Food & Beverage

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.

Jell-O mold competition

The Gowanus Studio Space is holding a contest for the best Jell-O Mold: Jell-O is the perfect medium for design in these times of restraint given its versatility, economy, and availability. This is why it’s time for a comeback of the Jell-O proportions of old: soaring heights, strange colors, object suspension! The Gowanus Studio Space’s […]

How-To: Chicken Stock

Making your own chicken stock is not only fun and rewarding, it’s also super easy and can save you money. Instructables user My Sisters Kitchen writes: Chicken stock, SO easy to make, is the foundation of countless recipes. Everything from soup to pot pies to curries to chili to casseroles start with chicken stock. For […]

Cupcake Class at Brooklyn Kitchen

Last night The Brooklyn Kitchen held a cupcake class, and our friend Michelle Kempner was there to catch the action. The class was really cool. The teacher showed us how to make two types of cupcakes and then gave us lots of decorating tools and types of frostings (ganache, fondant, buttercream, etc.) and had us […]