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Posts tagged “New York Times”

Re-Inventing a Summer Classic: Bacon, Lettuce, and...?

Looking at that BLT poster this morning made us crave the real thing. But tomatoes are mighty scarce in some parts of the country right now due to a crop blight in New England. This has forced us to b...

Lobster Tower and Pumpkin Soup: Readers' Wedding Food
The New York Times

Have you peeked at the slideshow of wedding food from New York Times readers? No? It's worth taking a look! The Times put out a call for unique or homemade wedding food from their readers' weddings,...

Recipe Review: Garlic and Thyme Roasted Chicken with Crispy Drippings Croutons

Unless we're having guests over, roasting a whole chicken isn't honestly something that we would normally think of doing. But reading Melissa Clark's description in the New York Times a few weeks ago ...

Minimalist Pots and Pans and a High-Powered Disposal
From The New York Times Home & Garden Section 02.26.09

The New York Times Home & Garden section was a little heavier than usual on kitchen things today, so we thought we'd give you a look. The first thing we noticed is that while composting was on the...

Accessible Kitchen Design in the New York Times

We were very interested today to see a spread of accessible home design in the New York Times -- and of course we were most interested in the kitchens. Accessible in this case means accessible to the ...

Recipe Review: Turkey Gravy from Scratch

Well, the gravy is finished. We decided to make ours over the weekend rather than wait to see what kind of pan drippings we got from the turkey or risk not having any at all. So we used a recipe from ...

New from Mark Bittman: How to Cook...Something

Following Mark Bittman's advice to "Think of things you really like and cook those," Emily Weinstein (the blog's producer) is stepping up to the stove! She's documenting her learning experience in the...

Creative (and Cheap) Kitchen Ideas from College Students

Our colleagues over at AT:New York already mentioned the great series in today's Home & Garden section of the Times that features young college students and their cheap, creative, and stylish ways...

From the NY Times Magazine: How To Make an Indoor Smoker

We know grilling month is long gone, as is the summer barbecue season. But we got one last, lingering taste of smoky, outdoor flavor in yesterday's New York Times Sunday Magazine — only it was for s...

Look! Fèves on Display at Whole Foods

We've written plenty about the New York Times chocolate chip cookie and the requisite fèves, or chocolate disks, that it calls for in lieu of traditional chips. Faith even wondered if fèves are this...

Blogging the NY Times Magazine: On Blueberries (and Freezing a Cake Pan?)

In the Sunday Magazine, food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins gives a short, insightful look at wild Maine blueberries, plus a couple of great-looking recipes. But what we kept re-reading was a tiny detail...

Recipe Follow-Up: Final Thoughts on the NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookie?

Ok, folks, a few weeks have passed and the frenzy over the New York Times Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie has died down to a gentle murmur. We thought this would be a good moment to check in: what's yo...

Chocolate Féves for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Is the perfect chocolate chip cookie this year's No-Knead Bread? And if so, are chocolate féves this year's instant yeast? When the No-Knead Bread recipe came out there was a run on instant y...

Weekend Meditation: Sundays

Sunday morning means staying in bed as long as possible with the New York Times, a pot of strong Assam tea and warmed-up whole milk precariously balanced on the night table. This is after sleeping in...

Blogging the NY Times: 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating

Beets? Check. Swiss chard? Check. Blueberries? Check. Did you catch this list of "11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating" over at the New York Times a few weeks ago? We read it and found ourselves a bit, w...

Look! Portraits of Female Farmers in The New York Times

Reading the New York Times Magazine yesterday, we were struck by the quiet beauty of these photographs by Gareth McConnell. They are all portraits of female farmers in the Northeast, stunning women de...

NY Times Sunday Magazine: How To Cook with Green Garlic

Doesn't exactly look like typical garlic, does it? In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, chef Daniel Patterson talks about his love of young, green garlic — something we saw at the Green Flea ...

NY Times Sunday Styles: Farming's in Fashion

Lo and behold... There were farmers in flannel shirts and coveralls on the front page of The New York Times Sunday Styles section yesterday. Turns out there's a crop (yep) of young city dwellers leav...

Lovin' Spoonfuls: Comfort Pudding

Our tips for ovenless Adrienne reminded us of the great article about pudding in the New York Times Magazine this past weekend. "Pudding," says the author, is "a reminder that sometimes the comfort ...