Greek yogurt (Recipe: turkey, cranberry and basil meatballs)
on Nov 22, 2009 in Chicken and turkey Fun for kids Main dishes Refrigerator If you're not planning to roast "the big bird" for Thanksgiving, you'll love this week's recipes. Welcome to Not Quite Turkey Week, Day One. Americans learned to love yogurt in the 1970s, when a major yogurt company ran a series of television ads fea...

Other People's Pantries #95
on Nov 21, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From Mary (Owlhaven), in Nampa, Idaho: My kitchen is not especially huge, but I’m lucky to have a really nice-sized pantry. The space is triangle-shaped, with two sides of the triangle taken up with deep shelving and the third side of the triangle...

Cumin (Recipe: mushroom bhaji/mushrooms in tomato-onion sauce)
on Nov 19, 2009 in Asian and Indian Gluten free Indian Low calorie Side dishes Spice rack Vegan Vegetables Vegetarian Never let it be said that The Perfect Pantry avoids the big issues. After all, we've taken a stand on Miracle Whip versus mayonnaise, chocolate versus vanilla, chili with beans versus chili without beans, and Fresca versus... well, versus everything.

Tonka beans, a Pantry Special (Recipe: spice snap cookies)
on Nov 17, 2009 in Cookies, brownies, cupcakes Cupboard Pantry Specials Pantry Specials are great ingredients that find their way into my pantry from time to time, but not all the time. In this occasional series of short posts, you'll find information and recipes for foods that might not be on your local supermarket's sh...

How my father learned to cook (Recipe: traditional spaghetti gravy)
on Nov 15, 2009 in Guest bloggers Italian/Mediterranean Main dishes Noodles and pasta Sauces Stews and chili Guest post and photos by Sarah in Boston. When my mother passed away, two days before their anniversary, she and my dad had been married almost 15 years. While I doubt he ever got over the shock, my dad stepped into the role of single parent and, all...

Other People's Pantries #94
on Nov 14, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From Kirsten (From Kirsten's Kitchen to Yours), in Ojai, California: I moved into a very small apartment, 400 square feet, and with only two cupboards (above the stove no less!) I turned to freestanding items for my pantry. I use mason jars to hold f...

Harissa (Recipe: Moroccan carrot salad)
on Nov 12, 2009 in Condiments, relishes, pickles Italian/Mediterranean Low calorie Picnic Refrigerator Side dishes Vegetables Vegetarian An updated post from 2006, with a new recipe, photos and links. The chile peppers on the can gave it away.Before I even knew what harissa was, I knew it was hot. Head-sweating, hair-tingling, tongue-numbing, nose-dripping hot. And I love hot. Harissa...

Panko (Recipe: panko and mustard crusted fish)
on Nov 10, 2009 in Cupboard Fish and shellfish Main dishes Before our first visit to Japan, in 1986, Ted and I tried to memorize one hundred words we thought we'd need -- please and thank you, taxi, toilet, bank, subway, where, how much. Shrimp (ebi) and train station (eki), both on our list of necessary wor...

Drop In & Decorate cookies for donation: have fun, do good, make someone's holidays happy
on Nov 8, 2009 in Odds and ends “Thank you for the extraordinarily beautiful holiday cookies that you prepared and delivered to the Crossroads Rhode Island Family Center. For the fourth year in a row, your group has brightened the holidays for homeless families who are unable to...

Other People's Pantries #93
on Nov 7, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From Julia (Cook.Grow.Eat.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts: This is the post that will make you really grateful for the kitchen and pantry you have! Despite my hardest efforts, I am not independently wealthy. So when I bought this house, I had to make c...