No Images? Click here Pasta alla Gricia When it comes to the four main pasta dishes of Roman cuisine (carbonara, amatriciana, gricia, and cacio e pepe), pasta alla gricia is criminally overlooked and underappreciated. It's time to put an end to all that. It's time to celebrate the minimalist perfection of rigatoni dressed in a silky emulsion of rich guanciale fat and starchy pasta water. It's time to make gricia a household name. The Kitchen Essential Microplane |
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Pasta alla Gricia is the Rich and Silky Roman Pasta You Want for Winter
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
The Grilled Cheese Eggsplosion
Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here The Grilled Cheese Eggsplosion (Grilled Cheese With Fried Eggs Cooked Into the Bread) Egg-in-a-hole has long been one of our favorite breakfasts: Cut a hole out of a slice of bread, cook in butter, break an egg into the hole. Following a brilliant idea we first saw on Reddit, we decided to try building a grilled cheese sandwich out of two of those bad boys—and deliciousness ensued. The Kitchen Essential Mason Jars |
The Best Nonstick Pans Are the Cheap Ones
Save Money, Make Better Eggs No Images? Click here The Best Nonstick Pans Are the Cheap Ones We've invested in some fairly pricey kitchen equipment over the years; in almost every case, we've come to the conclusion that, while the initial purchase stings a bit, you usually make up for it when you're buying tools that can last a lifetime. Spread out over years of use, an item's high up-front cost can start to seem downright economical. But not in the case of nonstick cookware. No, when it comes to nonstick, we say go cheap or go home. Unfortunately, nonstick surfaces just aren't durable enough to last several years, let alone a lifetime. If you're determined to pay top dollar for nonstick, that leaves you with two equally unappealing options—spending a lot on replacing worn-out pans every few years, or continuing to cook with a degraded nonstick surface well beyond its useful lifespan. Not really much of a choice. Our Pick: Farberware Nonstick Skillet The third option—buying it cheap—is therefore the best. In most cases, that means restaurant-grade aluminum pans, like this Farberware eight-inch skillet, are the way to go. They're the perfect size pan for a classic three-egg omelette. For most other tasks, like making frittatas and scrambling a bigger batch of eggs, a 10-inch skillet can serve you well. |