Archive for August 2011

OTHER QUICK PASTAS FOR ONE: Soba Noodles with Kale and Walnut Sauce; Spaghetti with Spicy Red Sauce; Pad See Ew; Garlicky Angel Hair with Shellfish; Linguine Aglio e Olio con Acciuga

When no one else is around for dinner and I get hungry, chances are I’ll whip up some pasta for myself. As anyone who cooks for one knows, it’s one of the best ways to make a single-serving portion, and as everyone in the world knows, pasta is just about the best foil for whatever ingredients and leftovers you have…

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There comes a time every year-usually around Labor Day-when summer is winding down, and your garden just doesn’t seem to take a hint. All winter we wait around for our favorite fresh vegetables to show their faces at the farmers’ market. But after meal upon meal of caprese salads, zucchini carpaccio, and corn salsa, sometimes as cooks, we have to say: enough already! Give us pasta, simmering sauces, and stews-food that will hide our veggies so we don’t feel like we’re constantly grazing on rabbit food. Below we’ve shared some ideas for how…

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Lime Marinated Check Skewers with Carrot-Miso Dipping Sauce • Zucchini Scallion Cakes with Lemon-Chive Creme Fraiche • Southwestern Artichoke Dip with Sweet Corn and Cayenne • Yellow and Blue Tortilla Chips • Pomegranate Bubbly Punch

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We started our Great Minds Eat Alike series in order to mix up the usual BGSK offerings with interviews and submissions by cooks and eaters whose mentality towards cooking and eating meshes with ours. Today we are incredibly excited to bring you a fabulous, informative guide on how to host a wine and cheese party from Maris Callahan, blogger behind In Good Taste. Maris is also a freelance PR gal and writer, and you can see all her work here.

As it turns out, Maris’s goals on In Good Taste are pretty…

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EVENT: 3rd of July on the Island
VENUE: Phoebe’s Parent’s House, Martha’s Vineyard
PARTY SIZE: 2
TYPE: Romantic Saturday Night Dinner by the Sea
MENU: Broiled Oysters with Siracha-Lime Butter; Southeast Asian Paella with Bay Scallops and Shrimp; Patty Pan Squash Sauté

Since oysters have long been considered an aphrodisiac and usually appear on every Valentine’s Day prefix menu, it seems rather cliché to say that they have played a central role in my relationship.

Josh loves oysters, and so do I. On lazy Sundays this spring, there is…

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Other Great Taco Condiments: Peach Salsa; Guacamole; Vegetable-Mint Salsa; Cooked Tomato Salsa; Chipotle Mango Salsa.

I think that as the summer wears on, we all become corn snobs. Around here, we start to see the first local ears just after July 4th, and it’s pretty exciting to make the switch from frozen corn-which we find useful in our small kitchens-to fresh. Though the ears are, well, a little small, and the kernels aren’t exactly oozing sweet corn flavor, they’re satisfying and we’re happy.

But by the middle of August, we’d totally…

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Book Perk is offering a special deal on our book, In the Small Kitchen, this week. Buy the book, get a set of colorful measuring cups for free! If you haven’t taken the leap, now is the time! Get the deal here.

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Thank you all for sharing your beverage hopes and dreams with us as part of the Soda Stream Soda Maker Giveaway! We’re very excited to get to work on homemade ginger ale, mojitos, and flavored sodas-to name a few of the more popular items.

The lucky reader taking home their very own SodaStream is…Elena!

Here’s what Elena had to say:

Grapefruit crush! with or without alcohol. Or a sparkling sangria.

Stay tuned for lots of homemade drink recipes to come on BGSK, and more opportunities to win great products!

-Cara and Phoebe, THE QUARTER-LIFE COOKS

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Glamour Magazine’s blog Vitamen G featured the Yogurt Carbonara recipe from our book! Check it out here.

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Don’t worry-neither of us is tying the knot just yet! But that doesn’t mean that some of our friends and readers aren’t in the process of getting hitched. Today we’re happy to bring you a guest guide from a contributor who’s wise beyond her years. Alexia, a writer at Small Kitchen College, is a recent grad and newlywed (!) living in Lancaster, PA, who planned and executed a foodie wedding without somehow gouging her bank account. Her tips on getting the food right-on a budget-are priceless. Eat, drink, and dance the night away!

-Cara & Phoebe,…

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