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Test kitchen tours!

May 23, 2013 by Mary Frances 60 Comments

Yesterday was such an interesting, exhilarating and exhausting day!!

I enjoyed a day of touring test kitchens as part of Internet Week here, as a guest of Anna Curran from Cookbook Create, a site where you can make custom cookbooks. (Great gift idea, right?) We visited the kitchens of Bon Appetit, The Daily Meal and Food 52. Each one made us a little something special to eat, and we even had wine at The Daily Meal!

All of them were so helpful and sharing of information. We were 13 bloggers chosen for this day, and lucky ones at that. It was all good fun and useful information, plus I met some great new fellow bloggers!

These are the lovely ladies I spent the day with: Alejandra from Always Order Dessert, Amie from The Healthy Apple, Caroline from Taste, Love, & Nourish, Carrie from Poet in the Pantry,  Diana from Appetite for China, Daina from The Hungry Fan, Heidi from Brooklyn Allergy Mom, Jennifer from Savory Simple, Jen from Champagne Problems, Kimberly from Mom in the City, Lisa from Nutcase Crunch, Melinda from Kitchen Tested, and Sloane from Allergic Girl.

Here are some pics from the day.Bob Appettit magazine covers.

We started at Bon Appetit! They served a delicious fresh ginger, lime and seltzer drink with horseradish deviled eggs – yummy!
Fava beans and spinach on a white plate.
At The Daily Meal they served us a fava bean, spinach, garlic and onion tasting. So pretty!
Red Kitchen Aid stand up mixer.
The Daily Meal is giving away this fabulous Kitchen Aid!! I wonder who will win this shiny beautiful tool. I would LOVE it!! (so nice of them to do this!)
Food 52 kitchen with antique shelves.
Food 52’s new kitchen in their new space with antique wooden shelves and walnut cutting top.
Two girls serving English pea soup with a garlic cream and ramps.
The girls at Food 52 serving us English Pea Soup with a garlic cream and slivered ramps.

Filed Under: Lunch, Travel Tagged With: Bon Appetit, Cookbook Create, custom cookbooks, English pea soup, fava beans, Food 52, ginger, horseradish deviled eggs, Kitchen Aid, ramps, spinach, test kitchen tour, The Daily Meal

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