I have just one bit of advice for you when serving this warm, cheesy dip at your next potluck, and I learned this from experience: Think very carefully about where you’ll place it. Once it hits the table, wherever that may be, the crowd will swarm to the skillet. That’s just what happens when you channel all the best parts of crowd-pleasing jalapeño poppers into an indulgent rich and creamy dip with just the right amount of heat and a buttery, crunchy Ritz cracker topping.
Like a breath of fresh air, Anthropologie’s spring 2019 look-book dropped this week. The style guide mixes new and existing pieces into three categories: the minimalist and exciting “An Organic Approach,” the laid-back, maximalist “Layered (Im)perfection,” and the functional-yet-stylish “City Centered.” All three collections incorporate kitchen and dining pieces that start at under $5. You can browse all new arrivals here, and see some of our favorites from the spring collection below.
Remember that story from a few weeks back about the woman who got banned from a Texas Walmart for drinking wine out of a Pringles can in the store’s parking lot? Apparently she had been there since the early hours of the morning riding around in an electric cart and sipping wine. At the time most people championed the woman as the people’s hero (though I hope she’s okay and getting help if she needs it). A fan group for the anonymous woman formed, and in 2019, we collectively decided that we would embody her spirit by doing more things that bring us joy (without committing any crimes, hopefully). Now, you actually can get one step closer to living like our lady of the Walmart cart: An artist has actually made Pringles-themed tumblers for wine.
Around the World in 30 Soups: This month we’re collaborating with chefs, cookbook authors, and our own Kitchn crew to share a globetrotting adventure in soups from countries and cuisines around the world. Today’s stop: Vietnam.
As much as I love to simmer a stockpot of beef pho for hours, it’s incredibly liberating to make a pretty good version for four people in 1 1/2 hours. Intense cooking in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot makes that possible. The approach is similar to that for the chicken version, but here, it’s all high pressure.
The boneless meat gets a lot more tender than when cooked in a stockpot, which makes this beef a little harder to thinly slice (chill or freeze it, if you have time). Any leftover cooked beef can be used for fresh pho noodle rolls, pho fried rice, or rice paper salad rolls.
—Andrea Nguyen, author of The Pho Cookbook: Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam’s Favorite Soup and Noodles
On what is easily the coldest day so far this winter, I met with IKEA to talk about … summer. Because, why not? The weather will warm up again eventually (or so I’m told) and IKEA waits for no squall: The stores will start to roll out the summer collection (and other new items) in February. Yes, as in the next few weeks!
I got a sneak peek and these are the new items I’m most excited about. Take a look and pick your favorite in the comments at the end of this post!
It’s been a groundbreaking month for sandwich cookies of all sizes. This week brought the release of Oreo’s much-awaited, sounds-like-something-made-up-in-a-school-lunchroom, massive Most Stuf cookies that have four times the stuffing of a regular Oreo (as a filling-lover, I think that sounds like the perfect Oreo, especially if I removed one of the cookies). But while Oreos are getting bigger, our friends down at Trader Joe’s seem to have stuck to their New Year’s resolutions because they’re releasing a slimmed-down version of Joe-Joe’s.
I think everyone can agree that ice cream birthday cake, if anything, is a bunch of delicious words and ideas stuck together. But what seems to be a point of contention is what actually constitutes an ice cream cake. Is it ice cream and cake? Or is it just ice cream you can slice? I want to know.
Without citrus fruits, the winter months would be bleak indeed. Luckily there are plenty of lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits, pomelos, and more to go around. Now all you need are some recipes that put them to use. Well, look no further — these recipes make the best of the bright fruit family.
I don’t know about you, but when it gets cold all I want to eat is comfort food: the heartiest meals that make me feel all warmed up and cozy inside. But I also don’t want to spend a ton of time in the kitchen, you know, not wrapped up in my blankets. Luckily Ree Drummond recently shared her favorite Instant Pot recipes, which will satisfy your desire for comfort food that doesn’t take much effort to make.
Let me guess? When you get home from the grocery store, you grab that jar of natural peanut butter that you picked up in a bid to eat healthier breakfasts, and you toss it on the upper shelf of your pantry and then forget about it for about three weeks until you get a sudden craving for toast. That’s all well and good. Almost. Because if you’re storing the container in your pantry right side up, then you might want to reconsider.