delicious meal for your family. It's simple - add your choice of vegetables, tofu, meat, chicken, or seafood to a pan, add a jar of simmer s...

Are You a Fan of Raincoast Crisps?

We sampled these crackers at Whole Foods a few days ago, smeared with a mixture of goat cheese and strawberries (very good). Then, when we looked around on the internet for more information, we ...

From The Email: Six Pantry Essentials

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on April 25th. To sign up for our weekly email (not daily as the box indicates) sign up in the column to the left or click here. In...

In Praise of Red Pepper Flakes

Our first experiences with red pepper flakes were at pizza restaurants, with those glass shakers full of seeds and flakes that we never touched as kids. As we learned to cook, we threw them in only ...

What's the Difference? Blue Corn Meal vs. Harinilla

Thanks for all the excellent blue cornmeal recipe suggestions, everyone! We think we'll save it for something fun for the Fourth of July--stay tuned... As we were reading over the tortilla recipe on ...

What Should We Make With This Blue Cornmeal?

A friend just got back from a trip to Arizona and brought us a pound of this blue cornmeal. We love its gritty texture and earthy smell, and we can't wait to cook with it! The package comes with a to...

Help! What Should We Do With This Coconut Jam?

Hey, look what we found (and couldn't resist buying)! Coconut jam! Only... we don't know what to do with it. ...

Do You Cook with Whole Wheat Pasta?

We've blogged a taste test of whole wheat pasta before, back when new brands were popping up and the whole genre was still gaining steam. Now, it seems whole wheat and multi-grain pastas are everywher...

Good Reminder: Buy Spices from Bulk Bins

We were shopping at Whole Foods recently and discovered that they have a whole wall of bulk spices. We always buy our grains from their bulk section, but we were really happy to see this additional ar...

Chicago Ingredient Spotlight: Peppadew Peppers at Provenance Food and Wine

Peppadew peppers have become one of our go-to appetizer components. Honestly, our relationship with these sweet, tangy and slightly spicy peppers borders on addiction, and they're pretty much guarante...

Good Product: Wondra Flour

Many people already use easily-dissolving Wondra Instant Flour for lump-free gravies and sauces. This wheat flour has been pre-cooked and then dried (much like instant rice), so it dissolves without s...

Good Product: Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar from Trader Joe's

This colorful Trader Joe's vinegar first caught our eye a few months ago, but we kept passing it by in favor of practical pantry staples. Every so often, we'd pick it up and almost put it in our baske...

Quick and Easy: Lentils with Fresh Spring Herbs

We are loving lentils this spring. They make such a perfect foil for fresh greens and herbs from the garden - plus they're not too heavy. Here we're cooking mixed lentils with green garlic and scallio...

Good Product: Tabasco Brand Pepper Sauce

Tabasco sauce has only three simple ingredients: vinegar, red pepper, and salt. No preservatives. Nothing artificial or unpronounceable. Just those three ingredients. And despite (or because of!) it...

The IKEA Pantry: Elderberry Flower Syrup

We were recently at a party where a British expat suddenly launched into a longing rhapsody over elderflower syrup. "Why," she asked, "do Americans not have this? In England elderflower syrup and soda...

Chocolate's Savory Side: Don't Wait for Dessert

Our lunch with Jacques Torres at the All Candy Expo in Chicago highlighted chocolate's savory side with dishes like a fruit and mixed green salad with a white chocolate-orange vinaigrette. Quite tasty...

Jacques Torres' Chocolate Tasting Tips

We spent yesterday snacking our way through a sea of goodies at the All Candy Expo in Chicago. As if that weren't enough of a treat, we also had the chance to hear legendary pastry chef Jaques Torres ...

Cooking By Feel: French Ingredients and Flavors

French cuisine is perhaps the one kind of cooking where almost all of us feel uncomfortable off-roading it without a recipe. Julia Child, Jacques Pepin and other chefs of the last fifty years have pu...

Cooking By Feel: Latin American Ingredients and Flavors

Happy Cinco de Mayo! It's May 5th, and in honor of the Mexican holiday that may actually be more important in the States than elsewhere, we're going to nevertheless look at Mexican and other Latin Ame...

Cooking By Feel: Indian Ingredients and Flavors

One of the things that got us cooking in earnest was a desire to learn how to cook really good Indian food. We're still a long ways off (homestyle Indian food is a lifelong pursuit) but we've learned ...