Journal — Kitchen

Mugwort: A Color Story

Mugwort: A Color Story

What is a neutral? There are the commonly accepted neutrals: white, gray, beige, brown, black. And then there are the colors that are neutrals in function, but not necessarily in form. Maroon, navy...
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Summer Pasta Salad

Summer Pasta Salad

This morning I was harvesting tomatoes in the garden, pulling weeds and cursing out hornworms. August is when my garden takes over from me. Or, rather, I resign to it. What hasn’t worked this year...
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One-Bowl Flourless Chocolate Cake

One-Bowl Flourless Chocolate Cake

Flourless chocolate cake is a dessert that has been part of my kitchen journey since nearly the beginning. From the moment I was allowed to turn the oven on by myself, I wanted to know how to turn ...
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Making the Signature Floral Tablecloth

Making the Signature Floral Tablecloth

At Quittner, our color family tends towards earthy tones and neutrals. We have preference for creams, grays, beiges, deep blues, mustardy yellows, and dark greens. Each spring, though, the store ...
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The Union Street Kitchen

The Union Street Kitchen

The Union Street Kitchen fixture is one of Ben’s personal favorites, and so we’ll let him run with the story from here: I took inspiration from gasoliers of the latter half of the 19th century to ...
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