Updates from Favorite Food Blogs

Pancakes and Louisiana - This past week, I was on the road working on a freelance project. And while the job involved two of my favorite things—Texas and food—it prevented me from ...

Bacon and Cheese Breakfast Muffins with a Kick - Pin It Weekends at our house are a time for more leisurely breakfasts… things that require more effort than the opening of a box and a pouring of cereal an...

Meyer Lemon Margarita - Before heading off on a long trip, some friends of ours dropped off a few things from their fridge. Among the booty: Meyer lemons. As someone who enjoys gi...

Saturday Snapshots #182 - Regents Canal reflections - London, January 2008 The Regent's Canal is a canal which links Limehouse Basin on the Thames to the Paddington branch of the Gran...

Ashlawn Farm Coffee: A quick message - Those of you who visit often know how much I love Ashlawn Farm. It's the home of one of my favorite Farmers Markets (oh, for the farmers market season t...

Japchae - Japchae is one of my favorite Korean dishes and it also happens to be incredibly simple to prepare, which makes it perfect for a weeknight meal. The clear ...

Market to Pantry #27: Farmers' market, Kocaeli, Turkey - [image: Kocaeli-market-1] From Mrs Ergül (Mrs Ergül's Kitchen Haven), in Singapore: I would like to share the farmer's market near my in-laws' home in Tu...

Garlic Shrimp – Not Necessarily In That Order - The great thing about posting a recipe as generic as “Garlic Shrimp,” is that nobody can complain it’s not authentic. If it has shrimp and enough garlic i...

Midnight Chocolate Cupcakes - These Midnight Chocolate Cupcakes are the perfect recipe to make if you’re in the mood for a very dark, chocolate cupcake. They get their name from the fac...

Gluten-Free Orange Scented Soda Bread - [image: Gluten free orange scented soda bread] *Good morning! Gluten-free orange scented soda bread.* Confession. I wasn't into Valentine's Day this year....

Friday Cocktail Hour | Rosemary Preserved Lemon Spritzer (non-alcoholic) - NOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by...

happy hour: kumquat + ginger fizz - Hellloooo happy hour! I’ve been waiting for you all week! Thank goodness I have a long weekend to look forward to, because this week was a whopper. One thi...

Friday Farm Photo: The Great Backyard Bird Count Starts Today—and You're Invitied To Join In! - [image: Wild turkeys in the snowy hayfield - FarmgirlFare.com] *We counted over 40 wild turkeys in the hayfield last Friday—a new record.* Warmer temperatur...

Calamari Stuffed With Shrimp and Smoked Metsovone Cheese - As a general rule, cheese and fish & seafood shouldn’t be mixed but there are always exceptions and when it comes to Greek food, we have some wonderful che...

Home - I’m home. I may not be for long but it feels good to be here. So much to process from this trip, as is the case with any trip, but this one in particular f...

YOUR Sourdough Bread - They’ve begun trickling in—photos of the bread some of you’ve made as part of our Sourdough Challenge. I can’t tell you how delighted I have been to see th...

Egg Salad - Egg salad is easy and makes the perfect lunch. Use it to make egg salad sandwiches.

Cake Pop Bouquet and our 16th Anniversary together - This week, exactly 16 years ago, we met in a itty bitty coffee house. Todd was behind the counter serving espresso’s and Diane walked in thirsty for a mo...

The Palace Chicken Coop - Hey guys! It’s Scott’s (my husband…otherwise known as the “.com” of Steamy Kitchen) first post! ~Jaden When Jaden brought home 5 fluffy new friends in Ju...

Wintery Spring Rolls - This post started with me snapping a few photos of the lunch I packed for a flight from San Francisco to Paris. My hope is, by the time you see this, I'...

Chocolate Cookies with Toppings - I made these on my Food Network show last weekend, but because we had a lot of family things going on this week, I wasn’t able to post them here until toda...

Hazelnut Muffins - Remember how much I love Kim Boyce? Last weekend I fell in love, all over again, with Good to the Grain . It was prompted by an article I read about Kim’s ...

The Best and Worst of Canarian Food - There are two delicacies unique to the Canary Islands that every visitor should try at least once—and in the case of one of them, once is quite enough

Salt: Interview with Tony Maws from Craigie on Main - Last time I wrote about salt was in 2006, so it's time to revisit the subject. I'll kick off a series about this favorite topic of mine with an interview...

Kreplach (Dumplings) - My neighbor, Lois Baron, gave me a version of this recipe, which calls for roasting and braising a beef brisket. When I told her I intended to give it a sh...

