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Alice Waters’ last cookbook, The Art of Simple Food, made the top of many people’s favorite and most-used cookbook lists. Her newest cookbook, The Art of Simple Food II, is sure to follow suit as she continues her crusade to encourage and inspire people to cook at home. This volume take things one step further by highlighting the garden and by natural extension the importance of freshness and the seasonality of ingredients.
Happy Saturday! Popular posts this week on The Kitchn include eight light soups perfect as a starter Thanksgiving course, how to make meatloaf from scratch, five gorgeous dutch ovens (and recipes to go with them!), and the funniest, craziest food blog of all time. Enjoy!
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The past few days have been wet, cold, and blustery in my neck of the woods. The best meal I ate all week ranged through hearty, simple fare of warm lentil salad, butternut squash soup, and a dish of rice pudding; and my cooking this weekend is going to continue in that theme. I’m thinking about homemade spaghetti sauce, and a big salad of fennel and olives. What about you? What has you dreaming of the kitchen today?
Do you have a Chemex? If you do, you probably have no desire to use it for anything other than what it’s meant for: making a delicious cup of coffee. However, if you can spare it for a time and are in need of a lovely vase for a floral arrangement, you can get both in this easy tutorial from floral designer and stylist Kiana Underwood.
Do you have a Chemex? If you do, you probably have no desire to use it for anything other than what it’s meant for: making a delicious cup of coffee. However, if you can spare it for a time and are in need of a lovely vase for a floral arrangement, you can get both in this easy tutorial from floral designer and stylist Kiana Underwood.
Meatloaf to nutloaf and everything in between — we’ve got your winter comfort food covered this week! If you’re craving something creamy and rich, definitely take a look at that poppy seed chicken casserole. So good! Porcini-stuffed pork chops also make a surprisingly quick dinner while our quinoa bake with creamy winter squash is the perfect vegetarian main dish. No matter what your dinner plans may be, pour yourself a pomegranate gin fizz and raise a glass to the weekend.
The cat shaped cutout below the sink just kills me. I stumbled across it this morning, and from there I was on a search to see what other kitchen built-ins devoted owners had devised for their pets. From dog bowls in the island to a kitty hideaway in the cabinet, here are 10 ways your pet can find a home in your kitchen:
Lots of pre-Thanksgiving goodies for you this morning! From this time last year on The Kitchn, we have a step-by-step guide to turkey stuffing, all kinds of breads for your Thanksgiving table, ideas for make-ahead dishes to freeze for later, and some tools to make your Thanksgiving prep oh-so-much easier. Take a look!
Who: Francesco Bagnoli
What: Cheesemaker
Where: Lamporecchio, Tuscany, Italy
A few months ago I found myself in Italy at the top of a hill at dusk, surrounded by olive trees and nibbling fresh cheese made by a blonde curly-haired man straight out of a Renaissance painting. “Is this heaven?” I pondered. There is something truly idyllic about I Due Falcetti, a small artisanal cheesemaking operation in Tuscany run by Francesco Bagnoli.
Here I give a peek into how Francesco makes his delicious cheese, a process full of passion and expertise which is characteristic of so many artisanal food products in Italy.