The angle: Quite literally Prune’s daily restaurant playbook, complete with handwritten notes and plating instructions for service.
Recipes for right now: Farmhouse Chicken Braised in Hard Cider, Pear Tarte Tatin, Italian Wedding Soup, Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Cold Candied Meyer Lemon, Banana Bread, Fried Oyster Omelette with Tabasco Slurry
Who would enjoy this book? Top Chef junkies, aspiring line cooks.
From Apartment Therapy → Before & After: 1950’s Kitchen Renovation Gets A Modern Update
This budget kitchen renovation just involved some new tile, light fixtures, and a fresh coat of paint to make a dramatic modern transformation!
Were you the lucky recipient of a shiny new stand mixer over the holidays? Or maybe you bit the bullet and invested in one so that you can finally make bread, cookies, and meringues with ease. No matter how you finally got one, a stand mixer is a great kitchen investment that, with proper care, will last for years if not decades.
Stand mixers like KitchenAids are heavy-duty machines, but like all machines, sometimes need a little tweaking and adjusting to run properly. Here are some things that you should know about your stand mixer so that you run and maintain it like a pro!
3.94 / 5 Stars | 10 Reviews
by MILKLISSA79
“Serve these mussels as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a meal over linguini. It is sure to please mussel lovers!”
“After yesterday’s darkness and self-indulgence, I open the kitchen door to find the garden refreshed after the rain. The air is suddenly sweet and clean, you can smell the soil, and the ivy and yew are shining bright. The dead leaves are blown away, the sky clear and white. There is a new energy and I want to cook again …
“My energy and curiosity may be renewed but the larder isn’t. There is probably less food in the house than there has ever been. I trudge out to buy a few chicken pieces and a bag of winter greens to make a soup with the spices and noodles I have in the cupboard. What ends up as dinner is clear, bright, and life-enhancing. It has vitality (that’s the greens), warmth (ginger, cinnamon) and it is economical and sustaining, too. I suddenly feel ready for anything the new year might throw at me.” — Nigel Slater
By the time the first week of January rolls around, all the Christmas cookies are gone, and the refrigerator is bare. Time to restock!
As you head off to the grocery store to stock up for winter nourishment, here are 13 things that always go on our grocery lists in January. We find them essential for cooking in the coldest month, when you need a little extra brightness and warmth.
I inevitably eat too much during the holidays, especially when I travel back home to Illinois. Because of this, I don’t necessarily look at the New Year as a time to eat healthier, but rather a welcome return to lighter fare and a relief from the heavier foods I just consumed. I like to pull in fresh flavors, use quite a bit of ginger, and include has many leafy greens as I can. Most of the time, those greens are in salad form, but occasionally I’ll make a quick batch of soup, like this flexible, easy Mushroom Chard Soup with Soba Noodles.
4.11 / 5 Stars | 7 Reviews
by Corinne Hobin
“A tomato sauce recipe for mussels is great if you don’t like the usual wine recipes (like me!). There is no salt or butter. Here’s a tip to make sure mussels are fresh: tap the opening of the mussel on a hard surface, if the shell closes you’ve got yourself some nice fresh mussels!”