What kitchen gift do you get the couple with impeccable taste? Or the best friend with a serious eye for style? It was tough to pick 10 favorites among all the beautiful, eye-catching pieces you can get for the kitchen and home, but we managed to do it — from structural brass trivets to gorgeous wooden coasters, from the perfect little serving board to an elegant storage container.
We bet this lovely eclectic kitchen is just spectacular around the holidays. It already looks so cozy and welcoming!
Q: I am very very new to baking. I have tried to make pizza so many times and failed every single time. The crust is always very flat, crunchy, and hard. It doesn’t form into a bread-like substance. Where I live in India, I don’t get all-purpose flour so I used maida flour. Help!
I have always loved the wines from the Gigondas region in France’s Southern Rhone Valley. They are full-bodied, energetic red wines, packed with vibrant red and black fruit flavors. At a recent dinner in New York City, hosted by the Gigondas Winemakers Union, I was reminded just how well Gigondas wines age, too – ten, twenty, even thirty years. We tasted back as far as 1972 that particular evening. But you don’t have to wait — they’re delicious now as well.
While I can’t claim credit for this recipe (I got it from a friend, who got it from another friend, and so it goes…,), it is known in these parts as “your cranberry cake.” As my mother asked last week, “Are you bringing your cranberry cake to Thanksgiving?” And my sister said, “You better save some of your cranberry cake for me.”
But it’s not proprietary information. My cranberry cake can be your cranberry cake too.
“I love flowers and plants—they provide the color in my apartment,” says Lauren in this recent Apartment Therapy House Tour. And we can see that in her kitchen, too! That big plant really adds great life and color to the space.
Q: I’m giving some delicious chocolate sauce as a gift for Christmas. I have always let it cool and then refrigerated it. Is there a way to seal it in jars without canning or changing the characteristics of the sauce?
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I love the look of a beautiful, casual rug in a dining area. Rugs warm a space in ways most decor doesn’t, but I can’t seem to get past the issue of spills and crumbs. Just last night as I was sweeping our dining room (for what seemed like the tenth time this holiday weekend), I began to wonder…
Q: I’m doing a pop-up holiday shop to raise money for an organization called The Alliance for Children Foundation. They care for orphaned and vulnerable kids around the world.
One idea we had was to sell pre-packaged cookie mixes in jars. So, my question is: what kind of cookie?!
We here at The Kitchn believe that the very best gifts are of the edible sort, so today we’re sharing all our favorites — and we mean all! There are soft gingerbread cookies to send in the mail and chewy caramels to share with your co-workers; chai tea mix to thank the hostess at your next party and doggy biscuits to thank your best furry pal; granola to make last-minute and nutty brittle to hide under the tree. Read on for a veritable feast of ideas!