Cookbook Review: Parents Need to Eat Too by Debbie Koening - While most moms spend their entire pregnancy worrying about how and what to feed their newborn, they often neglect themselves. While baby is fortified wit...

Chickpea Curry - One of my favorite things to make on a weeknight, these days, is a kitchen cupboard chickpea curry. It goes like this: I open my kitchen cupboard, pull out...

Estonian recipes: yellow split pea soup with smoked pork (hernesupp suitsulihaga) - [image: Estonian split pea soup with smoked ham / Hernesupp] It's *Shrove Tuesday* next week, and before feasting on *delicious Lenten buns* (I've blogged ...

Recipe for Slow Cooker Kielbasa and White Bean Stew with Tomatoes and Spinach - [image: Slow Cooker Kielbasa and White Bean Stew] A tasty stew that starts with dried beans cooked all day in the slow cooker! I wasn't really planning to...

Pasta With Roasted Winter Squash, Pioppini Mushrooms and Baby Spinach - This morning I woke up to a frosty world, white grass and icy roads. It was beautiful, cold and beautiful but had it been say three weeks ago I wouldn't h...

Beef Empanadas - Cuban Street Food In most major U.S. cities you can find a hotdog stand every block or so. They’re America’s street food. But although you can also find ho...

Venison Medallions with Gin and Juniper - This was one of the first venison recipes I ever made, and it's still one of the best, as the flavors of gin, juniper and venison are meant for each other.

Boiled beef tongue - Here´s the thing: if you mean to be a responsible meat eater, you have to eat offal. That´s all there is to it. I only eat meat three or four times a week,...

Just Say No to Norovirus - In case you've been wondering where I've been, let's just say that food and I have been spending a little time apart. It was me, not food. I was being too ne...

Burnt Eggplant Dip, A Twist on Baba Ganoush from Yotam Ottolenghi of Plenty - My second cooking date with Yotam didn't go as well as the first. I made his take on baba ganoush, which is similar to this recipe, but calls for the additio...

Someone who will do more for a tomato than I - So, you know how I say it’s amazing what I’d do for a good tomato? Well, I’ve most certainly met my match. This guy? Well, let’s just say it’s really amazi...

Lemon verrines - Lemon verrines I wish I had the time to share the recipe of the lemon verrines I made for us tonight, but unfortunately, I can’t–I have pages of drafts alm...

Chocolate Appreciation Society (Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat) - [image: Chocolates] A little over a year ago, I received the kind of phone call that makes you * beam* for hours on end, unable (and not really willing, e...

The Argument for Same-Sex Marriage: Kiwi-Gin Cocktail - *-So this is the longest post ever. You may want to make the cocktail recipe at the end of the post before actually reading this.-* So if you aren’t keepi...

Someone Else's Kids - I don't want to parent someone else's kids. It's hard enough parenting my own.

Avocado Tofu Salad with Ponzu Recipe - This is a zen salad. For one thing, like meditation, it requires slowing down. Normally salad is something you throw together at the last minute. Not thi...

The Hungarian grail of cheese pastry - Pogácsa - "No, I am serious, this is the very best cheese nibble I have eaten in my life!" isn't exactly the worst kind of feedback to receive when you have just spe...

Triple Chocolate Brownies - Chocolate is the fastest way to my heart. And I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it probably is the way to a lot of peoples hearts. So I’ve created the ult...

baked gnocchi alla puttanesca - Hi friends, this is a guest post from a friend of mine Debbie. Realizing that I’m the last person who should opine/review things relating to mommyhood, I a...

lasagna bolognese - Lasagna Bolognese Ragu adapted from Anne Burrell, everything else from trial and error Serves 12 (in hearty portions) to 15 (in generous 3-inch squares). Y...

Cold Comfort - Europe, as you've no doubt heard, has been pretty cold lately. After a far-warmer-than-average November, December and January, February donned its icy glov...

Wine for Valentine’s - February. With the hectic holidays behind us and resolutions intact- or not- the month brings things to look forward to. For me, it’s picking out the per...

A Day In The Life - I was recently reading one of my favorite blogs called Kitchen Corners from the lovely Damaris Santos Palmer, and yes, she’s as equally wonderful in person...

Mindful Eating, Mindful Tech - Take a moment to be present. Where are you? What are you doing? What are you eating? Right this second, I’m sitting in a chair at my computer. I have a cup...

January and Roasted Pear Salad Recipe - Okay, skip to the end if you are just after the roasted pear salad. I was back into chemo on 3rd January so we made the most of the few days beforehand wit...

Wordless Wednesday: Learning to Live Together - It’s hard to believe that it’s been over seven years since we brought home a scrawny stray kitten to terrorize Smack. It wasn’t exactly love at first sigh...

