chocolate olive oil cake + more book tour!

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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