Katharine Recommends

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 1 month ago

Great lobster rolls, tasty oysters. This is a go-to place to take my out of town guests from California.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 1 month ago

The only problem with these cookies is that they last like 15 seconds on my desk before my coworkers get 'em.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 1 month ago

A grad student's dream... saving time and money without feeling deprived.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 1 month ago

It's great having recipes which are impressive enough for dinner parties but still accessible for a relatively new cook. I love that it takes advantage of the more interesting foods at my farmer's market, too, but worried some of the ingredients will be harder to find when I move to New York.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

This is the only tech product that my non-tech friends won't shut up about. Also, having access to my files on my phone through the Dropbox app has also saved my hide a couple of times when I'm away from my computer.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

This book turned out to be a great gift for my food snob/ scientist dad. It tells you all the tricks you need to make a perfect steak/ fish/ broth and actually explains why they're important. I've found it incredibly helpful.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

I am eating kale chips flavored with nutritional yeast out of my very first foodzie box! There is also a box of sumac-pepper-salt to show off to my dinner guests. This means I can never be out-food-snobbed by any of my friends again. Happy birthday to me =)

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

It is, in fact, addictive.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

Much more efficient than decanting (sadly, just opening the wine bottle and leaving it out doesn't actually work). My physicist dad is really excited to see the Venturi effect in action.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

The hot water boiler means I can have tea or french press coffee whenever I want. If I'm really in a hurry, it accelerates the pasta-cooking process as well. It plays a cute song when it finishes boiling too...

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

This thing makes perfect white rice, brown rice, porridge, or quinoa every time with minimal effort AND keeps it for you overnight on the "keep warm" setting. It's a lazy cook's dream.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

Yes, I have a subscription to vegetables/ fruits even though I live one block away from Whole Foods. Every week, I get my organic, local (ish) produce delivered to my house, and if I'm feeling extra lazy, I can get milk, coffee, etc as well. This box has also inspired me to learn about 50 different recipes for carrots, kale, and/or potatoes.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 2 months ago

A fabulous multifunctional cooking pot/ oven-safe dish. I have no idea how people make proper stew without these. I bet I could use it make brown stock too if I had the larger version...

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 3 months ago

Normally, heist movies are hilarious only in an ironic way. This heist movie pulled off the "comedy" thing really well. Well worth the 3 hour wait for tickets. I hope it comes out in normal-people theaters soon.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 3 months ago

Of the 30 or so cookbooks I own, this one probably has the most cooking splatter on it. It's my go-to cookbook for any side dish, salad, or veggie entree because it has pretty much any vegetable no matter how obscure, and dishes which are supposed to be vegetarian rather than dishes where you're substituting tofu for chicken with disappointing results.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 3 months ago

Lightweight fun, but still thought-provoking.

katharinen recommended this 2 years, 3 months ago

I might have had the best meal of my life at the Chef's Table here last week. They served no fewer than 16 amuse-bouche, which is always my favorite part of the meal. I'm not sure how they managed to do so many distinctive variations on raw fish. The BYOB policy (no corkage!) kept the price pretty manageable.