Dear World, - I am writing to you, once again, from my friend Ben’s dining room.When I was here last August, writing my brains out, I had a hunch that a return visit might...

Monday photos: New York cravings - I am in New York, for family reasons. Not the best of circumstances, and I wasn't even sure I'd make it given my lousy health these days, but with the ki...

Mizutaki Chicken Hot Pot - Mizutaki hot pot is about as simple as it gets: Pile a bunch of ingredients into a hot pot. Pour in water. Turn on the heat and cook.

World Nutella Day - I interrupt my regularly scheduled sourdough broadcast with this very special announcement: Today is World Nutella Day. Happy spooning everyone! Above is N...

Strawberry Almond Stuffed French Toast - This post is brought to you by Dannon Activia Harvest Picks. Sunday mornings are for sleeping in and eating brunch. It is the only day of the week where ou...

How to Make Homemade Almond Butter - I wrote on my healthy living site, Food Blogger on a Diet, about how much I’ve come back to eat (and let myself enjoy) nut butters recently. I probably hav...

[001:365] Bill - My run of bad luck with horses continued right through 2011 and I’m hoping with all my heart that it’s over going into 2012. Digger was retired from his ...

Sweet New Zealand and Blackcurrant Semifreddo - [image: Sweet New Zealand and Blackcurrant Semifreddo]I'm sneaking in one last post before 2012 arrives, one last entry into December - my month of hosting...

Rare Plates - *Continue reading...*

East African Sweet Pea Soup - East African Sweet Pea Soup (adapted from Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant by the Mo...

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe - Tweaked from Here Makes About 36 Pieces This recipe is pretty straight-forward. Melt the butter along with some ground nutmeg (it enhances the flavor of th...

1997 All Over Again - Although we live in baby-centric Noe Valley now, DPaul and I lived right on Dolores Park for 11 years. During this time, we watched the neighborhood evolve...

Photo Friday: Japanese Wedding Couple in Traditional Dress - There are so many things I love about this photo of a Japanese wedding couple in Miyajima, Japan. I love the old traditional style of Japanese wedding gar...

how to mentor, manage, inspire, push, listen to, grow, promote, share with, challenge and send off cooks. - Chefs are {in}famous for posessing many traits. Patient & Understanding are not two of them. Not high on the list at any rate. We're famous for more popular ...

Thoughts on Japan and An Update - It feels rather strange to come back to this space after being away for so long – I didn’t mean to neglect it, and I’ve been keeping in touch on Twitter...

Curry night @ The Picnic Basket – a fundraising for Thai flood victims - It’s not easy to cook a hot meal in 5ft of floodwater. This Sunday November 13, my friends at the Picnic Basket, the Penny Ice Creamery and I will take the...

Hiatus - You know how when you play Tetris and the bricks don't line up and plonk into place like you need them to? They keep piling up and piling up and piling up --...

Thai-style Chicken Salad - Oh, hello there readers! I have been swept away by an adorable baby and I’m determined to spend every last second of my maternity leave cuddling and playin...

Griddlecakes - I need a break. A time out from my life. Just a few months, maybe, to live someone else’s. Or, better, to live in someone else’s body. Everything will stay...

Distant inspiration - ©2010 Married ...with dinner - All rights reserved No reproduction permitted without prior consent ©2010 Married ...with dinner - All rights reserved No r...

Hipsters on Food Stamps: Not the Full Story - My twitter feed exploded this week with links to Salon's article titled Hipsters on Food Stamps. The article is just sexy enough to be the topic that we are ...

This Week In Eating Out - Nine Pancakes We Love in Chicago: Where to find some of Chicago's best flapjacks. Sliced Smoked Brisket at Podnah's in Portland, OR: Texas barbecue relocat...

Healdsburg gets a dash of the Mediterranean with Bergamot Alley - Healdsburg's newest wine bar, Bergamot Alley, focuses on hard-to-find Mediterranean wines and local, handmade snacks to accompany them.

bolo de canela - [image: bolo-canela_1S.jpg] Em outubro de 2010 fui jantar na casa da minha querida xará Dadivosa. As outras felizes convidadas eram a Roberta, minha supe...

The Week's Top Family Posts February 13 - 17, 2012 - [image: 2012-FamHot218.jpg] • *Where the Wild Things Are* Rumpus • Loft Space Solution: *Self Contained Bunks* • LEGO as a Construction Material • Before ...

James Metcalf and Ana Pellicer: Copper Artists in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán - This article about Ana Pellicer and James Metcalf was originally published on September 19, 2009. I re-publish it today in homage to Jim, who passed away on ...

