Alcohol with lunch? Well, why not? Why not a nice white wine to go with your salad, or a crisp IPA to accompany that sandwich?
Author: Kathryn Hill
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Survey: Do You Drink Alcohol With Lunch?
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Three Styles Of Bento Lunchboxes
I guess you could call me a Japanophile. I love learning about Japanese cuisine, and I eagerly collect Japanese kitchen items. I became enamored with bento boxes a while ago, and now I have three different styles of bento boxes that serve various purposes. What they all have in common is that they are convenient, easy to clean, and fun.
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Recipe: Cuban Sandwich
No one can seem to agree on where and when the Cuban sandwich originated, but most can agree that it’s delicious. This humble sandwich is workingman’s fare for the cigar makers and sugar cane field workers in Cuba and among the Cuban communities in Florida. Walk down Calle Ocho in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, and you’d be hard-pressed to not find a café selling “sandwich mixto” along with little cups of jet fuelcafé cubano (Cuban coffee.)
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How To Make A Pressed Sandwich: Without A Sandwich Press!
Have you ever wanted to make a panini or some other form of pressed sandwich, but you didn’t want to shell out the money for an unitasker like a sandwich press? Besides, sandwich presses take up space. In this post, we’ll show you how you can make panini-like sandwiches using kitchen equipment that you probably already have!
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A Roundup Of Sandwiches
In honor of Lunch Week on The Kitchn, I’ve put together a collection of some of The Kitchn’s most mouthwatering sandwich recipes. I don’t know about you, but I sure could go for a pimento cheese sandwich now, or a Bánh Mì … or a farmer’s sandwich! I can’t decide, they all look so good. Anyway, we hope you’ll find this roundup inspirational and make yourself a delicious sandwich.
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Reader Recipe from Portugal: Polvo à Lagareiro
Back when I posted about octopus, a reader in Portugal emailed me this recipe called Polvo à Lagareiro, which is octopus cooked with potatoes and drizzled with olive oil and garlic. It was absolutely delicious, and it gave me a chance to experiment with the marble potatoes that I’d bought.
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Survey: Do You Say Catsup or Ketchup?
When you’re talking about the tomato-based condiment that you dip fries on or spread on a hamburger or a meatloaf, what do you call it? -
Android Apps For The Home Cook, Part I
In one of my previous posts about iPhone apps for home cooks, a reader commented and mentioned it would be nice to see a similar roundup of Android apps. I thought that was a great idea, so here is Round One of Android apps for the home cook!
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Recipe: Baked Chicken with Artichokes, Cinnamon, and Preserved Lemons
After I made a batch of preserved lemons, I started looking for things to do with them. I came across a tagine recipe, but since I don’t have a tagine, I decided to modify the recipe by using most of the same ingredients, but making it a baked dish rather than a tagine.
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Recipe: Chinese Chicken Soup
A Chinese friend introduced me to this several years ago. In China, one of the most popular ways to use tonic herbs is to cook them in a soup with some chicken and sometimes a piece of fresh ginger. The herbs are believed to have tonifying and medicinal properties. Whether you believe these claims or not isn’t the point; this soup is delicious and nutritious.
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Japanese Street Food: Dango
At the hanami picnic I hosted a few weeks ago, one of the foods I served was dango. Dango are sort of like mochi; they are made with rice flour and shaped in balls, and then impaled on a skewer. There are usually three to four dango on a skewer. Usually the dango are coated with a syrup made from soy sauce, sugar, and mirin and then grilled before eaten.
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Look! Marble Potatoes
The day after Faith posted about Teeny Tiny New Potatoes with Lemon, I was at the Berkeley Bowl market and came across a bag of marble potatoes. I’d never seen them before! Marble potatoes are really any variety of potato that is dug up while still young and well, marble-sized.
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Ingredient Spotlight: Enoki Mushrooms
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Ingredient Spotlight: Masago
Even more teeny than tobiko is masago, which is the roe of the capelin fish. Capelin is a type of smelt found in Arctic waters. Their roe is very small and orange in color, and is a popular addition to sushi.
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Ingredient Spotlight: Bergamot
If you’ve ever had a cup of Earl Grey tea, you’ve had bergamot. Earl Grey tea’s characteristic citrus/floral flavor comes from the addition of dried bergamot peel or bergamot oil. Bergamot is a type of citrus that originated in Italy and is believed to be a cross between a lime and a sour orange.
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Ingredient Spotlight: Morel Mushrooms
It’s springtime, which to mushroom enthusiasts means morels! My local mycology club‘s email list has been abuzz with discussions about morel sightings and morel forays. These little honeycombed mushrooms are front page news these days in culinary circles.
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Duc Loi Asian Supermarket: San Francisco Store Profile
Whenever I need a specific ingredient such as curry leaves, Thai basil, or really fresh and low-cost meat and seafood, I head to Duc Loi Asian Supermarket in San Francisco’s Mission District.
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My Aunt Marlyn’s Psycho BBQ Sauce Recipe
When I was a kid, my mother made almost everything from scratch, including barbecue sauce. I grew up eating this barbecue sauce, and to my taste buds, no other sauce is as good as this recipe. The recipe came from my Aunt Marlyn, and it’s a combination of sweet, savory, and tangy all at once. And yes, in my family, we call it Psycho Sauce. I just made a mess of pork ribs the other night with this, and it was heaven. This sauce is really easy to make!
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Try This: Eight Treasure Tea
I discovered Eight Treasure Tea in Chinatown a few years ago. I was wandering around and found a little tea shop/cafe where you can order any one of their hundreds of teas and enjoy a cup brewed for you. There was one tea propped up on the shelf behind the counter, and the name sounded intriguing; Eight Treasure Tea – so I ordered it. It was sweet and light all at the same time, not too strong or too deep, but a lovely, fragrant flavor. I was hooked.
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Celebrate Spring With A Hanami Picnic
In Japanese, the word “hanami” means “flower viewing,” whether the flowers are cherry (“sakura,”) plum (“ume,”) or some other fruit tree in bloom. Probably the most popular hanami event centers around the blooming of the cherry trees between the end of March and the beginning of April. During hanami time in Japan, people attend and/or host outdoor picnics and parties under the blooms, either during the day or at night. Special paper lanterns hang underneath the trees at night.
