10 Cozy Winter Meals to Make You Happy to Stay Inside

In many ways, I think this is the best time of winter for cooking. There’s no holiday pressure. Our guests have all gone home. We have no real obligations at all. Which means that we get to cook exactly what we want, when we want to, and eat at our leisure. If you’re at home today, I’d say this is the perfect time to drag out a heavy soup pot, pick some spices, and get something warm and comforting simmering on the back burner. More



Dinner Party Recipe: Chicken Marsala — Recipes from The Kitchn

2013_01_21-ChickenMarsala-1.jpgA dear friend recently celebrated his birthday by hosting a big night out on the town (his extravaganzas more often than not end with very late night dance parties). I am more of a homebody myself, so I opted out of his wild and crazy festivities and offered to cook him a quiet dinner instead. Planning a heartfelt meal is the easiest way for me to show I care. More



Cooking Is Not the Internet — Weekend Meditation

2012_01_20-kitchen.jpgSometimes I am struck by the sheer physicality of cooking. I know this is an obvious statement but it’s one of those things that’s so obvious, I forget to appreciate it most of the time. But after sitting at the computer for hours on end, my body achy and unused, my head all tangled up with words and ideas and concepts, it feels really good to lift and bend and stretch around in the kitchen. It feels good to be solidly in the physical world. More