http://blog.commonkitchen.com What's cooking at Common Kitchen Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:13:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's worth making particular mention of a cookbook just added to Common Kitchen: The Runner's Cookbook, a collection of about 100 recipes gathered and edited by our friend Alison Wade. As described on the official book site, The Runner's Cookbook features 100 ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2008/06/03/the-runners-cookbook/ I just deployed an update to the site which changes the way cookbooks and magazines are added to the site. The changes for magazines are minimal (though you may see errors if you try adding a magazine which doesn't exist). For cookbooks, however, the change is pretty big. Formerly, we searched ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2008/03/26/updates-behind-the-scenes/ Last Friday, Common Media, Inc., the producers of Common Kitchen, launched the first stage of the new website we're building for the re-launched American edition of La Cucina Italiana, the Italian lifestyle magazine. What does this mean for Common Kitchen? Plenty. Without the strength of this site and this community, we ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2008/02/18/common-cucina/ It's often difficult to verbalize the aspirations we have for Common Kitchen, but one goal I sometimes have is to make the list of eminent companies Guru the Caterer mentions on their home page. Guru's core business is delivering boxed lunches to a number of drop-off locations around Cambridge and Somerville. ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2008/01/28/divine-food-for-brilliant-minds/ I read an article a few weeks ago in the Daily Hampshire Gazette's Hampshire Weekly insert about John Thorne and his work at the Hungry Ghost bakery in Northampton, MA. Thorne, the author of several books and a newsletter, Simple Cooking, I've mentioned here before, but the part of this ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2008/01/25/john-thorne-and-exploring-a-dish/ The internet version of "by popular request" is when Google throws you some traffic that you don't deserve. We were getting all sorts of people looking for "Common Kitchen Substitutions" and so we created just that! We're currently working on a list of "Common Kitchen Terms" to keep uninterested parties ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2007/12/14/common-kitchen-substitutions/ We often get asked how to add a favorite cookbook or recipe on Common Kitchen, so we thought we'd prepare a quick tutorial. This should take only 10 minutes to try, and when you are done you will be an expert at sharing cookbooks and their recipes! 1. Find a favorite ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2007/12/10/common-kitchen-tutorial-adding-recipes/ Since things have been bubbling quite publicly over at Facebook recently, I thought I'd post an update about Common Kitchen's presence on Facebook and where we are with our application and other Facebook activity. First, some progress: we have a "page" now, so you can become a "fan" of Common Kitchen. ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2007/12/03/facebook-updates-for-common-kitchen/ Amid the big announcements last week, one big feature of Common Kitchen got underplayed, and now may be a good time to highlight it.The simple summary is this: if you're a Common Kitchen user, you can keep a free food blog on the site. Just go to the "My Account" ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2007/11/28/free-food-blogs/ CommonKitchen.com has officially launched! We're not "done" in any sense, but most of the major pieces are in place. We've taken the "beta" phrase off the logo on the site, which means we're not planning on removing anything big without giving you a lot of warning. If you haven't visited the ... http://blog.commonkitchen.com/2007/11/20/our-official-launch/