Marble is as pricey as it is gorgeous, but there’s no real substitute for it, right? If you want the look of marble, you’ll just have to save up forever, or make do with something totally temporary like … contact paper, I guess? Prepare to have your mind blown.
Three years ago I lamented to my dear friend Joya Rose that I missed the chance of a lifetime to enter a pie contest in Los Angeles. She said we should create our own in our small town of Santa Barbara, and we did just that.
This was our third year running the #SBPieContest. There were 27 pies to be judged, broken out into seven categories: sweet, savory, special diet, kids, wildcard, traditional, and people’s choice. We raised about $2,000 this year, and all proceeds went to Foodbank Santa Barbara County.
We almost canceled it repeatedly, first due to the Thomas Fire (the largest fire in Southern California’s recorded history) and then to subsequent mudslides in Montecito. Our community was hurting, but we decided to carry on. These natural disasters were devastating and the effects are still being felt, with heartache and grief all around us, but people rallied together because of one thing: pie!
Slow cookers are often used by busy people who are rushing out the door and want a hot, ready-to-go meal when they return. But the slow cooker works just as well for the more leisurely paced snow day. Imagine throwing a soup together in the slow cooker upon hearing the news that you’re not going anywhere and then going about your snow-day business (which will likely involve a fair amount of shoveling and fort-building.) A few hours later, you return to the kitchen and presto! A hot lunch is ready for everyone.
So many delicious foods respond to the low-and-slow method of cooking that a slow cooker provides. Consider a spicy chicken enchilada soup, comforting maple and Dijon pot roast, or a creamy lemon dal. Cozy up and hunker in for the long haul!
Mushrooms are a severely underrated vegetable. They’re often hiding in the background, playing the supporting role instead of having their time in the limelight. But not anymore. These 10 wildly popular mushroom recipes put mushrooms front and center, where they belong.
It’s time we pay homage to the meaty, mighty mushroom!
Here at Kitchn we believe that getting in control of your finances starts with food. Do you want to save up for a special trip? Or maybe you’re trying to lower your student debt? Keeping a close watch on your grocery budget can help. Being a smart shopper and planner can save you a whole lot of dough in the long run.
Here are five smart tips and tools for managing your grocery budget.
If you’re stuck inside on a snow day and you’re a cook, most likely you’ll be found in the kitchen, taking advantage of this windfall day to take on one of those bigger projects you can’t seem to squeeze in under normal circumstances. Those homemade dumplings you’ve been meaning to make will finally see the light of day, or perhaps it’s time to prepare a pot of robust beef stew to enjoy after a day of snowman building.
Satisfy yourself with a full day in the kitchen this winter — make croissants, freeze dumplings, master macarons. Even if you didn’t stop by the store to stock up on supplies the day before, we still have a few recipes you can cobble together from basic pantry items to make the most out of this cozy day in the kitchen.
When it comes to meal planning and prepping, how much should you do in one go? I’ve always thought of meal prepping as a weekly ritual, with Sunday as the magic day to prep delicious lunches, hearty dinner salads, and budget-friendly meals that use up all the leftovers. Meal prep Sundays are not only a sacred day for many food-lovers, but also incredibly important for anyone trying to stick to a budget.
Well, maybe it’s time to reconsider this weekly strategy. I realized recently that there are droves of cooks who are able to knock out a whole month’s worth of meals in just one day.
Presidents Day tends to go underappreciated, but the holiday has a lot going for it. For one, it’s a day to remember some monumental presidents (duh). It’s the last three-day weekend until Memorial Day weekend (c’mon, summer!). It’s a day with few obligations (no one hosts Presidents Day picnics or fireworks shows). It’s also one of the few good weekends for sales during the first half of the year.
Even if you’re sitting at your desk this Monday, there’s still a lot of shopping to be done. Here are eight of the best kitchen and dining deals happening this weekend — some offer as much as 70 percent off.
White chocolate has gotten a bad rap for far too long. True, it’s extremely sweet and tends to lack the complexity of dark and milk chocolate, but white-chocolate loyalists have been arguing for years that white chocolate has the capacity to be complex and toasty — all you have to do is caramelize it.
Pegboards are extremely useful in the kitchen. They’re practical for small places and keep everything in sight and easy to reach. And if they’re good enough for Julia Child, they’re certainly good enough for me. Now IKEA has made pegboards even easier, because their Skådis pegboard system, which debuted in Europe last year, is finally available in the U.S.