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Winter Wonderland Dinner for Eight on a $100 Budget

We were all fascinated by the swank dinner party on a budget from the Times last weekend, and it also generated quite a bit of discussion yesterday. The general consensus was that the table was gorgeo...

Look! Vintage Menu Board

Michele at Fine Furious Life has an old menu board hanging in her kitchen, and she likes to put her dinner menus up for friends when they come to eat. We like this idea - do you ever write up your din...

Movies in the Park Menu: The Blues Brothers
Chicago

We Chicagoans love to see our city featured on the big screen, particularly if a chase scene is involved. In this year's action-packed movies "Wanted" and "The Dark Knight," the city has never look...

Grill Tonight: Sausage with Arugula Pesto

We are loving these grilled menus from Martha Stewart, and we especially couldn't pass up this grilled sausage. Sausage is one of our favorite things to put on the grill. Read on for more about this m...

Grill Tonight: Steak with Blue Cheese Potatoes

We love a good menu, so when we saw this one from Martha Stewart we decided to give you an entire spread instead of one lone grill recipe today. Check out the recipes: grilled steak (classic!), blue c...

Food and Wine Pairing: A Grilled Summer Menu of Herbed Pork, Tender Ravioli, and Garden Greens

Food and wine pairing can be such fun. There is no such thing as only one wine perfect for a particular dish. Everyone's palate is unique and we have different sensitivity thresholds to acidity, bitte...

Living the DIY Wedding: The Food

I got married a week ago. Instead of the usual fears -commitment, weather, stepkids' sabotage - I spent the weeks leading up to the event wondering if I was capable of cooking a meal for 50 hungry peo...

Top Chef Finale Menu: From Chicago to Puerto Rico

We can hardly wait for tomorrow’s Top Chef Chicago finale episode, and as serious fans of the show, we think it deserves a proper send-off. And by that we mean food, of course. Below, we’ve put...

Memorial Day Cooking Survey: Indoors or Outdoors?

Memorial Day is the traditional start of picnic season, which often feels like a cruel joke in Ohio and New York; more often than not it's drizzly and cold. We're curious - what are your Memorial Day ...

Entertaining: Q&A with Jessie Saunders, author of The Two of Us...and Friends

Jessie Saunders knows what it's like to cook and entertain in a tiny kitchen. For years, she and her husband lived in a small apartment in New York's Greenwich Village, where, she says, "If everyone ...

Dinner Tonight: Last Minute St. Patrick's Day Ideas

Some of you probably started brining your homemade corned beef days ago. Other enterprising types made a beef and Guinness stew in the slow cooker this morning. But there's still hope for the procras...

Calabrian Sunshine: What We Ate on Valentine's Day

We had a really wonderful dinner last night, home-cooked by our Valentine. It was inspired by the gloriously sunny and warm image of Calabria above. To read our Valentine's commentary and see our (rat...

Dreamy Menu Inspiration: Kim's Sweet Make-Ahead Menu

Valentine's Day may be over, but we loved all the entries in our Dreamy Meal for Valentine's Day contest so much that we wanted to show you a few more entries. Here's a sweet, romantic tribute from...

Dreamy Menu Inspiration: Diahn's San Francisco Comfort

Yes, Valentine's Day is over, but we loved all the entries in our Dreamy Meal for Valentine's Day contest so much that we wanted to show you a few more. Do you like this idea of building a menu off ...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Art's Rustic Meal in Spain

We have to say - this impromptu Valentine's Day Dreamy Meal contest was one of our favorite extracurricular activities ever, here at The Kitchn. The breadth and inventiveness of your entries made pi...

Good Question: Dinner Party Menu for Ten?

Here's a doozy of a Valentine's party question from Jessica. Well, she never actually says that there will be 10 for Valentine's, but we are imagining a sit-down dinner for 10 in romantic candlelight....

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Piri's Original Temptation

Happy Valentine's Day from all of us here at The Kitchn! We hope that you have plans for a cozy day and delicious evening - whether you're alone, with friends, or with a loved one. Some of our favor...

Valentines Dinner for Dummies

Valentine's Day is a big day for cooking newbies. There are many romantics who decide to cook instead of go out, and they want to make something impressive, which only complicates the issue. Cooking...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Maribeth's Pulp Fiction Milkshake

Thank you to everyone who entered our Valentine's Day Dreamy Meal contest! We got some really fun and inspiring menus, which we'll continue to post through tomorrow. Check out this quirky menu fro...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Christian's London Date

What do London, brownies, and ice cream have to do with each other? Christian has fond memories of London and its classic pub foods, as well as brownies and ice cream - read her romantic memory and ...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Joyce's Quirky Classics

Image by Christopher Garcia for Threadless What have you thought of the entries in our Valentine's Day Dreamy Meal contest so far? We are getting a lot of entries but can only post a handful each da...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Nicole Mari's Impressionist Picnic

What will inspire your Valentine's Day meal tomorrow? Are you staying in and avoiding the crowds? If you are, enter our Valentine's Day Dreamy Meal contest. Entry is quick and easy - just tell us yo...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Christina's Serendipitous New York Dinner

Remember this scene? Frrrozen hot chocolate and John Cusack at New York's Serendipity 3. Christina grabs hold and cooks up a serendipitous menu inspired by old New York and dishes of classic romance...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Jessica's Whale-Inspired Feast

Have you entered our Valentine's Day Dreamy Meal giveaway yet? Entry is quick and easy - just tell us your inspirational plans for a dreamy Valentine's meal. Here's a wildly unexpected yet sweet ...

Dreamy Meal for Valentine's: Annah's Coastal Escape

Entries are rolling in for our Valentine's Day Dreamy Meal giveaway. Entry is quick and easy - just tell us your inspirational plans for a dreamy Valentine's meal. Annah has plans for an escape t...