This year, everyone in our family agreed that we are blessed with plenty of things in our lives. While we're not averse to gifts of homemade sweets and savories, we're keeping the stuff to a minimum a...
There's been a lot of talk lately about buying cheaper cuts of meat to save money. We've told you how to cook them and why less expensive, tougher meats make good braises. But even if you want to ke...
People say that the first thing to go when the economy is down are donations to charity. But we've seen a strange thing happening among our friends and acquaintances in the past few weeks. Instead of ...
For years, we've been using our plastic grocery bags to line all our trashcans (including the one in our kitchen). Now that we've been packing groceries in our own cloth bags, we're running out of pla...
Last year we told you about Cookies for Kids Cancer, and how our friend Gretchen had a crazy idea: bake, package, and sell 96,000 cookies in the mother of all bake sales, to help raise money for resea...
There's a lot of pressure during the holiday season - and at Thanksgiving in particular - to throw the most extravagant, impressive dinner parties possible. This can leave many of us torn between holi...
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 ...
Having a sushi-making party? Blue Ocean Institute, the folks who bring you one of the most useful and frequently updated wallet seafood guides, now has a pocket guide to ocean-friendly sushi that you ...
Elizabeth's post from a few weeks ago on costing out a home-cooked meal got us thinking about the average cost of running our kitchen appliances. Did you know that a slow-cooker on the high setting us...
A reader recently emailed me after he came across a post we ran in March about not wasting food and told me it was actually the topic to which he devotes his entire blog. "It's a topic near and dear ...
Vegetable stock is one of those ingredients that is easy to buy off the shelf yet so much more delicious – and economical – when cooked from scratch. And you don't have to purchase pounds ...
We know what you're thinking: "You've already asked us if we could eat on $25 a week and told us how to save money in our cooking. Now you want us give up food altogether?" Is the economy looking that...
As pie and cookie season nears, we thought we'd focus on sugar for the final installment of our Fair Trade pantry series....
A recent article on Slate titled "The Agony of the Food Snob" was an interesting read, and raises some questions....
Whether you'd like to cut back your expenses because you're a student, you're feeling the economic pinch, or you'd just like to save some pennies, here are some basic ways to start rethinking your spe...
Here at The Kitchn, we're passionate about local honey and love being part of the chain that connects a region's flowers, bees, beekeepers, and consumers. (Joanna highlighted one of these regional pro...
It's officially fall, which means cold and flu season has begun. Do you have any friends stuck at home with a cold? How about any friends with a new baby, or friends who have just moved? Would you lik...
In honor of National Fair Trade Month, we're taking a look at some of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of common pantry ingredients. Last week, we found a number of Fair Trade cocoa pro...
Imagine a situation where 100% of the fresh fruits and vegetables for an entire urban population are grown inside climate-controlled towers right in the city itself. Dr. Dickson Despommier was on this...
Although we do our best to eat local, some things are just grown too far from home. One of these foods is cocoa, most of which comes from the Ivory Coast region of West Africa, as well as Central Amer...
Whether you're looking to save some pennies, save some packaging, or save the gas it takes to drive to the store, buying food and kitchen supplies in bulk is a great idea. Here are a few of the things...
October is National Fair Trade Month! Throughout the month, The Kitchn will be exploring different Fair Trade products such as cocoa, honey, vanilla, and wine. To kick things off, we thought we'd take...
Can you imagine creating three nutritious meals a day? Can you imagine doing that with a budget of $3...for all three meals? To highlight how difficult it is for those who have to make ends meet on ...
The word "sustainable" can bring up a lot of confusion and anxiety. It seems like every day there's something new to consider or switch to using or avoid altogether. Sustainability coach Deborah Tull ...
Refrigerators are our tombs. I spent the past weekend at Slow Food Nation and returned home with this statement from Carlo Petrini ringing in my head. ...
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