Apartment Therapy Tagged: potatoes

Cooking Basics: How to Boil Potatoes

Boiling potatoes is definitely about as basic as you can get! But here are a few little tricks you might not know about......

Sixteen Kinds of Potatoes

Yesterday I started us on a potato journey with a post about how to select the right kind of potato. Today I'm going to show you the loot I picked up from the farmers' market last week: sixteen varie...

How To Pick a Potato

There is a lot of confusion over potatoes. With hundreds of varieties available to growers and dozens if you shop at a farmers' market, you might feel like you need a cheat sheet to navigate your way ...

Recipe: Kale and Potato Gratin

Here is a simple, nourishing side-dish for fall: a light (no cream) gratin with shredded kale and potatoes. Our local farm has potatoes galore right now, and the kale is starting to be really deliciou...

Quick Tip: The Best Way to Store Potatoes

Humble, versatile, and economical, potatoes are truly the workhorse vegetable of our kitchen. We also love them because they keep for a very long time and even improve with age. (Unlike certain other ...

Grilled Apple Pie (in a Paper Bag)
Delicious links for 06.25.08

Grilled apple pie? In a paper bag? Yes indeed. That and more in our delicious links of the day. ...

Good Idea: Growing Potatoes In A Bag

Last week, we opened the kitchen pantry door to grab a new bag for the compost bin, and noticed these strange white tube-like things poking through the shelf. Wha? Upon closer inspection, we discove...

Recipe: Pecan Crusted Salmon with Sautéed Ramps and Purple Potatoes

With those glorious spring ramps in hand, we wanted to make something special. We thought about simply sautéing them, and making a ramp pseudo-carbonara with pasta, bacon, the ramps and an egg, or ma...

Weekend Cooking: Secrets of Awesome Mashed Potatoes

We love mashed potatoes; it's one of our favorite comfort foods. We're seeing a lot of fingerling potatoes at the Farmer's Markets, so we've been making these for dinner recently. Here, we'll share s...

Recipe: Rosemary Roast Potatoes

You just can't get a much better flavor pairing than rosemary and potatoes. The pine-y rosemary perfumes the earthy potatoes just so. It's a classic combination that we never get tired of tasting.Thes...

Recipe: Mixed New Potato Salad with Sweet Basil and Shallots

Here's a bright spring potato salad - easy and quick with tiny new potatoes. We like to mix up red and white potatoes for pretty color. Look for very small potatoes - just a couple inches long - with ...