Apartment Therapy Tagged: Pantry Basics

Weekend Project: Stocking the Fridge

We home cooks like to be prepared. Who knows when we might get the urge to whip up a pasta sauce or succumb to a craving for chocolate chip cookies? We've talked about the sweet and savory dry-storage...

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...

Good Grains: What Is Spelt?

We are stocking up on our pantry basics and working on cooking without recipes this weekend. This reminds us that we have a whole new landscape of pantry basics that have been livening up our cooking...

Good Question: What Should I Eat On Busy Weeknights?

Here is a great question from Chelsea that illustrates a common dilemma... I noticed that this week's Cure is about keeping less processed food in the house. Which is something great that I'm trying...

Ingredient Spotlight: What is Galangal?

Last weekend we made our Malaysian Beef Curry, a slow, cinnamon and chili-spiced curry of beef slow-cooked in coconut milk and exotic flavorings. It's deep and rich, yet total home comfort food. ...

Pantry Basics: What Is Espresso Powder?

If you've baked a chocolate or mocha-flavored cake or dessert, the recipe probably called for espresso powder or instant espresso. What's espresso powder, and can you substitute something else? Espr...

Pantry Basics: What Is Dutch Process Cocoa?

If you bake with cocoa you have probably noticed recipes that call for either Dutch-processed or natural (non-Dutch-processed) cocoa powder. What is Dutch process cocoa powder, and how will it affec...

Pantry Basics: Five Essential Ingredients for Baking

Like pans and prep tools there is a dizzying array of baking ingredients available. Even a small grocery store will offer at least five kinds of flour, four kinds of sugar and lots of other things t...