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Gallery: Holiday Appetizers from The Kitchn

Are you thinking about your Thanksgiving meal yet? We are! We'll be pulling together some of our favorite Thanksgiving and holiday recipes from the archives this week, and we're starting with appetize...

Jack-O-Lantern Tartlets
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #25

Recipe: Stephanie's Jack-O-Lantern Tartlets Category: Classic Here is the second entry from enterprising pie-baker Stephanie; she also entered the Original category with her mouthwatering peanut butt...

Recipe: Fresh Cranberry Relish

This is cranberry relish to us. No wiggling cylinder from a can, no whole berries that are cooked down with sugar. Our cranberry side dish is always fresh, chunky, sweet, and full of fruit. We think w...

Seasonal Spotlight: Chanterelle Mushrooms

I love it when these meaty, golden yellow mushrooms show up in the Fall at Far West Fungi or the Alemany market. They sprout from September to February, and are profuse since insects and other animal...

Wanting: Peugeot Nutmeg Mill

Nutmeg is much in demand this time of year, and we're cooking with it a lot. Emma is going to tell you all about this spice tomorrow morning, including its origins and some of the dishes it's commonly...

Holiday Entertaining: Do You Serve Appetizers for Thanksgiving Dinner?

Appetizers aren't a traditional part of the Turkey Day line-up, but we think it's a good to give people something to snack on while the meal is coming together. What do you think?...

Owl Cupcakes, Best Placemats and How To Set the Table
Delicious links for 11.18.08

It's Dining and Entertaining month over at our sister home sites, and we love seeing the great dining and tabletop ideas they find. Here are our picks today from AT, Ohdeedoh, and around the web. ...

Food Science: The Difference Between White Meat and Dark Meat

It seems like there's a new theory, trick, or technique every year for making sure the white and dark meat on a turkey cook evenly. What's all the fuss about? Let's take a look......

On Meeting Jamie Oliver

I met Jamie Oliver last week and it was a total thrill. Such a thrill that it didn't even cross my mind to get photographic evidence for you. Here's Jamie and Martha Stewart at the taping of her At ...

Rustic Pear Custard Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #24

Recipe: Rachel's Rustic Pear Custard Pie Category: Original We've seen quite a few apple pies in this Bakeoff, but no pear pies so far - until now. Rachel submitted an easy, flexible custard-filled p...

Recipe Source: The Spice House
Chicago

The Spice House is our favorite spot for spices, dried herbs and seasoning mixes in Chicago. The company also offers its products online, and has compiled a large database of recipes, including some m...

Good Question: Best Holiday Quick Breads Without Pumpkin or Cranberries?

Here's a holiday baking question from reader Ashley. Maybe you can help? She writes: I have a holiday baking dilemma. I want to bake a breakfasty quick bread for the holidays but my boyfriend hates ...

The Cheesemonger: Why Is My Cheese Orange?

Milk is white, so why is some cheese orange? What is the culprit responsible for this color change in cheese and why would some cheesemakers choose to rob their cheese of its natural tint in the first...

Canned Pumpkin, Best Pinot Noir, Bubble and Squeak, Bay Leaves, and Cooking With Leftovers
Top posts for November 10-16, 2008

Practical and frugal tips for cooking more with less ruled last week: we had tips on putting...

Recipe Roundup: Thanksgiving Stuffing

According to a survey we took last year, stuffing is by far your favorite Thanksgiving side dish. But when it comes to what type of stuffing, there's a lot of variation out there: cornbread, herb, ...

Apple Cranberry Galette with Stonewall Kitchen Apple Caramel Butter
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #23

Recipe: Donna's Apple Cranberry Galette with Stonewall Kitchen Apple Caramel Butter Category: Original The apple pies keep rolling in! We love all these new recipes for one of our favorite fruits, an...

Good Food with Evan Kleinman: Tips for Stress-Free Holiday Baking

As much as we love baking fresh goodies for all holiday gatherings starting to happen this time of year, the task can often become time-consuming and stressful. No more! This week on Good Food, Cindy ...

Open Thread 182

What's cooking this week?...

Pumpple Pie (Pumpkin & Apple!)
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #22

Recipe: Jennifer's Pumpple Pie (Pumpkin & Apple!) Category: Original Pumpkin AND apple! What a pie! We had a hard time deciding which category to put this into, but we ultimately decided that suc...

