Home Cooking: Laurie Colwin on Luxury and Frugality
"I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato. But there are things it is worth spending money on. ...
"I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato. But there are things it is worth spending money on. ...
What is the best or the most memorable advice that you have ever received on organizing, cleaning, shopping, cooking in, and just generally keeping a happy kitchen? And perhaps more importantly - do...
When you cook dinner you don't pay a check. Or a delivery guy. And you probably didn't go to the grocery store for those exact ingredients and those ingredients only. So it's not the most logical thin...
"I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in. The best dinner party I ever went to was a black-tie affair to celebrate a book, catered by the author's sister. When we sat down in our long dress...
The culture of southern cooking is all about hospitality and abundance - so pull up a chair, pile your plate high, and dig in!...
Home cooking isn't always elaborate meals and new ingredients. Sometimes it's just about the little things that makes us glad to be in the kitchen - like this adorable salt shaker! What makes your kit...
We recently talked about our challenging recipes - the kitchen nemesis that we can't get right no matter what. Here's one more: tiramisu....
It's Home Cooking month here at The Kitchn, and our title is partially an homage to Laurie Colwin and her marvelous book, Home Cooking: A Writer In the Kitchen. Here is a quote from Colwin in the piec...
Our new kitchen is slightly bigger than the last one, but it's still short on precious counter space. This just means there are more opportunities to improvise! ...
One of our favorite recipes at Epicurious is, essentially, a recipe for boiled water. It has nearly 800 comments - some amused, some indignant, some clever, some silly. ...
Roast chicken may be the most quintessential piece of home cooking that we know. That savory roasting smell, the ease of slipping a bird into the oven, the juicy meat and warm bread and vegetables tha...
We told you yesterday that September is Home Cooking month at The Kitchn. Here's a good example of home cooking to kick things off, from reader Sarah. ...
Welcome to September at The Kitchn. How was your summer? Ours was hectic, and it seems like we're not alone in this. Vacations, holidays, August heat, and summer slowdown make kitchen time dwindle. ...