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  When we were looking for an apartment in San Francisco, we made it a non negotiable to have a large kitchen and some outdoor space for vegetables and flowers.…

  Need to clean up your cast iron pan? Don’t reach for the Dawn and sponge just yet. Soap will actually strip your pan of its most valuable asset, the “seasoning”…

  Cooking with dried beans is one of the easiest ways to improve your food. Once you learn how to cook dried beans and taste the difference, you’ll never go back…

  Roasted squash can be used in lots of different recipes, like roasted squash soup, risotto, pastas, and even baby food. To roast squash, all you’ll need is a sharp…

  Do you want to learn how to make breadcrumbs at home? Breadcrumbs are one of the easiest pantry staples to make yourself, and a great way to cut down on…

One of our favorite things to make at home is pasta. We still love really good dried pasta like this, but you can be so much more creative with fresh…

If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for the kitchen this year, you should get an electric pressure cooker. It’s a staple in our house and we use it for all kinds of…

Have you ever tried really fresh garlic? It’s not as pungent as the head of garlic you find at the grocery store, and it has a richer flavor. When it’s…

It’s tomato season! If you’ve been following along, you’ve seen all the ways we’ve been using tomatoes the past month (like our favorite spicy pasta, savory tart, beautiful Caprese salad, and baked risotto). The peak…

One of our favorite memories of the Campo di’ Fiori market in Rome is watching an old man trim artichokes. He had a hooked knife and a lemon, and the leaves…

Shellfish stock is such a simple and basic recipe, but it’s hard to find a place that will sell shells. We started saving our shrimp, crab, and lobster shells in one of these bags…

We don’t eat lobster very often, so it’s rare that we cook it at home. However, there are times we’ve had to do it, for example at our New Year’s…