What's Cooking This Weekend? Weekend of April 18-19, 2009

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of April 18-19, 2009

So, what's cooking this weekend? Do you have big dinner plans this weekend? Or are you keeping it simple so you can focus on the first assignment of the Kitchen Cure? Has spring arrived where you are? Or do you still want to stay inside with a cup of tea and a hot muffin tomorrow morning? Here are a few ideas for good eating, cooking, and kitchen cleanup this weekend.

Here are just a few notes and ideas from The Kitchn's past week.

• The Kitchen Cure has begun! See Week 1's assignment here, and check out some Cure-takers' progress here.

• Good ideas for sweet, make-ahead breakfast casseroles.

• Have you seen spring ramps at the market yet?

• What would you like to change about your kitchen?

• If it's still cold outside, how about a Chicago-style deep dish pizza?

• A new kettle that lets you control the temperature of the water.

• Tour an open, sunny chef's kitchen, and watch him make a quintessential spring dish of pasta, peas, mint, and ramps.

• Small kitchen inspiration, and more inspiration too from highly mobile kitchens.

• Many good things to bake: a sunny yellow lemon cake, yogurt biscuits with dill, a pink muffins for Passover.

Have a wonderful weekend, and don't forget to stop by tomorrow morning for the Cure download we promised you.

(Top image: Peach and Spice Tea Muffins)

Comments (7)

Scored some ramps at Union Square! They're going in a frittata for lunch. Now I'm hunting for a good oven fries recipe for sweet potatoes to go with.

posted by cmcinnyc on April 18th 2009 at 9:54am
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Not cooking a thing this weekend. Cooked all week @ work. Going to Eleven Madison Park tonight for the Gourmond Tasting menu!
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posted by chefrick on April 18th 2009 at 2:19pm
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I am making "Arrogant Bastard Braised Beef Shanks with Appaloosa Beans" using Skagit River Ranch cross-cut beef shanks. Just flying blind on it but probably can't go too far wrong. I am braising the shanks now with onion, then I will strain the broth and meat, cook the beans in refreshed broth and toss in the separated shank meat. Some of the ale for the braise, some for me while it cooks.

posted by JD523 on April 18th 2009 at 5:00pm
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The first really warm weekend of the year with temps pushing 90 (!) tomorrow. Last night, given it was the end of a long week was a no-cook meal: charcuterie platter (hot coppa and prosciutto), with cheese, dolmas, olives, cornichons and raw crudite w/some ciabatta and carignane to round it out. This morning was scrambled eggs from my sister's chickens with chives and cream cheese; lunch was chicken taboulleh salad w/pita chips and a mojito; and dinner was halibut, arugula and dilled basmati rice with a chilled rose. Tomorrow will be flank steak on the grill with sides TBD by whatever I pick up at the market tomorrow.

posted by rosebud on April 18th 2009 at 10:50pm
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I think I'll make muffins tomorrow morning. Muffins and tea sound delicious. Plus, my mother in law bought me a muffin top pan for christmas and I haven't tried it out yet.

Mmm lemon berry muffins...

posted by revolution9 on April 18th 2009 at 11:19pm
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post-weekend update:
made cinnamon rolls for sunday breakfast after doing the legwork saturday and puttin the suckers in the fridge overnight. baking them off for 20 min in the morning was painless and the apartment still smells like faint cinnamon/sugary/buttery goodness. stole the recipe from
www.smittenkitchen.com and it was surreal.

makes a lot, so a wonderful opportunity to have people over for brunch!!

posted by kristenatcal on April 19th 2009 at 10:02pm
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Ha!! Totally made those peach & tea muffins and twittered about it today!! It's a great dessert and they will make yummy breakfast tomorrow.

posted by ninamachina on April 20th 2009 at 1:21am
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