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Adventures in food for curious cooks.

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Adventures in food for curious cooks

Latest Recipes

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Sumac-Basil Vodka Lemonade Cocktail
Sumac-Basil Vodka Lemonade Cocktail

Super-refreshing, fizzy and fun lemonade cocktail infused with basil and sumac.

Herby Asparagus with Spring Onions and Preserved Lemon-Bacon Vinaigrette
Herby Asparagus with Spring Onions and Preserved Lemon-Bacon Vinaigrette

Roasted asparagus with lightly sauteed spring onions in a warm champagne vinaigrette with bacon and preserved lemons, topped with herb leaves and toasted pine nuts.

Carrot-Top Parmesan Ranch Dip
Carrot-Top Parmesan Ranch Dip

Minced carrot-tops with basil, garlic and parmigiano-reggiano make the perfect dip for carrots - or any other veggie!

Summer Camp 2019

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Adventure Kitchen Summer Camps 2019
Adventure Kitchen Summer Camps 2019

ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT! TWO WEEKS ALREADY SOLD OUT! Join us for culinary madness in Adventure Kitchen summer camps! Ages 8-14 in the Montclair, NJ area. Taste and explore your way around NYC in Adventure Camp, or spend the day cooking and eating in Cooking Camp!

Here’s What Happened In Summer Camp Last Year:

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Pictures from our 2018 Summer Camps
Pictures from our 2018 Summer Camps

Check out all the pictures from our 2018 summer camps!

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Recipes from our 2018 Summer Camps
Recipes from our 2018 Summer Camps

Check out all the recipes from our 2018 summer camps!

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Hippity-Hoppity! Easter Brunch:

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Easter Brunch Recipes
Easter Brunch Recipes

What to make for Easter brunch. Impressive, springy and special! Hippity-hoppity! 

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More Recipes

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Spring Recipes
Spring Recipes

Adventure Kitchen recipes for spring.

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Vegetarian Recipes
Vegetarian Recipes

Adventure Kitchen recipes for vegetarian dishes.

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All the Recipes
All the Recipes

The complete collection of all the Adventure Kitchen recipes.

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The Latest from the blog:

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A season of two hopeful stories
Lynley Jones
A season of two hopeful stories
Lynley Jones

 My 5 top Easter recipe picks, plus 20+ hippity-hoppity Easter brunch recipes.

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Lynley Jones

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Adventure Kitchen Gift Card
Adventure Kitchen Gift Card
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Not sure what to get them? We have gift cards! May be used on anything in the Adventure Kitchen store, as well as summer camp, live (in-person) classes and parties. 

Recent Events at Our Montclair Pop-up Shop:

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Ladies Night Out Sip, Shop and Paint Event
Apr 12
Ladies Night Out Sip, Shop and Paint Event

FRIDAY 4/12, join us at our popup spice shop in the Hampton House Popup Galleria for FREE Sumac-Basil Vodka Lemonade cocktails at the Spice Bar during Montclair’s Ladies Night Out shopping event downtown. Also, get tickets to join the Paint & Pastry Party sponsored by our fellow vendors Sofistafunk the Skirt Co. and From, Phil with Love.

Free St. Patrick's Beer Tasting
Mar 16
Free St. Patrick's Beer Tasting

SATURDAY 3/16 starting at 3pm, join us at our popup shop for FREE beer samples selected by Amanti Vino for your St. Patrick’s celebration. We’ll also have Irish soda bread sprinkled with Mexican Sweet Blend, and you can shop unique St. Patrick's themed decor and hostess gifts from Styled Blu.

Pink for Africa: Cocktails, Treats and Shopping for a Cause
Mar 10
Pink for Africa: Cocktails, Treats and Shopping for a Cause

SUNDAY at 3pm, join us for free cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, shopping, music, a fashion show and fun to benefit Pink for Africa, a non-profit founded to fight breast cancer among African and African-American women. Free refreshments at the Adventure Kitchen Spice Bar starting at 2pm. Shop our African spice collection, pick up recipes and ideas, shop our fellow local vendors, have fun and support a worthy cause!

How To…

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How to Make Mexican Hot Chocolate
Lynley Jones
How to Make Mexican Hot Chocolate
Lynley Jones

How to up your hot cocoa game with Mexican hot chocolate. Recipes, ingredients, shopping tips, how-tos and more.

