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2013 Breakfast Duos

Monday, April 1st, 2013

We’ve lined up a delicious breakfast event at Kitchen PLAY that is double the flavor and double the fun. “Breakfast Duos” features two favorite foods–Jarlsberg cheese and Avocados from Mexico–showcased in ten tasty breakfast combinations. Over the next two weeks, ten innovative bloggers will reveal their mouth-watering recipes, and we’ll even host a Twitter party [...]

Land O’Lakes Celebrates National Grilled Cheese Month with a New Recipe Every Day!

Monday, April 1st, 2013

April is National Grilled Cheese Month, and Land O’Lakes is celebrating with a month-long tribute to everybody’s favorite sandwich. Every day during April, Kitchen PLAY will post a new grilled cheese sandwich recipe created by a different blogger—30 days, 30 bloggers, 30 sandwiches. Every one of these recipes, from classic to creative, will showcase Land [...]

Cook, Tweet & Eat: An Edible Mosaic

Monday, January 28th, 2013

Earlier this month, our An Edible Mosaic Cookbook Tour held a fabulous and innovative Twitter Party. Not only did we get together to talk about Faith Gorsky’s incredible Middle Eastern recipes, we actually cooked one whole dish during the event. What follow are some of the mouth-watering photos of Lentil and Bulgur Pilaf with Caramelized [...]

Cook, Tweet & Eat! An Edible Mosaic

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Join us for a special kind of Twitter party, celebrating An Edible Mosaic: Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair. This wonderful cookbook by Faith Gorsky is a delicious introduction to Middle Eastern cooking, providing classic recipes along with personal stories of Faith’s experience with this cuisine. On Saturday, January 12, our team will be taking to the kitchen to [...]

Virtual Tour of An Edible Mosaic: Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Join us in our celebration of An Edible Mosaic: Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair! Today we present a prix fixe of sorts, with two appetizers, two entrees and two desserts from Faith Gorsky’s gorgeous new tome on Middle Eastern cooking. Try one, or try them all! And be sure to add An Edible Mosaic [...]

Play Up Dessert with OREO

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Calling all creative cooks! Kitchen PLAY and OREO have teamed up to inspire you to “Play Up Dessert with OREO.” We are hosting three sweepstakes and giving away fun holiday-themed OREO prize packs with each event. Our last event in the series is a holiday celebration. On December 18, we’ll roll out six new posts [...]

Cookbook Tour: An Edible Mosaic

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Kitchen PLAY has launched an innovative program bringing together six talented food bloggers to support cookbook author and fellow blogger, Faith Gorsky, whose cookbook, An Edible Mosaic, was recently released. Over the next two months, Amanda, Heather, Jennifer, Lana, Laura and Stephanie will introduce you to the recipes, the culture and the blogger behind An [...]

California Ripe Olives

Monday, October 1st, 2012

We’re celebrating National Taco Day with ten delicious recipes featuring California Ripe Olives. California Ripe Olives are such a versatile, nutritious and tasty food, they go with everything! And who doesn’t love tacos? So, in honor of National Taco Day (officially October 4) we asked ten talented food bloggers to riff on the theme of tacos, [...]

2012 Kitchen PLAY Seafood Boil

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

The 2012 Kitchen PLAY Seafood Boil was a huge success! Over 70 guests joined Chrystal and Amir from The Duo Dishes to party on the beach, chow down on some amazing seafood and learn about our wonderful sponsors: Alaska Seafood, Calphalon, Discover Endive and California Olive Ranch. Greg from SippitySup made fabulous Wild Caught Alaskan [...]

Land O’Lakes 30 Days of Outdoor Dining

Monday, June 25th, 2012

  Summer beckons, grills are firing up and the long days of plentiful sunshine make a perfect backdrop for outdoor dining. This month, Land O’Lakes brings their new 4 Cheese Italian Blend Deli Cheese to theKitchen PLAY table, hosting a “30 Days of Outdoor Dining” party. For the next 30 days, Land O’Lakes will partner [...]

Question of the month: What’s on Your Culinary Bucket List for 2013?


Last month I asked the Kitchen PLAY network of bloggers to describe their culinary bucket list. Here is what they shared: “I am traveling to Cuba this fall. Havana and New Orleans are sister cities in many ways. The history, culture, food all closely related, and in fact, until the Cuban embargo levied in the [...]

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Twitter & Tasting Party for UNREAL Candy


Are you ready to get Unjunked? Join Kitchen PLAY and many of your favorite food bloggers to learn about UNREAL, a new brand of candy that is revolutionizing the junk food industry. During our Twitter & Tasting Party, we’ll talk about ways to unjunk our food, our schedules, our lives!! Plus, we’ll taste-test all five varieties of [...]

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You’re invited to the Kitchen PLAY Pizza Party in San Francisco


I’m throwing a party to say “Thank You!” to food bloggers for all you do. Kitchen PLAY Pizza Party You and a guest are invited to the Kitchen PLAY Pizza Party in San Francisco where we’ll enjoy the best pizza west of the Mississippi. Casey’s Pizza Truck will serve up handmade, old New York style [...]

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