Day 1 Task: Declutter and purge fridge and freezer, clean.
There comes a time in every person’s life when you’re forced to face uncomfortable truths about yourself. Last week I experienced such a moment when I opened my refrigerator to start cleaning it out. I stood there for a time, letting all the cold air escape, and with it this inescapable fact: I am a messy refrigerator bag lady.
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Q: I started making yogurt a few months ago and the results have been rather inconsistent. My friend’s mother showed me how, which is basically the same method The Kitchn posted. I didn’t have a thermometer the first time, but the result was what I consider perfect yogurt. Beginner’s luck, maybe, the batches that followed got progressively worse.
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Huddled under the covers, hitting the snooze button on these chilly fall mornings? Tell me about it! With the temperature creeping lower and lower, practically the only thing getting me to rise and shine is the thought of a hearty breakfast of steel-cut oatmeal waiting in the kitchen.
In anticipation of busy mornings, I often cook up a batch on Sunday to eat all week. Here’s how I do it.
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Way back in February of 2008, I wrote Washing-Up Buddha, my first Weekend Meditation for The Kitchn. It’s been years since I’ve revisited that post, so I took another look this morning just to see what I was up to back then. I had long forgotten what I wrote and I was a little worried. Would I find that I feel differently than I did then? Did I say something I wished I hadn’t? Have I changed a lot or maybe not enough?
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Welcome to the weekend! We hope you’re enjoying lovely Fall weather wherever you are. Popular posts this week on The Kitchn include three ways to soften butter quickly and easily, a tour of a floating houseboat kitchen in Amsterdam, how to make perfect chocolate pudding from scratch, a look at whether cold eggs make a difference in baking, and more. Enjoy!
15. How To Freeze Cookie Dough
14. Jeni’s Ice Creams to Kim Boyce’s Bakery: 10 Entrepreneurs Share Their Sweet Stories
13. 3 Ways to Soften Butter Quickly and Easily
12. Gluten-Free Dessert Recipe: No-Bake Sesame Coconut Ginger Cookies
11. Wendelien’s Floating Kitchen
10. Weeknight Recipe: Baked Apples Stuffed with Oatmeal & Spiced Brown Sugar
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Happy weekend everyone! I spent much of the week in Montreal; I’m looking forward to bringing you a taste next week of some of the great food I got to experience. What about you? Are you taking advantage of cooler fall weather to get outdoors? Are you cooking a pot of soup, or making a last batch of jam? Tell us —we’d love to hear what’s cooking in your kitchen this weekend.
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How’s your sweet tooth feeling? In need of a fix? Excellent. This week, we shared all our favorite quick weeknight desserts, from warm banana bread and a retro-inspired gooey chocolate cobbler to a double chocolate stout ice cream float and baked apples stuffed with oats and brown sugar. So many ways to satisfy your post-dinner sugar cravings. Go on — take your pick!
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When offered cake, my policy is to always say “yes.” And when Martha Stewart offers a book of her best layer cakes, quick breads, and bundt cakes, you best believe I am jumping up and down with both hands in the air. With fall officially here, my baking switch has been flipped and I am all about butter, sugar, and eggs. Martha’s new book has arrived right on time.
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Where do you store your cutting boards? I have mine propped up in the area between my stove and the refrigerator. It works, but it also takes up precious counter space. Sound familiar? Then maybe we both need to hang our cutting boards instead!
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