Gift Guide: 12 Cool Kitchen Gift Ideas Under $20
These carefully curated kitchen gift ideas are bound to impress the foodie in you and/or your loved ones. Best of all? They're all under $20!… Continue Reading
Decor Disputes: What's Up With Kitchen Art?
Fruit, vegetables, coffee cups, wine glasses, kitchen utensils, chefs with laughably large toques and roosters are some of the images that appear when you search 'kitchen art' on just about any poster/art website. Why? Who said that that's what constitutes art… Continue Reading
Roundup: 10 Tasty Pumpkin Recipes
Having said goodbye to Halloween and with Thanksgiving on our doorstep I thought I'd roundup a few inspirational pumpkin dishes. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, there is something for… Continue Reading
How To: Make Homemade Coconut Cayenne Cacao Truffles!
A sweet and spicy combo can't be beat -- I have a feeling these coconut cayenne cacao balls will land a seriously delicious punch!… Continue Reading
How to: Throw a Thanksgiving Tasting Party - Menus, Recipes, and Tips
Restaurant chefs began having tasting parties as a means to showcase their best dishes. The practice soon spilled over into kitchens everywhere. This year, I decided to see how one might extrapolate the tasting party into a Thanksgiving dinner.
Why, you may ask, would you want to pare down a holiday menu known to embrace surfeit into something that consists of bite-sized servings? I can think of several very good reasons. One, eating yourself into a… Continue Reading
How To: Make Your Own Edible Photo Lollipops
Okay, you guys. This is just plain cool! Think of all the different images you could turn into candy. THEN... think of all the different occasions you could use said candy! You've got party favors for your next, oh, ten parties covered with these bad boys.… Continue Reading
53 Simple 3-Ingredient Recipes
While I love cooking and can quite happily labor away for hours in the kitchen, there are times when you want quick & simple without resorting to fast food and/or takeaways. Enter the 3 ingredient… Continue Reading
Roundup: 10 Recipes Using Leftover Halloween Candy
While kids are in a candy-induced coma, take inventory of their haul and see if they have what it takes to make these delicious post-Halloween treats that everyone can… Continue Reading
Warm and Light-Filled Kitchen Makeover
This kitchen was dark and dated until Knight Remodeling took it under its wing. Even though it had natural wood cabinets before, they added no warmth. Although I know people who yearn for a window above their sink, it too seems lacking--especially… Continue Reading
How To: Make Chili Corn Chowder
We're rounding out this months soup series by shining the spotlight on the mighty yellow eared giant, corn.
This dish is super simple to prepare, a true one pot wonder that you can dress up or down to taste and never fails to impress at potlucks and dinner… Continue Reading
Roundup: 15 Sweet and Savory -- and Oh-So-Spooky -- Halloween Treats!
In case you hadn't heard, Halloween is right around the corner! We've decided to eat our way to the finish line with some of these sweet and savory -- and oh-so-spooky -- treats! Happy haunting!… Continue Reading
How To: Make Chunky Minestrone Soup
In keeping with comfort foods I'm going to show you how to tackle a perennial favorite of mine, Minestrone, which is derived from the Provençal dish, Soupe au… Continue Reading
How To: De-Seed a Pomegranate in Under a Minute
When I first ran across this how-to on The Burlap Bag, I stopped dead in my tracks, years of struggling to peel/de-seed/eat a pomegranate flooding back to my mind as a giant swooshing sound filled my ears. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS TECHNIQUE BEFORE NOW?!… Continue Reading
Roundup: 10 Zombie Crafts and Treats
This weekend was the annual Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis/St. Paul where people dress and make up like Zombies and party like it's the apocalypse. An event for hardcore Zombie lovers, to be sure. For the rest of us who celebrate the undead in more restrained way, here are ten crafts and treats to… Continue Reading
How To: Make Bean, Bacon And Tomato Soup
As the days get shorter and the nights cooler I find myself pulling out my favorite soup recipes, partly because nothing heralds in cooler weather better than homemade soup.
Here is my Bean, Bacon and Tomato Soup recipe, hearty and wholesome and great for a family night in or entertaining around the fire… Continue Reading
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