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Recipe: Best-Ever Veggie Burgers from Northstar Cafe
Restaurant Reproduction

Even before we'd been to the Northstar Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, we'd heard about their veggie burgers. "They are unlike any other veggie burger you've ever had," we were promised by both vegetarians an...

Recipe: Couscous with Raisins, Pine Nuts, and Capers

Here's a new recipe to add to the list of ideas for quick and flavorful couscous. We're nicknaming it "Couscous Veneziana," as it was inspired by the toppings on our favorite Veneziana pizza at London...

Aperitif Cocktail: The Bittercup
Restaurant Recipe

We have a thing for cocktails with complexity: we like more than a touch of bitterness, with a little sweet, a little sour, a little fizz to keep us interested all the way to the last drop. If you lik...

Homemade Take-Out: How to Make a Thick Stir Fry Sauce

We have a terrible weakness for those Chinese take-out stir fries that come coated with glossy, unctuous sauces. We could never quite duplicate it in our kitchen, and then we stumbled upon the secret ...

How Do I Recreate This Lemon Tart From Amsterdam?
Good Questions

Q: I had this fabulous lemon tart while on holiday in Amsterdam. It was so different to the lemon-curd style tart that I'm used to in Montreal. It was very soft and tender, consistent, sort of eggy/ca...

How Can I Make Nutella At Home?
Good Questions

Q: Because I'm human, I love Nutella. I really want to try to make it myself, but all the recipes I've found call for grinding hazelnuts yourself. I don't have a food processor (I make pesto in a coff...

How Do I Make the Dill Dressing Served With Greek Food?
Good Questions

Q: I have always loved, loved, loved the dill dressing that Greek restaurants serve with salads and souvlakis, but I have never ever had luck with making it in my own kitchen. Does this stuff just c...

The Best Waffle You'll Ever Eat: Gaufres de Liege
Guest Post from Chichi of My Chalkboard Fridge

Can you love a waffle so much that it becomes essentially impossible to do justice to its magnificence? The first time I tried Gaufres de Liege I was in Amsterdam, where the waffles must have migrate...

Good Question: Help Me Recreate Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Here's a very interesting question about "cookie dough" ice cream from Kristin. Read her question carefully; it's not the cookie dough ice cream you may be thinking of! About 20 years ago in New Haven...

Recipe: Goat Cheese Tart with Roasted Eggplant, Zucchini, and Caramelized Onions

This week, Dana reflected on influences, particularly those restaurant meals which inspire us in our own kitchens. This is a dish influenced by my own recent visit to the Porthminster Café, a b...

Recipe: Asparagus & Pecorino

Last week we ate at Mario Batali's pizzeria, Otto and promptly afterward I decided to tell you about my vegetables sides tucked in little bowls. Last week's email gave the recipe for some minty Englis...

Recipe: Peas with Prosciutto & Mint

Tuesday night we ate at Mario Batali's pizzeria, Otto. The not-so-secret secret to enjoying this place is to order a bunch of the sides and just munch. And so we did. Minty English peas and prosciutto...

Bringing The Restaurant Home

When we do dine out, often times we eat in places where the following sentence can be completed: "We must eat here, I just love their _______." In our home one of our biggest weaknesses when it com...

Good Question: What Kind of Cookie Is This?

Here's an interesting case of identify-the-cookie from Marcus in Oslo. Can you help him? I'm looking for your help identifying a cookie made of almonds (I think). It is a little bit hard on the outsid...

Good Question: Help Me Find a Recipe for Fern Cakes

Here's a good question from Amanda. Can you help her? My boyfriend has been talking about these small tarts his dad used to bring home from a Scottish bakery when he was a kid. We figured out that th...

Marfalafel! Help Us Recreate Marfa's Food Shark Specialty

We don't talk much about eating out here on The Kitchn, but our visit to Marfa, Texas, yielded a lunch spot with a specialty we've got to recreate at home. ...

Cooking Chef Recipes at Home: What’s Been Your Experience?

Every time we see a new cookbook by a top chef featuring recipes from their high-end restaurant, we feel torn. We're drawn in by the possibility of recreating a fantastic restaurant meal in at home, b...

Restaurant Recipe: Buttermilk Fried Chicken from Ad Hoc

It's been quite the week for fried chicken. First we gave you Grandma's recipe, then we showed you oven-fried crispy chicken. And now we're giving you one more crispy, greasy, delicious recipe for fri...

Recipe: Endive, Fennel and Parmesan with Anchovy Date Dressing

I'm still in LA, and Maxwell finally joined me a few nights ago. I took him straight from the airport to dinner at Mozza, a Nancy Silverton/Mario Batali/Joseph Bastianich production in Hollywood that ...

Good Question: Help Me Replicate These Crisps!

Shayna is trying to save money and explore a new recipe by cracking the code on these crisps. Can you help? I need some help figuring out how to work backwards from the super tasty (and way out of my...

Looking For: Black Bean Pancake Recipe

We're here to help you with your good questions and your recipe searches. Here's one from Jake. Can you help him? Just recently, I just went to a local organic restaurant and they had a black bean p...

Recipe: Ortine's Mediterranean Platter

We are really excited about this recipe from Sarah Peck, the head chef at charming Brooklyn eatery Ortine. We just did a kitchen tour of Ortine, and Sarah gave us this recipe to share with you. The th...

Good Question: How Can I Make a Good Mango Lassi?

Here's a good question from reader Kim, who is craving a real mango lassi, made at home! I love Indian food, and I really love the mango lassis that you can get at Indian restaurants. I have looked ...

Ingredient Spotlight: Barberries

We ate at a new Middle-Eastern restaurant over the weekend and our dish came with a warm sauce of tiny berries we can't wait to try at home. The sauce was just so deliciously tart and paired so well w...

Recipe: Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Fontina

This recipe was inspired by a similar salad at Caffe Falai, a little skinny restaurant downtown in Soho. When we ate it, we knew it was a great healthy, hearty dish that would be perfect for lunch or ...