EVENT: Vegetarian Valentine’s Date
VENUE: Cara’s Apartment, Prospect Heights
PARTY SIZE: 2
TYPE: Celebratory, Romantic
MENU: Romaine Salad with Green Goddess Dressing; Chickpea-Vegetable Pot Pie; Orange Olive Oil Pound Cake
OTHER IDEAS: 10 BEST VEGETARIAN MAINS

I consider myself lucky for various reasons. I live near Prospect Park, have “Botticelli” curls, and am the co-author of a cookbook. Not least, I have a very sweet, handsome boyfriend whose idea of a champion dinner is a bowl of

This giveaway is now closed-C&P, 2/5/11

We couldn’t be more excited that we’ve finally relaunched the site. And, to celebrate, we are doing what any fun, self-respecting quarter-lifer would do: throwing a party!

If you are in the New York area and want to join us on Friday, February 4th at the Thompson Hotel, contact us and we will add you to the guest list. Check out a sneak peak here. In addition to the Eat Your Heart Out cupcake decorating station sponsored…

We’ve been dying to get more guys involved on BGSK. As you can image, having “big girls” in our name has been a bit of a deterrent for the male population. So we are starting a new blog category to host some manly food talk. We like to think of this section as the man cave below the BGSK kitchen. But it will also include female guest bloggers, including some of our own musings on the subject of men and meals. Topics will include dating, male mastery of certain cuisines (as typical as BBQ, or unexpected as salad), and…

Hosting a Finger Food Party anytime soon? Check out our guide here!

Mini sandwiches are one of the best items on our catering menu. At parties that fall somewhere between dinner buffets and cocktail hours with itsy-bitsy bites, they usually make an appearance. They’re cute but still filling, and their concept seems to spark our creativity: there have been mini meatball subs, mini brisket sandwiches, and mini pulled chicken on brioche buns. (Of course any time you see a mini sandwich on BGSK you should feel free…

EVENT: Weekly Meeting with Megumi (Our Intern)
VENUE: Phoebe’s Apartment, Flatiron
PARTY SIZE: 3
TYPE: Casual Business Lunch
MENU: Vegetarian Pad Thai

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to spend my summer in Thailand. I’m not sure where I got this idea in my head, and neither did my parents. But I’m pretty sure they were part of the reason to go: I knew my dad wouldn’t be happy with the idea of me going so far away, and thus, the trip would allow me to exercise my excellent…

EVENT: Alex’s Birthday Dinner
VENUE: DuMont, Williamsburg
PARTY SIZE: 14
TYPE: Dinner & Cake
MENU: Burgers for most, Mac ‘n Cheese for some; Pecan-Espresso Birthday Cake with Coffee Cream for all

Though we have people over for dinner and brunch fairly often, special occasions are sometimes harder to host. Phoebe did kindly host my bistro-ish birthday dinner this year at her place, and I hosted a holiday party at my coffee table. But there are moments when it’s time to say sayonara to the kitchen, the “dining room,” and the coffee…

Check out our 15 Best Ethnic Dishes at Home

As I whined about last week, I’m having a hard time finding hot food to put in my body without resorting to rich stews and creamy pastas. But the same old soups are getting tired, and I’m starting to crave texture, in addition to warmth and healthfulness. As any poor college student holed up on a snowy campus knows, ramen is an excellent answer to this question.

Using some leftover ginger chicken meatballs from a catering event, I created this excellent upscale ramen. It’s basically my version…

DISH: Grilled Cheddar Sandwich with Pears and Pecans
TYPE: Weekday Lunch
MAIN INGREDIENTS: Homemade Bread, Cheese, Pears

I adore grilled cheese by whatever name: quesadilla, panini, pizza (ok, maybe that last one’s a stretch). It is practically in my blood, at least the blood from my mother’s side. My father’s side almost universally detests cheese. But my maternal grandparents, as I understand it, when they went to Paris for the first time fell in love with Croque Monsieurs. They ordered them at a bistro for lunch and were blown…

As you can see, something’s different at Big Girls, Small Kitchen. We’ve been hard at work for months, planning, tinkering, writing, cooking, photographing, revising, and more.

We’ve migrated to a new platform (WordPress), updated our design, and improved our functionality tenfold, and we’re so proud and happy to be re-launching today.

If you’re a reader who’s been with us for a while, we hope you find the new BGSK as comfortable as the old one. It’s still the same old Quarter-Life Cooks behind it all-we’ve just gotten a little bit of a makeover. If you’re new, welcome!

Either way,…

TOP 5 WINTER SOUPS: Asian Broth with Shredded Veggies and Noodles; French Onion Soup; Roasted Carrot-Fennel Soup; Parmesan, White Bean, and Kale Soup with Torn Pasta; Moroccan Red Lentil Soup;

When January 1st hits, my stomach can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I love the holidays and all, but after a while I begin to think that if I have to eat another sugar cookie or puff pastry canapé, I might explode. January is my time to detox, to get back…