Amanda Blum's posts

There’s lots of reasons to DIY the stuff, the least of which is that bubbles make people happy.

The resulting brûlée will have a delightful pink color, with a creamy texture, but that slight hint of tomato…

It's easy to make, has very few ingredients, comes together fast, and is incredibly good-looking.

Picking strawberries is exhausting, and processing them is a pain in the ass that I often let go on just a little…

Yes, you can grow your own food. Start easier and enjoy al fresco pea snacks all spring.

You should be eating rabe, and the world is full of it—especially right now, in the flush of spring.

Preserved cherry blossoms are the hope we need in the world right now.

Voulez-vous nettoyer avec moi, cette soir? Organizing your space can be deeply satisfying.

These tricks can help you serve food that punches well above its price point.

I’ve thrown parties for five and soirees for 20,000, and in the end, the rules all stay the same.

Find yourself suffering from ennui about what the hell to do with eggs? Two words: bacon hashtags.

Or: Why you can't always trust old cookbooks, Martha Stewart, or the internet.

I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, or what you did, as long as you have pickled red onions on your shelf.

Christmas tree syrup won’t have the visual impact of a dead tree sacrament, but it will taste a lot better.

Chanukah is literally a holiday of doing more with less.

If you're someone with a 23-step turkey plan, you’ll probably complicate a duck. But you don't have to.

It's PSL season, bitches! See what I did th--nevermind.

Get yourself to the store or farmers market today and dump them suckers into a jar.

Because if there’s anything I hate in this life, it’s wasting my garden.

Sure, you could stand over your tomato plants and eat them raw until your heart dissolves in acid. Or you could try…