We're thrilled that so many of you loved FOOD54, our April Fools' Day prank. Now we'd like to take you behind the scenes of our (hilarious) shoot day -- including an outtakes video!
The weird things we do
Yesterday in the test kitchen was busy! You'll be seeing a cavalcade of celery Community Picks so soon, but for now here's a peek into our day.
It's finally lunchtime here in the office and we're ready to dig in. I have a slice of the pumpernickel loaf I baked yesterday (I snuck a bite before the photo was taken) plus a salad of black and white beans, diced carrots, kale stems, and radishes. Our associate editor Kristy has a kale salad with avocado and kabocha sqash, and a sandwich of porchetta and whole-grain mustard. What's in your lunchbox?
You'll be hearing from the staff at FOOD52 every week in Too Many Cooks, our group column in which we pool our answers to questions about food, cooking, life, and more. The New York Times Dining section ran a piece this week about those kitchen gadgets that you buy thinking they'll make your life easier -- oyster knife, bread machine, milk frother -- but that end up gathering dust in a cabinet.But sometimes more is more, even if those pickle tongs take up too much space in your cutlery drawer. Here are our favorite kitchen utensils -- the ones we won't give up in favor of a simpler life. It's funny how so many of our answers are about tools that are just so "satisfying" to use!Click through for pitters, slicers, and choppers galore.
We're so very close to asparagus season here in the Northeast -- the weather has turned, spring is in the air, and soon we'll be seein a lot more green at the market. But while winter is still in our minds, we dedicate our fruit of the week to the mighty citrus. Here's a paean to our favorite winter pick-me-up, as photographed by our very own citrus-addicted Kristy Mucci. Click through for plenty of photos of glorious lemons, oranges, kumquats, and more.
It was a happy day in the Test Kitchen yesterday as the FOOD52 team welcomed Merrill back into our Tuesday routines of chopping, stirring, and mixing! Click through to see more from our day in the test kitchen.
Do you use Svpply? It's a beautifully designed website where you can save your shopping picks from around the web, and view the products that others are loving, too. We've been saving our favorite beautifully designed kitchen products to our Svpply page -- if you're on Svpply too, follow us! As you'll notice, we're suckers for wood and glass, plus anything that Kaufmann Mercantile makes. What are your favorite kitchen supply stores?
It was a rollicking day in the test kitchen. Click through to see a handful of shots from our day of chopping, cooking, photographing, and of course eating!
Our associate editor Kristy stopped at Eataly yesterday to pick up some ingredients for today's photoshoot. On the way she spotted these beautiful yellow-orange citrus labeled Weikiwa Tangelo Oranges and stopped to snap a quick Instagram shot with the caption, "Exciting citrus alert! What do you know about these beauties?” Not too long after, we had an answer! FOOD52er, Instagram user, and biologist roguehousewife shared her knowledge with us: WEKIWA TANGELO, unusual hybrid between a Sampson Tangelo and an unspecified (we would call it "mystery") grapefruit. The irresistible result is a very juicy tangelo which looks and tastes like a pink grapefruit (red-blushed pulp, yellow rind), but is sweet like a tangerine, and the size of one. Sometimes known as pink tangelo (or "Lavender Gem"), it can be substituted for grapefruit. Easily separated into 12 segments with few seeds. I can't wait to taste these! Fruits ripen in January. Self fertile. Zones 8B-10. We'll definitely be returning to Eataly to buy these -- and we'll keep using Instagram to share mystery fruits and vegetables to see what we learn!
I'm really dedicated to packing my lunch for work every day -- it's budget-wise, it's easy, it's healthy, and it keeps me from eating leftovers more often than I want to! So I'm always thrilled when other FOOD52ers pack their lunches, too.Read more about our three delicious lunches!
Our Associate Editor Kristy was in charge of snacktime today ("I'm going out to get a healthy snack -- does anyone want anything?"). She did a great job: mandarin oranges, pistachios (unshelled!), and hazelnut-laden chocolate. What are you snacking on this afternoon?
We'll be sharing the best of our Instagram finds (which you can also find on our Twitter and Tumblr) here on Feed52. Today, our Associate Editor Kristy and I come to work as twins -- we didn't plan it, I swear! (Click though to see the full outfit!)
After a long (and delicious!) day in the kitchen yesterday testing our Best Canned Fish finalists, we took a break for a glass of bubbly, served in Amanda's gorgeous glasses. We hope the end of your workday is as relaxing. Salut!
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