I have good news for anyone with good taste in books and who loves a great adventure. Limited-edition Lord of the Rings wine is now available to purchase and it actually sounds like it might be tasty.
When it comes to baking, there are two camps of people: those who like projects, and those who prefer to stick with the recipes that are easy enough to whip up on a weeknight. I fall firmly into the latter group. My favorite recipes are the ones that are simple, straightforward, and come together without any fuss, and we’ve shared quite a lot of these recipes on the site this year.
From one-bowl chocolate cake to peanut butter cookies, these were our most popular easy baking recipes of 2017.
Pork loin roast is a cut that most of us buy infrequently, favoring pork tenderloin for everyday dinners and saving this larger cut for special occasions. So if you’re headed for the grocery store with our pork loin dinner menu in hand and need a refresher, this is it. Here is everything you need to know about buying pork loin roast.
It’s inevitable: Someone is going to give you a gift this weekend. Someone you weren’t expecting to get anything from. And you’ll have nothing to give her in return! You could run out to the nearest drugstore and pick up a generic gift card and a candy cane-shaped box of candy to get something super ho-hum right away, or you order this Craft Brew Drinkware Set now, just in case, to have in hand by Tuesday.
Lots of couples get engaged this time of year, which means you might be asked to be a MOH in the next few weeks. Yay! That also means you might be tasked with throwing a bridal shower in the spring. Is that excitement turning into panic? Don’t worry! We’ve got everything you need to pull off the party without a hitch so that your BFF can get, well, hitched.
Christmas is a special day and it deserves a special breakfast. Whether it’s just a few of you or you’re hosting a crowd, a breakfast celebration is in order. I usually keep things simple yet festive with muffins or scones and a hearty egg casserole.
If you don’t have your menu planned yet, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered! Here are 20 Christmas morning-worthy recipes, from make-ahead cinnamon rolls to savory egg dishes to a sweet breakfast version of eggnog bread pudding.
Before I abandoned you (online) to spend time with you (in person) the better part of the last two months, leading to premature but rightly deserved obituaries*, I spend about half of the fall I was in town for obsessed with Dutch apple pie, and a significant amount of that time trying to understand what it was and was not. There seems to be a divide wherein American home cooking sites largely refer to a Dutch apple pie as a deep-dish apple pie (sometimes, but not always, in a cake pan) with a crumb topping and Dutch (or Dutch-sounding; I do not speak the language** so am making an educated guess) cooks use a more cookie-like dough that’s cross-crossed on top with a shiny finish. Fortunately, around this time I remembered that one of my son’s good friend’s mom is Dutch and she was happy to set me on the right course: yes the lattice is shiny, the dough is sweet and more buttery tasting than its American counterpart, the end result looks more like a cake, and please remember to send all samples over.
From there, I was off to the races… sort of. First I had to watch a lot of videos of home cooks making it and, as no two recipes precisely agreed, basically just throw my hands in the air and hope I could work it out in the kitchen. It does not always happen — figuring things out on an early go — but this time it did. I hope this is a good omen for the year to come, as my cooking wish list for 2018 could fill five calendars, and for you too: this is much, much easier than it looks.
Pure vanilla extract calls for just two ingredients: alcohol for extraction and vanilla beans. As you can imagine, it has the shelf life of basically forever, since its ingredients are pretty shelf-stable. With so many cork-topped vials of DIY vanilla extract on the web, there’s also some misinformation about how and where you should store homemade vanilla extract for gift giving.
Chances are, you’re going to know someone with a birthday in 2018, right? Whether you’re throwing a first birthday or planning a surprise party, here’s how to make that person — and your guests — feel extra special.
As much as we love the Instant Pot, it currently has two strikes against it: It’s been going in and out of stock at major retailers like Target and Amazon, and some people say they’re intimidated by the dizzying array of settings and options.
If you’re looking for something similar for yourself or someone who’s yet to be crossed off your holiday shopping list, we’d like to suggest this Cuisinart 6-Quart Multi-Cooker.