Creamy, Springy, and Green Orecchiette With Bacon

Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here Creamy Orecchiette With Spring Onions, Fennel, and Bacon The sauce for this simple pasta dish is inspired by French soubise, a rich purée of cooked onions and cream. This version uses spring onions and fennel that are quickly softened with the help of a little baking soda for easy blending. Smoky American-style bacon and Parmigiano-Reggiano add savory depth to the sauce, which is punched up with a healthy amount of black pepper. Green food doesn't have to be health food. Read More → The Kitchen Essential Fine-Mesh Strainer  ​ After blitzing up the sauce in a blender, we recommend passing it through a fine-mesh strainer along the way for extra smoothness. Shop Now   More Pasta Recipes Because Why Not? Roman-Style Fettuccine With Alfredo Sauce Classic Fresh Egg Pasta Chicken and Penne in Vodka Cream Sauce Seafood-Stuffed Shells     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Brunch-Worthy Migas With Chorizo, Peppers, and Kale

Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here Spanish-Style Migas With Chorizo, Peppers, and Kale Of all the nonculinary professions, you'd be hard-pressed to find one associated with as many killer dishes as shepherding (cacio e pepe or tacos al pastor, anyone?). Spanish migas (Spanish for "crumbs") is another example of fine shepherd cuisine, which involves slowly cooking and crisping stale bread (or in some versions, just flour and water) in olive oil, with pork, garlic, chorizo, smoked paprika, and vegetables like fresh peppers. Read More → The Kitchen Essential Cast Iron Skillet The most essential ingredient in a one-skillet wonder? The skillet, of course. Here, we use a 12-inch number to maximize the surface area for crispy bits—and it happens to be on super-sale today. Shop Now   More Brunch Ideas for Lazy Weekend Mornings Shakshuka Light-and-Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes   Easy One-Bowl Coffee Cake Green Curry French Toast     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

The Best Cooking Tools for Kids of All Ages

Get 'Em In the Kitchen! No Images? Click here   The Best Cooking Tools for Kids In the past two years, four members of our small team at Serious Eats have become parents. As we've welcomed these little nuggets into our community, we've been thinking a lot more about how to instill a passion for food and cooking in them at a young age. From culinary toys for tiny tots to kid-safe knives, there are so many tools out there to get children of all ages into the kitchen. We talked to each other, plus a few experts, about the best tools to cultivate a love of cooking in young Serious Eaters. Here's what we found.   Kids Kitchen Learning Tower By far the best thing Kenji has for his daughter, Alicia, is her helper stool, which is like a step stool with a little fence around the top that allows her to be at counter height safely. While Kenji built his own, you can grab one ready-made, like this learning tower on Amazon.   Melissa & Doug Cutting Food While Kenji's cooking, he’ll often set Alicia up on her helper stool, armed with a small cutting board and wooden knife from Melissa and Doug. He says, “The knife is not sharp enough to cut her but is sharp enough to let her get through things like cucumbers or cheese.” Kids Cutting Board Jessi Walter Brelsford, founder of Taste Buds Kitchen, uses fruit-themed cutting boards to get kids excited about knife skills. Because of their non-slip edges, this board makes it simple for kids to focus on knife safety (even if the knives don’t exactly have blades yet).    Kids Nylon Knife Set Speaking of knives, Jessi uses these plastic knives from Curious Chef. They have a plastic serrated edge that can cut most foods. They’re also dishwasher-safe. Kids Cut-Resistant Gloves As your little cooks get a bit older, you can start to introduce some real-deal kitchen equipment. If you're bringing knives into the kitchen, get a pair of small cut-resistant gloves to keep novice hands clear of any blades.     Opinel Knife Set For a more grownup knife set, try this one by Opinel. It has rings attached to the knife and peeler, so your kids can learn how to hold and use the tools properly while protecting themselves from sharp edges. We have a lot more recommendations right this way!  The Best Cooking Tools for Kids of All Ages The Kitchen Starter Kit: Essential Tools for Every Cook​   Live In the New York City Area? Enter Our Giveaway! We Want You to Cook With Your Kid! Enter to win a class for you and your budding chef at Taste Buds Kitchen’s New York location. Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. on Friday 3/23. Enter Now       Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe