OK, let’s be honest: We’ve all probably stepped out of an Uber, fumbled with our front-door locks, and belatedly realized that we shouldn’t have had that last glass of wine. The next morning usually arrives with a headache, a dry mouth, and a solemn promise that you’re one and done at the next after-work happy … [Read more…]
If I could ask the Pioneer Woman one question, I would probably ask her where she got her hand-painted orange KitchenAid. And if I got a second question, I would definitely ask her about sliders. Sliders just seem like they’d be her thing. Ree Drummond’s whole oeuvre is cowboys and classic Americana, so a very … [Read more…]
In all of literature there are few food moments as iconic, or as horrifyingly embarrassing, as when 8-year-old Ramona Quimby cracks a hard-boiled egg on top of her head in the middle of lunch, only to discover her mother sent her with a raw egg by mistake. Ramona is left crushed, humiliated, and with a … [Read more…]
What do you do when you get food you don’t like? Do you take a taste and decide to leave it on your plate? Do you force yourself to eat it just to be polite and not wasteful? Insulting the food or throwing a tantrum might seem like the worst possible responses to an unappetizing … [Read more…]
Making a really good smoothie is more than just piling ingredients into your blender. The way the ingredients are layered has a big impact on the way the drink is processed and on the final texture. To whip up a creamy smoothie, you have to know when to add ingredients to the blender. READ MORE … [Read more…]
Pound cake is the best friend of the dessert world. It’s not fussy. It can be dressed up with whipped cream and berries, slathered with butter and placed on a grill, or simply sliced and enjoyed alongside a steaming cup of coffee. It’s happy to be loved exactly as it is. Continue reading “Vanilla Pound … [Read more…]
Believe it or not, Etsy is now 13 years old. Which means, if it were a person, it could officially see PG-13 movies and yell things like, “UGH, you just don’t understand.” But because it’s an online marketplace for creators, a 13th birthday just means an excuse to have a sale. The sale, which runs … [Read more…]
People throw away billions of dollars worth of perfectly good food every year. Nobody wants to waste food, but it’s an easy thing to do when you’re standing in front of the refrigerator wondering, “How long has this been here? Is this still good?” And the labels on food packages are not nearly as useful … [Read more…]
It seems like the older I get, the more likely I am to cry at car commercials, at greeting cards, and at whatever random rom-com I watch during an overnight flight. And this year’s World Cup has sent my lacrimal ducts into overdrive: I’ve sniffled through Iceland’s Coca-Cola commercial (which was directed by the team’s … [Read more…]
No kitchen is complete without a cast iron skillet, and that’s especially true if you also own a grill. You can adapt just about any stovetop cast iron pan recipe to be prepared on the grill. Yes, even if you have a charcoal grill. Whether it’s imbuing a smoky tinge into a skillet hash of … [Read more…]