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Posts tagged “Holidays - New Year's”

New Year's Cooking Resolutions: How's It Going?

Remember those cooking resolutions we made back in January? We know that resolutions made with the best of intentions at New Year's have a tendency to lose their draw as the months progress, so we tho...

More Chinese New Year Recipes from Rasa Malaysia

Are you cooking Chinese food tonight? We're planning a last-minute (hardly authentic) scramble of Chinese broccoli, scallions, eggs, and some leftover farro. But what we're really craving is one of th...

Oranges and Dumplings: 10 Recipes for Chinese New Year

Do you celebrate Chinese New Year? We love any excuse to eat dumplings, so this is an exciting time. Here are ten recipes from around the web that we think look particularly good. Add your own traditi...

How To Make Blood Orange Jelly Smiles

It's almost Chinese New Year! The Lunar New Year falls on Monday, January 26, this year, and we're eager to talk about the food. Chinese New Year may be one of the most food-centric holidays in the wo...

Cooking Resolutions for the New Year! What Are Yours?

We make resolutions for things like keeping a clean house, biking to work, and spending less money - why not throw a few cooking resolutions into the mix? Think about trying a new food, mastering a ne...

Happy New Year's From Everyone At The Kitchn

Happy New Year! We had a lot of fun and good times with all of you over the past year, and we're looking forward to 2009. What's cooking today, on the first day of a new year? Is hoppin' John on the m...

Two Champagne Cocktails for New Year's

A little later today we are going to give you a roundup of some of our favorite wine and cocktail posts from 2008. But first, just in time for 2009, here are two more delicious (and easy) champagne co...

Doing Good Food Deeds

Merry Christmas, Kitchn readers! Our hands are sore from jamming cloves into clementines so I'll see how well I can type. Today our writers take a well-deserved day off and I leave you with a nice big...

Tip: Use Spreadable Goat Cheese in Place of Cream Cheese

I recently got hip to a great cream-cheese alternative for bagels and such and was thinking it'd be a nice time to pass on the tip given what a brunch-y time of year this is between Christmas and New ...

Affordable Wines for Gift-Giving: White and Sparkling

As more and more Americans enjoy wine, giving wine as a gift has also grown in popularity. As usual there is the feeling that you need to spend a lot if the wine is to be appreciated. This absolutely ...

Placesettings for Thanksgiving and Other Holidays

Yesterday Sara Kate asked for photos of your Thanksgiving tables. We'll post a roundup soon of the beautiful tables that you've sent in. Meanwhile, here's mine. ...

Conscientious Entertaining: How to Spend Less Money this Holiday Season

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...

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 ...

Holiday Tools: Multi-Tier Oven Rack

Now here's a handy tool for Thanksgiving and the other holidays swiftly approaching. We don't know about you, but there never seems to be enough room in our oven on the day itself. There are squash ca...

Happy Rosh Hashanah! Holiday Eats from The Jew & The Carrot

Shana tovah umetukah! Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. We offer the longer blessing because we love the meaning for cooks and eaters: a good and sweet year. On Rosh Hashanah observant Jews...

What Are Your Kitchen Resolutions for 2008?

Best Wishes for 2008 from all of us here at The Kitchn. We're wondering what your cooking-related resolutions are for the new year. Wende from The Sky Is Bigger There has resolved to make one of o...

Top Home Cooking Trends for 2008

We're ready to throw down our top four predictions for what will be happening in our home kitchens in 2008. We've come up with this list based on conversations and product requests from you our reader...

Glowing Straws and Wineglass Wraps: New Year's Party Products from Realm Dekor

We have never quite known what to do with New Year's Eve. We are usually still trying to recover from the Christmas festivities and fall asleep sometime around 10pm. But if we were to throw a New Ye...

New Year's Day Recipes: Hoppin' John and Plenty of Pork

What are you cooking on New Year's Day? My mom always serves pork. Somewhere along the way, she picked up this idea that if you eat chicken on the first day of January "you'll scratch and scratch all...

Holiday Host's Diary #3: Pictures from the Party

Happy Holidays from TheKitchn! I wanted to share some pictures from my Christmas party and see how your celebrations are coming along too. A two pound hunk of English Stilton with Port and Pepper W...

Holiday Food Hack #2: Don't Start from Scratch

We say - don't start from scratch? Have we lost all our principles? Hardly. We are not in any way, shape, or form above the idea of starting with a good commercially-made base and creating something n...

Dress up Holiday Desserts with Pomegranates

Company came for supper on Friday night, and for dessert we had Orange Cake with a spiced red wine and citrus syrup. This tasty, easy cake is also simple and plain, and we wanted to dress it up a bi...

Recipes & Inspiration: Cocktail Party Goodies

We're addicted to kitschy trays and dishes that are definitely not for everyday use. Since there's no sense in collecting stuff and leaving it in a drawer, and these dishes are perfect for appetizer...