Weekend Meditation: It Doesn’t Always Have to be Fabulous — Weekend Meditation

Pin it button

Blogging about food is a tricky thing. In order for something to be post-worthy, it usually needs to be a pretty wonderful and delicious thing to eat. If it’s not, then there has to be some kind of story about that. Or it should be a new discovery. Or have some meaning in our lives and culture. But we seldom write about ordinary, everyday food or eating. We don’t sit down at the table to an ordinary PB&J lunch, and then move over to the computer and blog about it

Everyday food isn’t always fabulous, or revelatory, or new. It’s often not worth writing home (or a blog) about. It’s usually just lunch or breakfast or dinner, plain and simple. And that’s just fine.

READ MORE »

What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of March 29-30, 2014

Happy weekend everyone! What’s cooking? We’re celebrating weather that actually feels like spring (if you close your eyes and ignore the wind) plus the conclusion of our first-ever Cooking Cure! How did it go for you? Even if you didn’t follow along all month we hope it was fun and refreshing for some of your cooking routines.

And what’s cooking in your kitchen? I’m making a big family lunch for my mother and grandmother and all my siblings; I’m making deviled eggs and torn between these, these, and these. What about you? What are your spring cooking plans?

READ MORE »

Raw Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites, Curry-Roasted Pistachios, Oatmeal Nutella Mug Cake, & Peach Lambic Sangria — New Recipes From The Kitchn

Three square meals are important and all, but let’s get down to the fun stuff: snacks! This weeks we covered all your daily nibble needs. If you have a sweet tooth, be sure to try the raw chocolate chip cookie dough bites or the frozen chocolate-dipped banana bites. If you’re more of a savory person, try the curry-roasted pistachios or whipped feta dip. Whatever you do, make sure you try this peach lambic and rye sangria. Seriously –– it’s kinda important.

READ MORE »

What To Read This Weekend: A Flowchart to Help You Decide Whether to Shop at Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods — 10 Weekend Reads from The Kitchn

Pin it button
Ten good links and reads that made us laugh, made us hungry, or made us think this week.

READ MORE »