Put On Your Sous Chef Hat with Gabrielle Hamilton’s Prune — New Cookbook First Look

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.

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5 Things to Know About Your New Stand Mixer — Tips from The Kitchn

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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!

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Nigel Slater’s Epiphany Day Soup — Kitchen Inspirations

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“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

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