Drinking Vinegar: Have You Ever Made a Shrub?

We're not talking shrub as in the small bush in the corner of your yard. A shrub in the beverage sense is a non-alcoholic, fruit-infused vinegar that's usually mixed with soda water. We read about s...

French Pumpkins: Potimarron

While in France last week I thoroughly enjoyed prowling the morning market, its stretch of tables brilliant with fruit, vegetables, and delicious local specialties. Here's the local variety of pumpkin...

Creamy Adsuki Bean Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #21

Recipe: Joanna's Creamy Adsuki Bean Pie Category: Original Another bean pie! We already had one pie made from beans in this Bakeoff, and it piqued our interest. We were curious whether anyone else ma...

Handy Pantry Staple: Duck Confit in Cans

I know, I know. You're thinking: "Canned duck? Are you kidding me?" But trust me on this one, really. I love keeping a can of duck confit in my pantry, and unlike other foods in cans, it's actuall...

Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu from Gourmet

For all the talk about the big Thanksgiving meal, very little is said for the vegetarians among us. It's always about the turkey. The brining and the roasting and the carving and the drumsticks. Well,...

Quick Tip: How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

Though it's getting cold and blustery outside, we've still been seeing plenty of green tomatoes at the farmer's markets! If green tomatoes aren't your thing or you really have your heart set on one la...

On Traveling, Cooking, France, and the Bread Basket

One of the clichés about Europe and France in particular is the omnipresence of bread. And not just any bread, but crackly, crispy crust with soft and tender innards bread. I'm happy to report and s...

Chocolate Truffle Tart with Vanilla Crème Brulee
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #20

Recipe: Mary's Chocolate Truffle Tart with Vanilla Crème Brulee Category: Original Twenty pies! There are just a few more to go this week as we count down to a reader vote-off for the category winne...

Farmers' Market Report: Persimmons
Los Angeles

Some of our relatives own a small persimmon farm, and they told us that peak harvesting season has just arrived. Our trip to the Hollywood Farmers' Market yesterday confirmed this news, as the brillia...

What Foods Do You Buy Weekly?

After last week's discussion of all the ingredients we keep stocked and ready to go in our pantry, we got curious about what foods get bought on a weekly basis. These are either perishable ingredients...

Playing with Your Food: How To Make Carrot Flowers!

Carrot coins? Yawn. Matchsticks? Too much work! Next time you're making a stew or miso soup or gingered carrots, take a few minutes and make carrot flowers. It's simple, not too much extra work...

Heat-Resistant Spatulas and Loukoumades
Delicious links for 11.17.08

Have you ever seen these Greek doughnuts? We haven't seen them in person but we sure want to now! ...

Word of Mouth: Marron Glacé

marron glacé (ma-rohn glay-say): n. A chestnut preserved in syrup, usually eaten out of hand like candy or used as a topping for desserts. Chestnuts are a common ingredient this time of year,...

Recipe: Mushroom Soup

Earthy mushroom soup is one of our favorite fall meals. After trying several recipes, we settled on this one as a favorite and we come back to it again and again. It's adapted from a recipe by Anthony...

Look! A Cozy Bacon Wrap

We've seen other examples of "wearable" bacon in years past, but this bacon wrap really takes the cake...er...the bacon. The holidays are coming - is this something you'd like to give or receive?!...

Weekend Meditation: The Shared World

One of the hidden characteristics of food is that it is a conveyer of much more than bulk and nutrition. Secret and not so secret messages are served with food all the time. Here, eat this: I love ...

Candy Apple Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #19

Recipe: Susan's Candy Apple Pie Category: Classic The apple pies keep racking up, and they are all looking so good! The latest is this caramel-drizzled pie from Susan, and we can hardly wait to try i...

Buckeye Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #18

Recipe: Stephanie's Buckeye Pie Category: Original Do you know what Buckeyes are? Besides being a poisonous nut and the mascot of the Ohio State University, they are also delicious little candies ma...

Apple Ginger Pie Bars
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #17

Recipe: Vanessa's Apple Ginger Pie Bars Category: Original Pie as a cookie? Why yes, that's what Vanessa does here, and it looks great. What does pie in cookie form look like? Read on for Vanessa's r...

Banana Cream Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #16

Recipe: EJ's Banana Cream Pie Category: Classic Our weekend pie extravaganza continues today with four more pies entered in our Bakeoff. This one is a homestyle classic - but improved. It has homemad...