We’re smack dab in the middle of summer, which means it’s prime zucchini season and they’re everywhere! Did you know this popular variety of summer squash can grown up to 2 inches in length every 24 hours? Bigger doesn’t mean better, though, so here are some pointers on how to pick the tastiest zucchini.
Your eyes do not deceive you. This is breakfast that you can eat one-handed while walking to the bus stop, and it’s got just as much going for it a bowl of yogurt with granola and fruit. In fact, it is a bowl of yogurt — just in frozen, easily-grabbable popsicle form. Time to dig out those popsicle molds!
When the other Kitchn editors and I first discussed the porch party I ended up hosting a few weeks ago, we all agreed it had to have a simple menu. There would be no appetizer platters or multiple side dishes, no fancy dessert course or cocktail station. Instead, I would stick to the basics: one appetizer, one salad, the main dish, and dessert.
Here are three reasons why a simple menu works so well for a party.
For many years I worked in overnight retail management. Working odd hours is rough to begin with, but having something fresh for lunch at 2AM was tricky, so we turned to salads — they were easy to make, quick to throw together, and always left us with a fresh burst of energy.
Here are some tips I learned along the way to help you efficiently prep a variety of salad lunches on Sunday. I promise it won’t be monotonous, and you’ll actually look forward to eating them throughout the week!
I don’t know about you, but for my money, it’s hard to beat potato skins and jalapeño poppers when it comes to appetizers. So smashing them together in one layered, bite-sized appetizer just seems to make sense to me.
Stuffed jalapeño poppers, and crispy potato skins? In one bite. One delicious bite.
Ice cream is practically a civic right in the summertime, along with air-conditioned libraries, open fire hydrants, and public pools. We all need our fix of something creamy and cool, and even better if it’s made at home in your own ice cream maker.
Today we have 12 deliciously creamy and cold treats, and there’s something here for everyone — including those of us who avoid dairy and eggs. We have classic chocolate ice cream, but also vegan coconut with almonds and chocolate chips. There’s lemon sorbet, peach pie ice cream, and the best vegan strawberry swirl ever, all of which you need to try immediately, so pull out that ice cream maker!
When my husband and I moved into a ground floor apartment last summer, it was the first time in seven years we had outdoor space to call our own. The back porch, crumbly and peeling as it was, was exclusively ours, and the communal backyard unused by our upstairs neighbors.
Given this, we did something we’d been dreaming about doing forever: we got a grill. And when life hands you a porch, a grill, and a fierce love of pizza (as I have), there’s really only one thing left to do: throw an outdoor pizza party on a beautiful summer day.
Enough to eat, enough to give some away, enough to throw some away. Enough to relax a little. Enough to forget about it. Enough to share. Enough to keep it going. Enough to get distracted. Enough to put some aside for later. Enough to pick and choose. Enough to complain. Enough to roll around in it. Enough to scatter the seeds.
Happy weekend! What’s cooking? I have a whole bag of kale from my in-laws’ enormous garden, and some insanely delicious wild blackberries — a gift from a friend. What about you? What’s inspiring your cooking? Also, a few favorite posts in case you missed them…
Why did the North win the American Civil War? This article stops just short of attributing it to their better distribution of coffee, but it does explain the importance of coffee (and coffee substitutes, to the less well-provisioned South), noting the word coffee appears in diaries more often than rifle, cannon, or bullet.
