the grown up kitchen

  • How To Roast A Whole Head Of Garlic

    How To Roast A Whole Head Of Garlic

    Garlic is great in all of its many forms but, like most plant parts, it is at its absolute best when roasted. Roasting garlic mellows its pungency and tempers its aggressive bite, but it also intensifies its sweetness and creates new, deeper flavours through that lovely little Maillard reaction. It’s also a freaking cinch to…


  • How To Stock A Spice Cabinet

    How To Stock A Spice Cabinet

    Stocking a spice cabinet can be a little overwhelming, simply for the reason that there are so many spices out there. It may be tempting to stock up on every exciting seasoning in sight, but these things do have an expiration date, and you can end up with a cabinet full of flavourless, expensive powders…


  • Stop Storing Your Knives In Drawers Already 

    Stop Storing Your Knives In Drawers Already 

    Knives are some of the most important tools in the kitchen, yet there are people who keep them in drawers, where they clang around, knocking into each other, getting all dinged up and sad. Do not do this. There are much better ways to store your knives, and some of them you can even make…