3 Times My Dutch Oven Is Better than a Slow Cooker (and the One Time It’s Not) — Strong Opinions

Sometimes I feel like a pariah of the food world, carrying around a dark secret that I fear will get me banished from my career and knocked off my perch as a so-called professional. Friends have laughed in my face when I’ve shared it with them in confidence, but I guess it’s finally time to come clean. I am not in love with my slow cooker. Not by a long shot.

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15 Breakfast Recipes That You Need to Make for Dinner — Recipes from The Kitchn

Let’s be clear — breakfast food is the best kind of food, and it’s a crying shame if you only enjoy it at breakfast time. We can’t think of a single food traditionally served in the morning hours that we wouldn’t enjoy eating for dinner. Yes, even down to the simple bowl of cereal or humble piece of toast.

These 15 breakfast recipes are some of our favorites, so we’re liberating them from their morning status, and promoting them to prime-dinnertime players.

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Recipe: Slow-Cooker Pork Vindaloo — Recipes from Neela Paniz

As with any country, you can find traces of its history in its cuisine. Pork vindaloo, famed for its fiery heat, speaks directly to the Portuguese occupation of the southern Indian state of Goa. As Neela explains, “Carne de vinha d’alhos, a Portuguese dish made with pork, was the basis of the now-famous vindaloo served in Indian restaurants. Although many make it with lamb, chicken, or shrimp, I prefer the original recipe with pork, redolent of tamarind, vinegar, and black pepper.”

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Your Food Through a Filter: Here’s a Look Back at February’s Awesome Appetizers — Last Month on Instagram

Last month’s theme on Instagram for The Kitchn was “Awesome Appetizers.” There were so many reasons to get together in February – Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, and Lunar New Year — so there were plenty of appetizers on Instagram. Here are a few of our favorites that you shared with us last month, plus a look at March’s Instagram theme.

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5 Small Electric Appliances Every Kitchen Should Have — Setting Up a Kitchen

I know what you’re thinking: Is it really possible to say there’s any one small appliance (let alone five!) that every kitchen should have? Kitchens, after all, come in all shapes and sizes. A studio apartment kitchen doesn’t have the luxury of space that a suburban kitchen has, so telling me I have to have something in my kitchen (or else!) will probably just bum me out.

So perhaps this is a better way to say it: If you can only fit five small electric appliances in your kitchen, choose these five. Whether you’re clearing out a cluttered kitchen or setting up a kitchen from scratch, they’re endlessly useful and worth the money and space.

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Do the French Know the Best Secret for Cooking Dairy in the Slow Cooker? — Tips from The Kitchn

While classic French cuisine certainly doesn’t make use of a slow cooker, it’s no stranger to dairy. This is an ingredient the French know well; they’re masters of turning milk and cream into a whole world of rich foods. In fact, we can learn one of our most important tips about cooking dairy in the slow cooker from them.

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I Tried Meal Kits from Chef’d and Here’s What I Thought — Product Review

Item: Chef’d Meal Kits
Price: Prices vary pretty widely, but most two-serving meals are around $30. Shipping is extra for orders under $40, but it’s free above that threshold.
Overall impression: Interesting recipes with high-quality ingredients. Although Chef’d might be a little too expensive to have every day, that’s not really their aim. They don’t offer a subscription service, so hungry customers are encouraged to order whatever meal they want, whenever they want it.

The catalog of dinners is sourced, as the name suggests, from actual chefs. Apart from a few options geared toward children, there’s really nothing boring among the offerings! All of the meals I ordered came together in a reasonable amount of time, tasted wonderful, and were very filling.

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