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My central kitchen resolution for the year is to do all my dishes before I go to bed at night. It's amazing how much better I feel to wake up to a nice, clean sink.


A New Year in the Kitchen: Kitchen Aspirations for 2012?
1/3/12 7:00 PM

I know it's not a basic baked-cheese, but I recently had a puff-pastry cheese thing that was out of this world. It had caramelized onions and apples, chopped pecans, and blue cheese. Everything was tossed together and then baked in some puff pastry. It was easily the most delicious thing that I had this holiday season.


Suggestions for Baked Cheese in Pastry — Other Than Brie?
Good Questions

12/30/11 6:20 PM

These look **amazing**! And while I don't (yet!) have homemade grenadine, I think I may make some so that I can try the Arsenic Sauce and the Salty Old St. Nicholas.

As for the complaints that these don't include "ingredients you have on hand", if you read the article it's clear that he is making cocktails that don't rely on buying $100 worth of speciality liqueur. There's a clear difference in buying a $3 container of grapefruit juice or making homemade grenadine with a $5 bottle of POM juice and a $40 bottle of Domaine de Canton or $45 bottle of absinthe. And I would say that an average liquor cabinet -- especially of the sort of person who likes to try new cocktails -- would have both bitters and vermouth.


5 Holiday Cocktails That Use Ingredients You Already Have
Holiday Guest Post from Chris Gardner of Curbly

12/29/11 12:18 PM

I don't see it in the above list, so let me just add the salad made with whole wheat cous cous, arugula and cherries that was posted earlier this year to the mix. I absolutely love it - there are so many delicious flavors and textures, it's healthy and filling, and it gets better the next day. In the last few months it has become part of my regular rotation and I think it'll stay there for a good long while.

Link here: http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/salad/recipe-whole-wheat-couscous-with-arugula-cherries-150125


15 Seriously Satisfying Salads
Best of 2011

12/28/11 4:29 PM

I use my Google tasks (via Google calendar) to keep a list. I can then sync that to my phone. Super handy.

I usually just list the things I absolutely need and then wander the aisles for inspiration.


Survey: Do You Use a Shopping List at the Grocery Store?
11/10/11 2:04 PM

Good to know! Thanks for the insight. I have added beets and a sweet potato to my shopping list. I think this salad plus a nice white wine will make a fantastic weekend supper.


Make-Ahead Vegetarian Recipe: Beet & Sweet Potato Stacks
11/10/11 1:31 PM

I think that a good McIntosh apple is perhaps the best apple there is. It is soft, though, and I can see how some folks would be put off by that. But I think it tastes exactly as an apple should -- tart with a clean flavor and just enough sweetness to round out the profile. Yum!


My Favorite All-Round Apple: The Rome Beauty Apple
11/10/11 1:08 PM

Wouldn't the goat cheese, upon getting heated, melt? From the pictures the goat cheese looks fresh and fairly cool. I'd worry that I would assemble everything, it would look beautiful, I'd stick it in for those last 15 minutes, and when I took it out of the oven I'd find stacks of beets and sweet potatoes with some melted goat cheese hanging out at the bottom in a liquid pool.

(I'm not making things up, right? Goat cheese does melt when heated? Would the foil keep it together more than I'm imagining?)

Regardless, this looks beautiful! I'm always looking for new ways to eat beets, those most wonderous of root vegetables, and this is getting tried out very soon.


Make-Ahead Vegetarian Recipe: Beet & Sweet Potato Stacks
11/10/11 1:05 PM

PineTree (which, by the by, is a fantastic name for someone commenting on this story!) - that's a brilliant idea. Thanks! I'm totally going to try this in my next batch of pesto.


Why are Pine Nuts So Expensive?
9/13/11 10:16 AM

I suppose it's just a variation on the coconut-based curry theme, but I like making Thai-influenced soups that have some curry paste in them. And, as with the curries, it's very easy to tailor the soups to your meat/non-meat preferences.


What Vegetarian Dishes Can I Make With Curry Paste?
Good Questions

9/9/11 9:33 AM

I had a lunch meeting today and they provided it. I had a sandwich (chicken salad with cheddar, lettuce, and tomato), a bag of chips, an orange that had seen far better days, and a cranberry oat cookie.


What Did You Eat for Lunch Today?
Brown Bag Meals

8/25/11 6:05 PM

You could probably even make some homemade frozen yogurt (perhaps sweetening it just a touch with some honey or maple syrup) and have something even a touch *closer* to a banana split!

(Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for frozen yogurt that is to die for. Some Greek yogurt, a can of coconut milk, some (though not tons) of sugar, some cherries, and some almond extract. Delicious!)


Easy Breakfast Recipe: Breakfast Banana Split
8/25/11 6:01 PM

I almost always just do a basic vinaigrette (mixing up the sweetener and vinegar to suit the salad). But I do have a bottle of an asian ginger dressing (Newman's Own, if I recall correctly)...but mostly because I only rarely have ginger on hand so wouldn't ever make the dressing.


Make or Buy? Salad Dressing
8/19/11 2:42 PM

I find the relationship between what we perceive and how satisfied/full we feel so fascinating. I wonder, though, whether one can get the same results by not filling the plate as full as we often do (thus making each forkful put a dent in the amount of stuff on the plate)?

asmallcontempt -- you know that by right clicking (or the equivalent; on my laptop it's clicking while holding down the command key) you can typically open any link in a new tab, right?


Why You Should Eat With a Big Fork From a Heavy Bowl
GOOD

8/18/11 11:52 AM

I usually put on a movie or TV show on the Netflix on my iPad. At the moment I'm working through Star Trek TNG.


What's Your Favorite Music for Getting the Kitchen Clean?
8/10/11 1:20 PM

I have about 8 chinese eggplants hanging out on one plant at the moment. I think I'm going to take advantage of the bounty this weekend and make some green curry with eggplant and some ratatouille. Yum!


What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of August 6-7, 2011

8/5/11 7:40 PM

When I was in college, the farmer's market in the town had a bulk foods vendor. And one of the things I stumbled upon was a 1 lb bag of Lucky Charms marshmallows. And, given that I was 19, it seemed like the most logical thing in the world to buy it and eat them.

This wasn't actually a good idea.


Yes, They Do Exist: Cereal Marshmallows in Bulk
8/4/11 1:45 PM

Oh man. My initial reaction is to say basil (because what is life like without caprese salad?!). But in the winter, when I don't have a basil plant, I go many weeks without basil. Cilantro, on the other hand, is a constant companion in my house. It's one of those herbs I buy each week during grocery shopping and that I put in a huge number of dishes. So. Yeah. Cilantro, I guess!


What Is Your Desert Island Herb?
8/4/11 12:03 PM

Yum! I'm also a shrub convert. I have cherry, strawberry, raspberry ginger, and peach shrubs at the moment. One of my favorite things is that they last a long time, so I don't have to feel guilty for making several of them (based on what's at the market) without trying to finish one before starting another.


Drink Recipe: Elderberry Shrub
8/3/11 6:44 PM

I picked my first tomato yesterday! It was the first time I've ever planted tomatoes and I am soooo excited that they're finally getting ripe.

I had mine last night sliced and eaten with some grilled zucchini and french-style feta. That, some grilled bread and a cocktail (dark and stormy, ftw!) was, I believe, just about the perfect summer dinner.


How Do You Enjoy Fresh-From-the-Garden Tomatoes?
8/3/11 6:37 PM