My mother-in-law is an excellent cook. She bakes, she makes soup from scratch, she gathers herbs from the garden to blend into pestos and more, and, luckily for me, she usually makes more than she and my father-in-law can eat. Many a time we’ve gone to visit for the weekend and come home with a tote bag full of delectables and end up eating like kings for the week.
Beyond her skills and years of experience, my mother-in-law has one secret weapon for her freezer: masking tape.
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Cobbler may be the best reason to turn on the stove in the summer. Jammy fruit, crisp and buttery topping — all you need is a scoop of ice cream.
This particular cobbler might just be the easiest I’ve ever made. It’s the kind of recipe you make once and then remember forever. You can make it with a spatula or a soup spoon, in a New York apartment or at your vacation beach house, with peaches or with any other fruit you want to turn into dessert.
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Authentic Italian carbonara is a pasta dish made with a few simple ingredients: eggs, hard cheese like Parmigiano and Pecorino, bacon, and black pepper. It’s pretty hard to mess up, right? Well, recently celebrity chef and cookbook author Nigella Lawson took to Twitter to share her take on the classic and people were not very happy about it.
Cherry season is upon us, and we cannot get enough of these sweet jewel-toned stone fruits. Their season is fleeting, though, so it’s time to stock up and make the most of them while they’re around.
To help you along, here is your cherry checklist. It’s where you’ll find the very best things make, bake, and stir together based on the size of your cherry haul, with no amount too small for something great!
You already know that Amazon Prime Day is July 11 (because you marked your calendars when we told you to, right?). And you know that these deals are usually kept secret until the very last minute. Well, here’s a fun surprise: Amazon just leaked 88 upcoming deals.
A lot of the list features things like hangers, mattress protectors, dog toys, and other things that don’t really fall within the purview of Kitchn. But there are three things worth pointing out.
QVC and HSN are longtime rivals. They’re basically McDonald’s and Burger King in the television shopping industry. And now they’re about to become one entity. Liberty Interactive, the parent company of TV shopping network QVC, announced Thursday that it will acquire the Home Shopping Network. This could literally change how you shop on TV forever. We’re hoping this means much more of David dancing around in his kitchen, and even better deals on cookware.
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Food recalls can happen for frightening reasons. Sometimes items are found to contain traces of bacteria like listeria, the Hepatitis A virus, and salmonella. Other times it can be absurd like pieces of metal in ice cream or a decomposing bat found in a bag of pre-packaged salad. And sometimes, your food doesn’t contain the main ingredient listed in the name itself.
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I did not grow up watching a lot of television. This isn’t because my family had any real objection to television; I think it had more to do with the fact that my mom is German and hadn’t watched TV growing up and also that we were always busy running around doing something outside.
Of course, there were exceptions: We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings (Thunder Cats!) and, when I was in high school, we sometimes stayed up to catch George Clooney on ER (although mostly, due to the fact that I had swim practice at 5 a.m., I fell asleep about 10 minutes into the program).
The biggest exception to the rule, however, was the Tour de France. I can’t remember exactly when or why or how it became a Thing That We Did, but every July, we’d tune in to watch. The dulcet tones of Phil Liggett, year after year of Miguel Indurain in the yellow jersey, and, of course, Lance Armstrong, defined my TV-watching experience.
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Now that the summer farmers market season is in full swing, I know I can count on a steady stream of ripe seasonal produce and fresh herbs to make a roster of salads that are anything but boring. Full of a robust assortment of the freshest veggies, strips of juicy chicken, and tossed with a bright, herby pesto, this no-lettuce summer salad comes together with a single trip to the farmers market.
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My favorite cocktail is a gin and tonic. But sometimes, even if I use extra-fancy tonic water and good gin, it feels like it just needs a little bit more. Sure, a lime will do, but what about something a touch different? Something that could transform it into a party-ready cocktail rather than the quiet cocktail I sip on Sunday evenings. The answer to this dilemma is a slew of cucumbers — oh, and a big ol’ pitcher so that it can be batched and served up to whatever thirsty crowd you happen to invite over.