Mexican Spiral Bread: A new twist on swirled breads - Recipe: Mexican Spiral Bread

President Obama Gets Takeout Dim Sum - (Photo from the SFGate.com) Chinese food doesn’t make national headlines very often, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a Chinese takeout-related story a...

Spaghetti alla Carbonara - [image: Spaghetti alla Carbonara] Spaghetti pasta alla carbonara. Luscious and wonderfully indulgent, it takes as long to make as it does to cook the spag...

Quince Time. - In one ofthe cookery books referred to earlier in the week - *Miss Parloa’s New Cookbook and Marketing Guide *(Boston, 1908) – Ispotted a recipe for quince...

France and the Food of War : I - Food offers us so much – nourishment, familial connections, status, comfort, security, and – above all – survival. Truth be … Continue reading »

So, what’s the deal? - After some physical therapy, an interesting work schedule and have my beloved wife out of state, I think I’ve finally gotten my schedule and life back into...

The First Praise for "Sweet Tooth" - This comes from Elizabeth Abbot via my publisher... “Kate Hopkins’s scrumptious first-person account of her pilgrimage to resolve a midlife crisis by repli...

A craving for quinoa and sweet potato cakes - Do you ever have those moments where suddenly lunch becomes the most important event in your life? Surely, I spend most of my days planning, cooking, an...

that persistent hope - When we first moved into this house where we will be living for one more month, Lu was only 8 months old. There is no way to convey how long ago that feels...

A Slow Roasted Grappa Garlic and Lemon Pepper Chicken with Parsnip Fries - Looking for some repose from all the pink sparkly hearts and frilly red roses? Welcome to this space - a place where there are no cute frosted cupcakes or ...

Black and White Wednesday: Pickles - Jarred pickles for sale at the Farmer’s Market last December –Five dollar per jar. Black and White Wednesday is a culinary photography event, which Susan o...

escarole soup with white beans, rosemary and parmesan rind - My favorite supermarket is over twenty miles away, so I don't get there often, but when I do, I always find something unexpected . Yesterday I snatched u...

Confusion at the sushi bar - As a follow up to my piece about seafood mislabeling, let's take a trip to the sushi bar, where things can be even more confusing. An already challenging ...

Cold Comfort - Europe, as you've no doubt heard, has been pretty cold lately. After a far-warmer-than-average November, December and January, February donned its icy glov...

Joseph Murray (Marie) Blanc - Today is my grandfather's birthday.

Fennel-Apple Salad ♥ with Orange-Zest Candied Black Walnuts - [image: Fennel-Apple Salad with Orange-Zest Candied Black Walnuts] Today's winter salad: Chopped fennel and apple served atop orange rounds. This is a decid...

Teaching Photography Online - It’s hard to believe that it’s the last week of the online food photography and styling for bloggers workshop that started in early January! It’s been a gr...

A ruby red brussels sprout and gruyere salad - For three years in a row I have tried to grow my own brussels sprout ‘rubine’, the beautiful crimson flecked cousin of the common green brussel, and for th...

Thanksgiving 2011!! - Every now and then, life goes crazy, right? That’s where Shiv and I have both been for a couple months now. I’ve barely had time to put my dinner order in ...

Shedding light on a permaculture farm: Review of “Bioshelter Market Garden” - In 1983, Darrell and Linda Frey established Three Sisters Farm in western Pennsylvania, seeing a five-acre field "of bare soil and corn stubble" as the per...

Pre-Order the Serious Eats Book - Pardon the shameless shill for a moment, but we're both pretty excited about this. As most of you probably know, Blake and I have been writing the Dinner...

Thrashing about - Someone has hacked the site. Technicians are working on it right now, so I hope it will be ready for new articles soon. I hope you didn’t receive any mass...

Hyderabadi Bagara Baigan: Eggplant Curry In a Peanut Sauce - In my last post, I described my general love of all things eggplant and gave a recipe for a Chinese way of cooking them. In my litany of international ways...

Bending the rules on bacteria (New York Times) - PEPPERED as we are by government warnings about the potential health hazards of eating and drinking just about everything, it was refreshing (and perplexing)...

Cauliflower with Yellow Lentils and Peas - Cauliflower is a wonder food, and the same is true for lentils, but steamed cauliflower and cups of lentils can get boring fast. This preparation, fairly...

Do Wine Blogs Matter? - I wrote an article for the San Francisco Chronicle about wine blogs and their effect on the market. I had hoped to make that announcement the new post on...

We're blushing - Contigo received a lot of great press today. We open for business tomorrow.