Two weeks from today, my second cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant & Unfussy New Favorites will be leaving warehouses* to reach bookstores or perhaps your front door (if you’ve preordered the book) and I cannot believe it’s so close now. Last month, I shared the trailer for the book …
Read More »Slow Cooker Vietnamese Chicken Pho Recipe (Pho Ga)
posted by Jaden on October 6, 2017 In this Slow Cooker Chicken Pho recipe, you’ll learn: The best types of chicken bones to use for slow cooker Trick to juicy, tender chicken meat for pho Why you should never cook pho noodles in the broth Recipe originally printed in Bon …
Read More »quick pasta and chickpeas
Pasta e ceci (pasta and chickpeas) is one of Rome’s most iconic dishes, the only dish so essential that it shows up on both Tuesdays and Fridays on the informal meal calendar.* And while there are no two matching ways to make it (a fine excuse to spend as many …
Read More »Vietnamese Pho Recipe: Beef Noodle Soup
posted by Jaden on October 4, 2017 Authentic Pho recipe from award-winning cookbook author and foremost expert in Vietnamese cuisine, Andrea Nguyen. You’ll learn: Best beef bones to use for Pho Secret to clear, clean broth (no scum!) Tip for a deeper, more savory flavor in this Pho recipe. What …
Read More »Mummy Halloweenies
posted by Jaden on October 2, 2017 Ree, Elise (SimplyRecipes.com) and me in Chicago about 8 years ago! In my 10+ years of food blogging, I’ve made some darn good friends, even soulmates. One of these gals is known as The Pioneer Woman – Ree Drummond. Ree and I have been on …
Read More »How to Cook Brown Rice in the Microwave
posted by Jaden on October 1, 2017 You’ll learn how to cook brown rice in the microwave and cut your cooking time from 50 minutes (stovetop) to 30 minutes in the microwave. The technique to microwave brown rice is different than cooking white rice in the microwave, as you have …
Read More »Chinese Eggplant Recipe with Spicy Garlic Sauce
posted by Jaden on September 28, 2017 In this Chinese Eggplant Recipe, you’ll learn: How to cook this authentic Chinese eggplant recipe, inspired by one of the most respected authorities of Chinese cooking, Fuchsia Dunlop. You can use either Japanese or Chinese eggplant (even Italian globe eggplant, too) A unique Chinese …
Read More »chocolate tahini challah buns
Challah, that stretchy, rich, lightly sweet, braided glossy bread that’s brushed with egg and baked to an burnished burnt umber shine, like many great traditional foods, does not exist in a vacuum. While challah is a Jewish ceremonial bread, eating on Sabbath and major Jewish holidays, and is usually paerve …
Read More »pizza beans (cookbook preview!)
Good morning! In less than one month (28 days, not that I’m nervously counting or anything), my second cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day, will be ready to leave warehouses and head to you or your favorite bookstore. A book tour will be quickly under way (I hope we get to …
Read More »pizza beans + early cookbook copy giveaway
Good morning! In less than one month (28 days, not that I’m nervously counting or anything), my second cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day, will be ready to leave warehouses and head to you or your favorite bookstore. A book tour will be quickly under way (I hope we get to …
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