Monday
Feb202012
Video + Recipe from Acappello
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Sunday
Feb192012
Montclair Rotary Presents Taste of Montclair & Restaurant Week
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 9:48AM 
The Montclair Rotary will be kicking off Montclair Restaurant Week with The Taste of Montclair on Monday, March 19. Restaurant Week (or weeks as it may be), will begin on Tuesday March 20 and run through April 1, 2012.
Read more on the Events Page.
Monday
Feb132012
A Recipe For Passion
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 1:55PM 
Ilson Goncalves, owner of Montclair's hottest restaurant, Samba Montclair, visited the Kettle Kitchen to teach us an easy, traditional Brazilian dessert, Passion Fruit Mousse.
Sunday
Feb122012
The Results Are In!
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 8:30PM 
The results of Hot From The Kettle's first annual Montclair's Sexiest Restaurant Poll are in!
After a total of 7,958 votes, the winner is . . . click through to Montclair Restaurant News!
Monday
Feb062012
What Makes a Restaurant Sexy?
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 11:50AM 
Photo Credit: Bohm-MarrazzoWhat makes a restaurant sexy? Is it the lighting, the service, the chairs, the food, or something else? You tell us!
To read more, and vote for Montclair's Sexiest Restaurant, visit Montclair Restaurant News.
Friday
Feb032012
Valentine's Day Dining Guide
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:00PM 
Wondering where to dine on Valentine's Day?
Check out the Events Page
, for suggestions and menus from some of the area's best, and most romantic restaurants!
Make sure to check back, as more restaurants and menus will continue to be posted throughout the week!
Friday
Feb032012
We're In: Hot From The Kettle Inducted To The Culinary Hall of Fame!
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:43AM 
Not to toot our own horn. . . . but . . .why not?
This just in:
Hot from the Kettle. A Culinary Blog by Melody Kettle is inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame.
Friday, 03 February 2012 09:13
Hot from the Kettle. A Culinary Blog by Melody Kettle is inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA – February, 3rd, 2012 – CulinaryHallofFame.com announced today that Hot from the Kettle, a Culinary Blog by Melody Kettle is now the seventh Inductee into the Culinary Hall of Fame on their website. Melody Kettle and her many friends and followers voted for her blog until she reached 2000 points, the required amount to be inducted. Her plaque will hold a permanent place on the Culinary Hall of Fame Inductee Page and will be linked to her outstanding culinary blog. Melody is from Montclair, New Jersey and her plaque will also be permanently listed on NewJerseyCulinaryHallofFame.com
Friday
Feb032012
DePersio Brings NICO to Newark
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 9:16AM 
Chef Ryan DePersio, Photo Credit: Amessé PhotographyOne of our favorite local chefs, Ryan DePersio, of Montclair’s Fascino, and Bloomfield’s Bar Cara, is bringing his acclaimed fare to Newark.
Read more on Montclair Restaurant News!
Thursday
Feb022012
Super Bowl Eats: Just Wing It!
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 9:00AM 
Here’s a confession: I’m a Denver Bronco’s fan. Perhaps it has something to do with saintly quarterback, Timmy Tebow, or backup QB, coverboy, Brady Quinn. Even though the Bronco’s didn’t make it to the big dance, I’m nonetheless very happy for our local team, the Giants.
This Super Bowl Sunday, like any food-loving American occasionally given to gluttony, I’m planning a menu of copious casual eats. While I am a big fan of savory spreads, molten, meaty chilis, and striated layer dips, the centerpiece of the Kettle spread will be the wings. And of course, they’ll be hot!
Wednesday
Feb012012
Cooking with LN2
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 4:56PM 
Photo Credit: John LeeChef Tre Ghoshal is offering a class in edge cuisine.
Details on the Events page!
Monday
Jan302012
My First Love: Bread + Butter
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:15AM 
Before I graduated to pork products, bread and butter was my first true love. Bread and butter: the perfect match! A truly complimentary and harmonious pair! How wonderfully simple!
Wednesday
Jan252012
The Culinary Underworld: Truffle Trade
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:00AM 
*Photo of genuine French truffles courtesy of Chef Mitchell Altholz of Highlawn Pavilion
Shady business deals, big time crime bosses, and back alley beatings usually bring to mind unsavory commodities like illegal drugs and weapons. But in recent years, this business environment has encompassed the worldwide truffle market.
Tuesday
Jan242012
More Than Just Ah'Pizz
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 8:20AM 
Co-Owner Christopher Delisio, Chef Greg Lampariello, Pizzaiolo Robert Cino, Co-Owner Michael LaMorte
Ah'Pizz, Montclair’s home of Pizza Napoletana, located at 7 N. Willow St., is taking their cuisine to the next level.
Read more on Montclair Restaurant News.
Monday
Jan232012
Black Truffle Dinner at Above
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 10:23AM 
On January 10, Above, in South Orange, hosted a decadent Truffle Dinner. Hot From The Kettle's own, Elizabeth Palmer Starnes, attended.
Tuesday
Jan172012
Fettuccine Ameritanea Recipe
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 9:18AM 
Recipe for Fettuccine Ameritanea Recipe Fettuccine Ameritanea, a riff on the traditional southern Italian dish Amatriciana.
Thursday
Jan052012
Tis the Season for Black Truffle
Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 10:16PM 
‘Tis the season for Black Truffle! In proper seasonal fashion, the acclaimed Above Restaurant & Bar, will be hosting a decadent truffle dinner.
Sunday
Jan012012
Top 5 Most Viewed Videos of 2011
Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 9:31AM 
Happy New Year! Hot From The Kettle® has shot a lot of videos over the past year. So which was the most popular? Here's HFTK's Top 5 Most Viewed Videos!
The first video Hot From The Kettle shot in January 2011, titled, "How To Eat Ethiopian" at Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant in Montclair, is the #1 most viewed video of 2011, with a total of 12,281 views.
At #2 and #3 are two segments from the ever popular pork curing series with Lou Palma, "How To Make Proscuitto, Part 3," followed by "How to Make Proscuitto, Part 4."
Coming in at #4 is "Phaal: The World's Hottest Curry at Brick Lane," which was shot in August at Brick Lane Curry House in Montclair with the gas mask wearing chef himself, Karthik Kumar. And at #5 is our most recent - and my personal favorite - video shot on Thanksgiving Day at Casa Kettle, titled "Cuban Style La Caja China Pig Roast."
Note: Hot From The Kettle's most popular video of all time is "How to Make Proscuitto: Part 1" with over 14,581 views, that video is not included on the list because was shot at the end of 2010. View were compiled from the original Montclaircentric YouTube Channel and the current Hot From The Kettle YouTube Channel.
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Saturday
Nov262011
A Thanksgiving Pig Roast: The Video
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 9:06AM For more pics, visit the gallery!
Wednesday
Nov232011
Getting Porked!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 2:00PM
Updated on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:00AM by
Melody Kettle
Updated on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:04AM by
Melody Kettle
Updated on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 11:16AM by
Melody Kettle
11/22/2011
Apologies to my vegetarian and vegan friends and family who are already offended. Warning: Do not click through.
The Hot From The Kettle Thanksgiving Special will document our first holiday pig roast! There will be no eloquent articles; just the facts, the pics, unedited videos, and lots of porktastic, educational material!
The thread will be continually updated. Stay tuned!