Food Documentaries on Netflix, Date Night Tips, Fast and Fancy Weeknight Meals, and the Best Way To Keep Fresh Herbs — Most Popular Posts Published February 10 – 16

2013-2-16-hotposts.jpgWelcome to the weekend, folks! Popular posts on The Kitchn this week include 10 great food documentaries to stream on Netflix, 5 tips for a date night in the kitchen, a roundup of warm salads for the winter, how to make lunch at your desk better, and the best way to keep herbs fresh. Enjoy!

15. 3 Tips for Making Inexpensive Stew Meat Taste Heavenly
14. Recipe: Easy Lobster Bisque for Two
13. The Best Way To Keep Herbs Fresh
12. 5 Tips For a Date Night in the Kitchen
11. Quick Dessert Recipe: Double Chocolate Cherry Quinoa Brownies
10. Warm Salads: 6 Recipes To Try Now

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What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of February 16-18, 2013

Happy weekend, cooking buddies! What are you up to in the kitchen this weekend? We have a long weekend ahead of us, and we’re looking forward to a three-day break to luxuriate in some extended cooking. Beef stew, a batch of soup, maybe a movie with some chocolate popcorn — all on the menu this weekend. What about you? What are your plans? More



The Homies Winners: Best of 2013! — Homies 2013

The Homies Winners: The Top Blogs for 2013

Dear Readers,

After two weeks of nominations and finals voting, and nearly a million pageviews, we finally have two blogs that swept multiple categories and a total of four remarkable winners to wear our Homies Champion Crowns for the whole year.

Please Click to Visit Each One and Congratulations to our Winners!

-Maxwell

THE 2013 WINNERS

HOME COOKING

Best Healthy Cooking AND Best Recipes

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Civilized Caveman Cooking Creations

Blogger: George Bryant
Location: Murrieta, CA

Best Food Photography

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Against All Grain

Blogger: Danielle Walker
Location: Bay Area, San Francisco

HOME DESIGN

Best Home Design & Best Project Blog

Little Green Notebook

Blogger: Jenny Komenda
Location: New York City

Best Family & Kids Blog

Small Things

Blogger: Ginny Sheller
Location: Eastern Virginia

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Strawberry-Almond Granola Bark, Easy Lobster Bisque, A Champagne Cocktail & Beef Stew from Scratch — New Recipes from The Kitchn

Do you feel the love? The love of sweet and crunchy piece of granola bark, a sip of a bubbly champagne cocktail, tender duck breasts glazed in pomegranate sauce, silky roasted beet soup, and a handful of salty dark chocolate popcorn to cap it all off? Whether you’re celebrating a belated Valentine’s, making plans with good friends, or staying in for a night all to yourself, we have plenty of lovely and loving ways for you to feel the love in the kitchen this weekend. More

Long Weekend Project Inspiration: A Small, Yet Super Organized Pantry

2013-2-15-pantry.jpgWe love being on the front end of a long 3-day weekend. Do you have plans for Monday? Any projects you’re going to finally tackle? If cleaning and organizing your pantry is on the list, allow us to inspire you: could this pantry you see here be any more awesome? It’s actually a relatively small space, but every inch is accounted for and optimized, from the labeled containers to the neatly lined-up flour on the bottom shelf. A place for everything and everything in its place. More



How To Cut and Eat a Grapefruit — Cooking Lessons from the Kitchen

A half of a grapefruit is a pretty wonderful way to start your day. Sure it’s healthy, but even better, it’s a delicious and juicy treat that wakes you up with its puckery taste! Grapefruits do require a small amount of prep work, but it only takes a sharp knife and a short minute to free up those segments. Read on for our step-by-step instructions. More