We're taking this week off as an extended holiday. We're still taking pictures and making notes as we cook and we'll be back on Monday.
In the meantime, we're recapping all the highlights of 2006. Here's what went down in The Kitchen in November.

Recipes
• Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Squash, Persimmons and Pecans
• Broiled Sardines with Gremolata
• Malaysian Beef Curry
• Mini Chocolate Ice Cream Sodas
• Peanut Butter Popcorn

News, etc.
• Bittman's No-Knead Bread Phenomenon
• What Are Your Cooking Compromises?
• On Thanksgiving Traditions
• Kitchen Tour: Yana and Leigh's Natural Wonder

Products
• Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Lavender Scrub
• Hackman Tools Cookware
• Cracked Black Pepper Crackerthins

Good Questions & Tips
• What's the Deal With Shallots?
• Five Tips for Champagne Shopping
• Keep Spices in the Dark with a Spice Drawer
• Technique: Preserving Hot Chiles

Stores
• Jimtown Store: Healdsburg, CA
• A&S Pork Store: Brooklyn, NY
• Lemon Tree Bungalow: Los Angeles, CA










