What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of May 10-11, 2014
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Happy weekend, everyone! What’s cooking? Brunch for your mother or your own family? (If brunch is indeed part of the story this weekend, here are a few favorite recipes, including those irresistible sticky rolls.) Thank you so much for celebrating our birthday with us this week; your comments were all so sweet and so appreciated by the whole team. As always, we’d love to hear all about your cooking plans for the weekend; what’s happening in your kitchen?
Cauliflower Fritters, Raspberry Macarons, Asparagus Orzotto, Jasmine Scones, Vegan Breakfast Smoothie & More New Recipes — New Recipes from The Kitchn
This week we’ve got you covered for all your fun spring eats and Mother’s Day plans. If you’re looking for something fresh, try the cauliflower fritters with pea spread or the asparagus orzotto. If you want to spoil your mom with All The Delicious Things (as you should), you need to make the coconut-raspberry macarons and the berry jasmine scones. Whatever you do, kick back and relax with a refreshing, sparkling cucumber cooler –– cheers!
3 Cookbooks That Make Wonderful Mother’s Day Gifts — Mother’s Day
Sure, you can take mom out for brunch on Mother’s Day and present her with a little wrapped parcel topped with a bow. But that’s what everyone will be doing. What about making her brunch instead? Even better, make her brunch from one of these three new cookbooks, and leave them behind as a gift for her.
strawberry rhubarb crisp bars
Look, I have no business giving dating advice. Or marital advice. I didn’t, like, scope the scene or learn the rules or think big thoughts about what kind of person would be the right person for me when I walked into a bar 11 years and met this guy for a drink. Nevertheless, if you were to try isolate a single trait essential in a life partnership, I think you should look for a person who is pro-whim — that is, encourages you to have whims and pursue them, for better or for worse. Does that sound too abstract? Okay, fine; let me propose instead the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Bar Test, which should be enlisted as follows. 1. Find a potential mate. 2. Say, “Do I need to good reason to make strawberry-rhubarb pie bars?” 3. If they answer, as mine did on Monday, “Nope. I think they’re always welcome,” you’re probably on the right track. If nothing else, your weekend is about to get tastier.
I’d been daydreaming about a late spring riff on an apple-crisp-in-the-pan bars since I got the One Bowl Baking book last fall. I’m not sure I’ve ever met a pie-like cookie bar I didn’t like, but still, these made me nervous because they seemed so (ewww) wholesome. There are more whole grains than white flour, less sugar and less butter than any other cookie bar I’ve ever made. How could this be good? Silly Deb, I should have just trusted the author implicitly. Yvonne Ruperti is a former Cook’s Illustrated writer, America’s Test Kitchen on-air host and bakery owner, so you could say she knows a few things about baking.
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What to Read This Weekend: Stop Calling Your Diet “Clean Eating” — 10 Weekend Reads from The Kitchn
Ten reads that made us laugh or made us think this week (or maybe both).
- Backyard ducks! The next trend in urban homesteading? — Anjali
- L.V. Anderson at Slate holds forth against the “misplaced and emotionally charged moral cast” of the phrase clean eating. — Faith
- Foodie dudes = doodies. And they’re everywhere. — Emma
- In case you missed it: This year’s Beard Award winners. — Faith
- WATCH: Gluten-free people don’t actually know what gluten is. — Ariel
5 Ways to Deal With Dinner Party Guests Who Won’t Put Down Their Phones
It’s hard to think about dinner parties before the age of smartphones and social media without a bit of nostalgic wonder. Did we really all sit around tables looking at each other rather than our tiny screens? We just ate the food instead of Instagramming it first?
As we have become more accustomed to being constantly connected, the etiquette around cell phone use in social situations has relaxed, which means it’s not unheard of to invite friends over for a nice dinner, only to have them spend the evening constantly checking their phones. What’s a frustrated host to do? I spoke with a couple experts to get their advice on different ways to deal with those dinner party guests who seem more interested in screen time than face time.
Low-Fat Recipes: Hawaiian Pork Hash
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“Very popular Hawaiian pupu – you can even get pork hash at the 7-11 here. My recipe is better – it includes shrimp!”
Low-Calorie Recipes: Raspberry-Glazed Rosemary Chicken
Happy Birthday Party Pics! — Apartment Therapy & The Kitchn 10th Birthday, May 7th, 2014
Just a few party pics from our big Birthday Party last night, courtesy of The Bosco, our favorite new party trick. 
Click down for more… (and if you were at the party, click here to see all of them).