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What's a Good Seasonal Menu for Warmer Fall Weather?
Good Questions

Q: In Chicago, and I am planning a dinner with a friend tomorrow night. I was planning a warm comfort food meal, but now it's going to be in the 60s. I'm not afraid of cooking something I've never ma...

Save Time Later! Make Ahead Tips for Weeknight Meals

Sometimes the secret to quick but satisfying weeknight meals isn't finding ways to cut corners, but spreading out the work. We try to do a little extra prep work when we have the time so that meals co...

Good Quote: Jacques Pépin on Winging It

Not so great about meal planning? Take some cues from a famous French chef: We never really plan ahead. If we don’t know what to do, there are always eggs. We love them. Right now I have beautiful t...

Planning Dinner? Popular Recipes for Every Course

Are you putting together a big meal for this weekend? Are you planning an end-of-Cure party, a holiday weekend brunch, or perhaps a raucous Sunday afternoon cookout? Are you perhaps looking for one mo...

Meal Planning 101: What Are Your Building Blocks?

We are talking about meal planning during this week of the Kitchen Cure, and we started out with a look at sample seasonal menus. Seasonality is one thing to consider when building a meal, whether it ...

Seasonal Menu Planning from Around the U.S.

This week in the Kitchen Cure we're talking about menu planning. Yesterday I promised I'd give some suggestions for seasonal menus from around the country. Leave us your suggestions in the comments,...

Kitchen Cure Week #5: Meal Planning
The Kitchen Cure Spring 2009

• Cure Clock: 2 weeks remaining • Cure Takers: 831 • New Flickr Group: 2009 Kitchen Cure • Submit your photos directly to The Kitchn Two weeks to go, guys! This week we're g...

Can You Eat the Same Meal Day After Day?

As we re-heated yet another bowl of dal last night, we suddenly started wondering if having the same dinner night after night was maybe a little...weird. Can you eat the same thing for several meals i...

Five Meal Ideas for Veg/Non-Veg Dinner Parties

Do you have a dinner party to plan, or a crowd to feed? Is it a mixed crowd? Vegetarians, vegans, and inveterate meat-lovers, perhaps? We've had some experience with meal-planning for mixed groups, an...

Meal Planning Tool: Springpad

Springpad is an online note-keeping system designed to keep you more organized, and it has a special section just for planning weekly meals and groceries. Check it out... ...

Are You Planning a Trial Run for Thanksgiving?

In one of our favorite episodes of "Will and Grace," Jack's mom shows up unexpected at Will and Grace's apartment several days before Thanksgiving, panting from speed walking and holding a casserole d...

Weeknight Meal Help: Recipes for Health in the NY Times

When we asked for your suggestions on how we could help you in the kitchen, many of you wanted ways to use an ingredient over several days—so that, say, your big stash of squash doesn't go bad (or g...

Weekend Cooking: Creative Meal-Planning from CookThink

Lacking inspiration this weekend? Is everyone in your family begging for something different? Trying to use up the remnants of your CSA before the next box arrives? Whatever our conundrum, CookThin...