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The Week That Was, 11.23.2024

Salmon for your face, pumpkin for the table, and pre-pre-Black Friday sales. Of course.

November 23, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Roll That Pumpkin

Because you really don’t have all that much to do before Thanksgiving, right?

November 21, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: An Ode to Onions

Two recipes that challenge trendy Brussels sprouts.

November 14, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: 7 Cooking Tools I Take on Vacation

Rent that palazzo or casita, but take your kitchen gear with you.

November 7, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: An Alice’s Restaurant Thanksgiving

A song became a movie became a family tradition.

October 31, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Where Tea Is King

In England, cake isn’t dessert. It’s ritual.

October 24, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Of Spice and Real Estate

Nutmeg is a subtle player in recipes, including Coca-Cola.

October 17, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: The Science of Spuds

Here’s how to up your potato game.

October 10, 2024

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11 Amazon Prime Deals for Grownup Girls

Some things are even better when they’re on sale.

October 8, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: On the Perfection of Pillivuyt

This porcelain cookware is worth the (modest) investment.

October 4, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: I Know My Chickens, Part 2

Shooing possums, curing their ‘egg shooters’: what people will do for chicken love.

September 26, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: I Know My Chickens, Part 1

A no-yolking look at raising poultry.

September 19, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Olive Oil for the 21st Century Cook

Hints to find the best one in quality (non-negotiable) and taste (all yours!).

September 12, 2024

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The Real Swing Vote Is Women

How women will determine the future of our country.

September 10, 2024

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woman putting food scraps into composting bin

Kitchen Detail: Waste Not, Want Not

Composting programs are taking hold around the US.

September 5, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Zucchini Relief (Again)

3 recipes that use a lot of the abundant summer squash.

August 29, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: The Ultimate French Fries

Luther Burbank gave us thornless blackberries. He also gave us the world-class Burbank Russet potato.

August 22, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Tomatopalooza

Too much of a good thing is great.

August 16, 2024

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