These artichokes are to-die-for. They are crispy, herby, and lemony. They melt in your mouth and are perfection with a cooling lemon dijon aioli. My mom had made these before, but it was a totally different recipe and never quite as delicious (sorry mom!) Today I was home with a bad cold, […]
kids in the kitchen
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Every year kids make valentine’s to give to their teachers or friends. This year maybe give something a little different. We love making delicious cakes and brownies and putting our own powdered sugar “cut-out” messages and designs on them. We like to sometimes put joke messages on the cakes too like we did […]
Recently we got a chance to interview Chef Marcus Samuelsson for our series, Kitchen Curiosities. We met Chef Marcus in New York City at the 25th anniversary gala for C-CAP, Careers through Culinary Arts Program (we were the only kids there and got to try the most scrumptious and beautiful […]
This is a really delicious, extra rich and creamy hot chocolate with a very special fall ingredient- pumpkin!! I love all things pumpkin and one day I was just experimenting with my hot chocolate and added in pumpkin and some spices. It turned out to be the best hot chocolate I’ve ever […]
My creamy salsa recipe is quick, simple, really tasty and healthy. Tomatillos are kind of like tomatoes and have a little shell on them like a husk cherry does. They are really delicious in salsa. In normal salsa I can never scoop it up, so to my tomatillo salsa I added […]
We are excited to share our interview with Chef Bryce Shuman, the Executive Chef of Betony in NYC. Betony was voted top restaurant in New York last year and earned a famous Michelin Star. You will love the stories in this interview – you will learn about Chef Shuman’s time in the Arctic Circle when he was […]
Hi Everyone, We are so happy to share our Kitchen Curiosities interview with Mrs. Robin McConaughy, the founder of Brick Farm Market in Hopewell NJ. This market is very special and you’ll learn here why plus you’ll learn about Mrs. McConaughy’s favorite dish, cooking disaster and where she’d eat tonight in […]
We had the best time at the C-CAP Benefit when they celebrated their 25th Anniversary. At the benefit they had 43 Restaurants each serving different dishes. They had little and delicious portions. Some examples of these dishes were Chef Maria Loi’s of Loi Estiatorio‘s dish which was a salmon tartar in a light pastry, Chef Bryce […]
Hi Everyone, We are excited to share Part 2 of our Kitchen Curiosities Interview with Mr. Richard Grausman who is a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef, cookbook author and C-CAP founder. Did you know that C-CAP is celebrating its 25th year this year? That’s a very exciting anniversary and we are excited […]
Hi Everyone, We are very proud and honored to share the first part of our Kitchen Curiosities Interview with Richard Grausman. He is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and he was the first United States representative for Le Cordon Bleu. (I don’t know if we told Mr. […]
Hi Everyone, Tonight we made a very delicious dinner. The recipes are from Richard Grausman‘s cookbook who we have a very great honor of interviewing Mr. Grausman next week. Mr. Grausman is a chef, cookbook author, teacher and founder of C-CAP which stands for Careers through Culinary Arts Program which trains people who might […]
Good Morning Everyone, We love chia pudding and normally eat chocolate or vanilla, but we have a new recipe to share and that’s Raspberry Chia Pudding. It is very simple to make and a treat. Plus it is very healthy. We take Chia pudding to school a lot and we […]
We all loved this meal of parmesan polenta, roasted fennel and sautéed zucchini. It was fun and easy to make. Everyone loves fennel except Emily, but that just means more for rest us. I hope that you make this simple, but delicious meal! PARMESAN POLENTA Ingredients 4 1/2 cubes of Not […]
For our birthday our grandparents got us a gift certificate to William Sonoma and we got a sushi making kit. We love sushi and this was even better because we could make it ourselves! So, if you love sushi and want to make it at home, but need some tips, […]
We are very honored to be on the front page of todays Trenton Times. Thank you for supporting us, we had a successful launch and we sold out of product at Pennington Market! Below link is the article Lyla and Emilyhttp://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/11/11-year-old_princeton_twins_launch_kale_chip_product_with_baking_demonstration.html
Hi Everyone, We are so VERY excited to launch our first product! We had this idea last year (even before the Shark Tank event we did) and now it is ready to launch. We are very thankful to local stores like Pennington Market, Olives and D’Angelos that will have our product […]
Hi Everyone, This is our third Kitchen Curiosities video and interview and we are very excited to share our school garden and introduce you to our wonderful garden teacher, Mrs. Flory. We divided this one into 2 parts and this is part 1…you’ll meet our chickens here and visit our […]
Hi Everyone! Watch our 2nd Kitchen Curiosities interview with Milo Globetrotter who founded EXP Adventures! See us wear silly hats Milo brought us and learn about the food of the world he has eaten!! Learn more and enjoy the interview. Click below–> Have you ever heard of Carp in a bathtub? Or […]
Hi Everyone, We are going to be doing a bunch of interviews which we are calling Kitchen Curiosities. Click on the link below to enjoy our first interview with our mom, Cricket Allen, founder of The Perfect Snaque. It’s short and sweet and we hope you’ll enjoy. We’ll be back again soon with our second […]
One day after school, my family and I went out to get something warm to drink. I got apple cider with pumpkin spice. I loved it, and was inspired to make the spice myself. So we pulled up a recipe from the Farmer’s Almanac. Recipe: 1/3 cup ground cinnamon. 1 tablespoon […]
This was the first time I tried Gazpacho. I made it with my dad and I really liked it. We used fresh red cherries as the secret ingredient (not so secret anymore though). My mom said we shouldn’t use cherries, she thought it would be gross…but she was wrong and […]
We tried it once, and we are going to try it again. We love beets, but are not sure about this. Have you tried this type of yogurt? We’ll post our review after we try it again. -Have a good night the Kitchen-Twins
What is Meatless Monday? Meatless Monday is a day to try and not eat meat, and that is easy for us because we are vegetarian (well mostly, sometimes we eat fish). If you do eat meat and want to try eating less, this is a way to not eat meat […]
One day my friend and I were talking about how we cook every day. We went on and on about who could make better truffles. Here is the recipe I made for the mini competition. After you try these truffles, let me know who you think won the competition! You […]