Your Monday Lunch Break Reading List

Busy (snowy) weekend? Catch up on some of our favorite stories from the weekend.

Saturday:

• Did you spend your snow day cleaning out the cupboards? In case you did, we gathered the best tips for using up all that vinegar you probably had stashed away.
• Or maybe you spent the snowy weekend planning your game day gathering! We helped with that too, giving you a football feast menu to root for.

Sunday:

• Lindsay-Jean gave us a good reason to stop throwing out cauliflower leaves.
• And Posie put in a very good word for vanilla.

Monday

• Not sure about where you are, but the week started on a really cold note at the Food52 office. So Leslie shared the best recipe to warm us up.
• Caroline told us how to use up the rest of those alternative flours you have stashed in the back of your cupboard.
• Annie made the case for using dried beans.
• And in case you were wondering—yeah, you can piccata that.

Tuesday

• We investigated the best (and silliest) ways to pit an olive.
• And bumped up your bagel skills.
• Then we showed you how to make your sweets even better.
• And we are officially calling it: We are obsessed with these candles.

Wednesday

• We investigated whether or not expensive cinnamon is worth the price.
• Overwhelmed by all the organizing in 2016? Us too, so we showed you how to declutter your space in a mere matter of minutes.
• Test Kitchen Chef Josh Cohen changed the way we think about grain salads.
• And all our pasta dreams came true.

Thursday

• With a massive snowstorm headed our way, we consulted some vintage A&M to learn how to make some great snacks.
• And also taught you about a great warming meal.
• Caroline told us why we should worry about this wacky winter anyway.
• In case you play the stock market, we rounded up some serious slumpy foods to help you through the slide.

Friday

• In anticipation of a weekend blizzard, we rounded up some DIY projects you can actually get done.
• And since you'll be stuck inside wishing it was spring anyway, we showed you how to make Girl Scout cookies at home.
• For something a bit more fancy-pants, Erin showed us how to make a classy dessert too.
• But even though there was snow headed our way, it turns out January 22nd is historically the hottest day of the year.