Pomegranate molasses (Recipe: pomegranate snow swirls)
on Jan 6, 2009 in Cupboard Desserts and sweets Middle Eastern Don't forget our free kitchen scale giveaway; just leave a comment on any post before Friday, January 9, 11:00 p.m. East Coast time, to be eligible to win. My Cousin Martin travels the world to search out all sorts of foods and kitchen tools for The.

Barley, and a kitchen scale giveaway (Recipe: Curried mushroom, bean and barley soup)
on Jan 4, 2009 in Cupboard Rice, grains, beans Soups You did.You know you did.You know you made the same New Year's resolutions I made: to try to learn Portuguese, and adopt a homeless cat, and give cauliflower and opera another chance, and read The New Yorker when it arrives every week instead of lett

Other People's Pantries #49
on Jan 3, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From NibbleScribbler (Scribble the Nibbles), in Surrey, England:I love my pantry because it's been newly rejigged, so even though the design isn't perfect, and it has great potential to pile up lots of cans and bags that you can't read or d

Pantry dreams, 2009 (Recipe: ending childhood hunger)
on Jan 1, 2009 in Odds and ends Two years ago today, I published this post. I hadn't plan to run it again, but when I sat down to write a New Year's message about ending childhood hunger, I realized that this post says it all. Slightly updated, here is my wish for the new year

Marshmallow Fluff (Recipe: Rhode Island hot chocolate, with faux fluff)
on Dec 30, 2008 in Beverages Desserts and sweets Refrigerator Despite having close to 250 items in The Perfect Pantry, I can think of dozens of ingredients that might be in your pantry but are not in mine.Almond extract. Anchovies. Bacon. Wild rice. Fennel pollen. Marshmallow Fluff®.I know... you think Fluff i...

Dried mushrooms (Recipe: mushroom soup a la Fred)
on Dec 28, 2008 in Cupboard Soups Vegetarian Updated from the archives, with new recipe, links and photos. A few Junes ago, Ted was mowing the occasional blades of grass in our lawn. Along the edge of the woods, underneath the oak trees, he spotted a couple of oddly shaped mushrooms. Are they m...

Other People's Pantries #48
on Dec 27, 2008 in Other People's Pantries From Rhonda (I Dine Alone), in Arizona:My pantry is spread out over a few locations, because I have to share with my hubby who could survive on potato chips and hot sauce, hence the theme of my blog "dining alone". I keep my spices right at the