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Posts tagged “Inspiration”

Cooking Resolutions for the New Year! What Are Yours?

We make resolutions for things like keeping a clean house, biking to work, and spending less money - why not throw a few cooking resolutions into the mix? Think about trying a new food, mastering a ne...

Craving: Overnight Yeasted Waffles

Over the holidays, we had some overnight yeasted waffles at a family brunch and haven't been able to stop thinking about them since. So light. So fluffy. Just a bit crunchy and slightly sweet-tasting....

Doing Good Food Deeds

Merry Christmas, Kitchn readers! Our hands are sore from jamming cloves into clementines so I'll see how well I can type. Today our writers take a well-deserved day off and I leave you with a nice big...

Craving: Muesli for Breakfast!

We just got our first real snowfall here in Boston, and now we're suddenly craving muesli. This is a simple yet hearty breakfast brought to us by the Swiss - who mean business when it comes to fueling...

Reader Survey: Do You Like Eggnog?

One person's cup of creamy, bourbon-spiked goodness is another person's eggy, high-fat nightmare. Where do you stand?!...

Food On the Go: Granola Bars and Other Quick Snacks

We're super crazy busy. You're super crazy busy. And that's not even counting the holidays! Let's talk about some quick snacks that can be made ahead and grabbed on the way out the door......

Working with Yeast: Be Not Afraid!

When I talk to people about baking bread, one of the first things I usually hear is "Oh, but I'm afraid of yeast." So if you feel this way, you are definitely not alone! I'm not going to try and convi...

Last Minute Gift Idea: Beer Bread Mix
Un-Gift Guide 2008

It doesn't get much better than beer bread: mix, bake, slather with butter, smile. Repeat last two steps until satisfied. What's better, all the dry ingredients can be mixed together ahead of time and...

What's For Lunch Today? A Very Orange Plate

We've been talking a lot about sweets this week; we have scads of ideas for pretty, easy, fun, and yummy treats for holiday enjoyment and gift-giving in our Un-Gift Guide. But we still need to eat, ev...

One Weekend, Two Dinner Parties

You're looking at the aftermath. We got a little ambitious in our holiday entertaining this weekend, throwing not one but two dinner parties for six over the course of 48 hours. The Sunday night party...

Weekend Cooking: Bake Bread!

When it's dreary and cold outside, we can't think of anything better than filling the house inside with the smells of baking bread. If you've been dreaming of baking your own bread but have been nervo...

The Kitchn's Cooking Playlist

Last week's email (not signed up yet? click here) put forth a short list of songs from my "cooking" playlist, and asked readers to send in some of their favorite songs for cooking. For me, music for...

Word of Mouth: Cassoulet

Cassoulet (cass-oo-lay'), noun: A traditional French "casserole" with origins in the southwestern Languedoc region and usually containing white beans and several kinds of meat. In our always humble o...

Gallery: 11 Winter Salads to Eat Right Now

It's cold and chilly outside, and we're not quite sure if the sun even came up today. So while we're eating copious quantities of soup, we're also craving greens and fresh vegetables for color and nou...

Hot Coffee Cocktail: Café Brûlot

We came across this spiced and spiked after-dinner coffee while researching traditional dishes from Louisiana and haven't been able to stop thinking about it! With flavors of orange, clove, and bran...

Making Macarons: How Did It Go?

I was thwarted in my plans to make macarons this past weekend - a last minute conflict with our free afternoon, not lack of desire! Did any of you find the time?...

Look! Robot Cooking Okonomiyaki

Check this out! At a recent International Next-Generation Robot Fair in Osaka, Japan, Yaskawa Electric demonstrated a robot called the Motoman SDA10 that can cook okonomiyaki, among other things. Yo...

Cooking By Feel: Does It Matter if You Use Red or White Wine for Cooking?

Some recipes get pretty specific about the kind of wine they want you to use: an oaky chardonnay in this reduction sauce, a hearty Italian red for that braise. But does it really matter?...

Readers' Thanksgiving Tables

More Thanksgiving tables! Readers have been sending in photos of their Thanksgiving tables and we're loving all the homey holiday inspiration. Here's an updated post with even more photos that the r...

Pantry Organization: Put Your Grains In Jars

When I got married last summer I bought several dozen vintage blue Mason jars as flower vases for the reception. I loved their greeny-blue color -- but I also loved their functionality. I had plans fo...

Ingredient Spotlight: Ham Steak

Before we could start appreciating ham steak as an ingredient in our cooking, we had to first get over childhood memories of thick slabs of oddly pink meat with dry, curling edges plonked directly fro...

Placesettings for Thanksgiving and Other Holidays

Yesterday Sara Kate asked for photos of your Thanksgiving tables. We'll post a roundup soon of the beautiful tables that you've sent in. Meanwhile, here's mine. ...

Setting the Thanksgiving Table

Maxwell & Sara Kate, Costa Rica We're back from our week away and just getting our photos organized. Here is Maxwell with his team of trusty helpers setting our tropical Thanksgiving table. Do you ha...

The Cook's Guide to an Easy, Elegant Holiday Table

We here at The Kitchn are cooks, not craftsters. Our creative energy goes into testing recipes and mastering kitchen skills; our aesthetics are tuned to eggplant and persimmons, not stitchery and glue...

Word of Mouth: Tournée

Tournée (tour-nay): Literally, French for "turned." In culinary terms, this describes a specific method for preparing and presenting vegetables by cutting them into uniform oblong shapes. If y...