Last week we asked readers for help in coming up with a cocktail for this summer. It was hard work mixing and tasting the different suggestions, but, well, someone had to do it, and we’re nothing if not thorough. We decided on the Botanical Spritzer (which we shortened to “the Botanical”), submitted by reader Kristina. We [...]
For more than 20 years, the test kitchen has been the birthplace of the recipes found throughout the pages of Martha Stewart Living, and along the way, the food department has amassed a wealth of easy recipes and time-saving techniques. To say the least, our food experts know a good idea when they see one. Working [...]
We were all about the Negroni last summer. They’re really everything you want in a cocktail—refreshing, not too sweet, easy to make. We were tempted to keep on mixing them right through this summer, but, well, you know what they say about variety…. We’d love to know what you’re drinking, and whether you can help [...]
It’s no secret that here at Living we thrive on discovering unique and small businesses, and that we’re constantly combing the country to see what makers of all types (crafters, artists, farmers, chefs, restaurateurs…) are up to. Recently, I was given the opportunity to experience a little “home away from home” right here in New [...]
Last year, we had a blast at the annual Kutztown Folk Festival, and we can’t wait to go back this year (June 29 to July 7). We thought we’d pique your interest and share a few photos and a video we took as we ate, danced, and shopped our way through this nine-day celebration of [...]
Just as the grillerati claim there are no good BBQ spots in NYC, it’s even more incontrovertible to state there are no cheap Korean BBQ joints. By their nature, like steakhouses, Korean BBQ restaurants are expensive. They deal in premium cuts of cloven hoofed animals peddled to ravished customers, bleary eyed from shoju and beer, [...]
If you’re not making the pilgrimage to Churchill Downs to watch the 139th Kentucky Derby this year, why not turn sofa-side viewing into a real party? Here are a few easy suggestions to get Derby Day off to great start: We think it might be illegal, or at least in poor taste, to forgo serving mint [...]
Earlier this spring, I had the chance to visit my parents in Lafayette, Louisiana. My father and I drove out towards Breax Bridge (a small city in St. Martin Parish known as the “Crawfish Capital of the World”) to visit some friends at the Bayou Teche Brewing Company. On the way, we stopped to get [...]
The latest cookbook from food writers and recipe developers Matt Lee and Ted Lee offers an intimate glimpse inside Charleston’s home kitchens—as well as some new twists on the city’s cooking traditions. “Charleston’s a small city and there’s a sense that all the stories about its food have already been told. But as soon as [...]
If the cuisine of Alexandria, Egypt is a symphony orchestra it’s rhythm section would be played by lemon and olive oil. You would definitely taste a symbol crash of garlic, brash trumpet notes of sumac and zatar, a sweet flute solo of pomegranate syrup, but the bass line? The foundation on which the harmonies are [...]