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Lynley Jones

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🌷Hippity-hoppity Easter, people! Here’s an Easterrific side dish for you: herby asparagus with spring onions and other good stuff, in a preserved lemon-bacon vinaigrette. 🌷 The recipe is at the link in my bio (along with lots of other springy things 😊) 🌷 🌷 🌷 #eastersunday #easterbrunch #easterweekend #easterparty #easter2019 #easterfood #easterdinner #asparagusseason #springfood #jerseyfresh #preservedlemons #baconbacon #montclairnj #jerseyfreshlove #GrowNYC #feedfeed #huffposttaste #f52grams #buzzfeast #foodgawker #foodandwine #realfood #eeeeeats #recipe #buzzfeedfood #bonappetit #foodbloggerpro #foodblogfeed #thekitchn
Holy cow - did you realize it’s almost Spice Pop season?!? . It’s true!! 🎉 Yay! . These one-of-a-kind tasty-cold treats will find their way into your heart (and stomach) this summer in Montclair. (We’ll have a few flavors - this beauty is Aleppo-Chocolate) 😋😋😋 . You can follow @spicepops on Instagram for all the latest Spice Pop happenings and whereabouts all summer. . And (shhh, it’s a surprise!) the Spice Pops are getting a BIG exciting new present this year! 🎁 Let’s just say it will make it easier for them to get around this summer. . (So excited!!) . . . #adventurekitchen #spicepops #icepops #chocolate🍫 #aleppopepper #montclair #montclairnj #montclaircenter #fairtradechocolate #bonappetit #gardening_feature #capturemontclair #montclairnj #jerseyfreshlove #GrowNYC #feedfeed #huffposttaste #f52grams #buzzfeast #foodgawker #foodandwine #realfood #eeeeeats #recipe #buzzfeedfood #bonappetit #foodbloggerpro #foodblogfeed #thekitchn
We’ve been eating Irish soda bread with butter and Mexican Sweet Blend for St. Patrick’s Day. We picked up the bread from @montclairbread , slathered some good Irish butter on it, then sprinkled that tasty blend all over the top. So good! 😋 . If you haven’t tried it yet: Mexican Sweet Blend is a blend I created with Mexican brown sugar (piloncillo) blended with Mexican cinnamon (aka Ceylon cinnamon, aka canela). You can do lots of things with it, like stir it into oatmeal, or coffee, or bake with it.... . You can order it online anytime, or pop over to our popup spice shop in downtown #montclairnj . And - if you come by today we’ll have it with Irish soda bread for you to nibble 😋 just like in the picture. 😘 . (PS - that cute little clover plant came from @styledblu . They have lots of handmade cards, gifts and decor which you can also find at our popup shop) 😊 . . . #adventurekitchen #stpatricks #stpatricksday2019 #stpatricksday🍀 #stpatricksdayfood #irishfood #irishsodabread #mexicanfoods #mexicanbreakfast #mexicancuisine #spiceshop #piloncillo #montclair #shopmontclair #montclaircenter #hamptonhousemontclair #hamptonhousepopup
This is Africa, made (by me!) out of our Ethiopian black cardamom (called korerima in Ethiopia) from our Montclair popup shop. . We were proud to be part of a fundraising event at the popup last weekend for @pinkforafrica , organized by my friend @julscollections to raise money for treatment and prevention of breast cancer in African and African-American women. . Swipe for a picture of the pink cocktails I created for the event, with vodka, lemon juice, seltzer and a Sumac-African basil simple syrup I made. They were super tasty! (Recipe coming in the next few weeks) . . . #adventurekitchen @styledblu @1artisan2 #korerima #africanfoodyummy #africana #africanfood #africancuisine #africanfoods #pinkforafrica #sumac #africanbasil #spiceshop #montclair #montclairnj #montclaircenter #shopclair #shopmontclair #hamptonhousepopup #hamptonhousemontclair
Happy Pi Day, peeps! This is a Basil-Peach Galette, and guess what - if you divide its circumference by its diameter, the answer will be 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510.........! . (Everything you need for an amazing Pi Day at the link in my bio 😘) . . . #adventurekitchen #peoplelikepie #piday #piday2019 #pieday #ilovepie #pieislife #pi #mathnerd #mathisfun #nerdalert #nerdalert🤓 #peachpie #basilleaves #galette #galettes
First of all - Happy New Year! And if you are anywhere near Montclair, NJ, you should change your plans right now and head over to our Holiday Shop for an impromptu New Years Eve Party with FREE champagne cocktails for everyone!We’re teaming up with @1artisan2 to serve these beauties from 3-5 today (while supplies last). . And by the way, that’s their beautiful scarf in the photo. It’s cream-colored, with gorgeous beadwork. They’ve got so many beautiful things! So if you haven’t already, today’s the perfect day to swing by, have a drink, pick up some spices and shop the dozen other local artisans and small businesses at the Hampton House pop up. . And now, about the drinks: . It’s Prosecco poured over hibiscus-allspice syrup and Calvados, and rimmed with Mexican piloncillo brown sugar and cinnamon. . I created this recipe this week, and included lots of seasonal, warming, tasty things in there, just for the occasion. The Prosecco makes it sparkly (and festive!). The hibiscus makes it colorful (and more festive!). The allspice brings a jazzy, warming counter-note of depth to the otherwise simple sweet-tartness of the syrup (seasonal! and special!). The Calvados (French apple brandy) gives it a bit of complexity and more seasonality (fancy! and French!). . And then there’s that piloncillo-cinnamon rim. Depending on your mood, you may be hesitant to let me gussy up the rim of your drink like that. But I’m very persuasive, so I’m figuring I can get you to relent. And you’ll be so glad you did. “Oh, it’s actually not that sweet,” you’ll say. (Of course not!) “Wow, it actually goes perfect with the drink,” you’ll say. (Of course it does!) . To make this drink, I actually just grabbed a jar of our Mexican Sweet Blend off the shelf and used that for the rims. It’s a spoonable, crumbly combination of Mexican piloncillo sugar and Ceylon cinnamon, mixed together and ready to go for exactly this type of occasion. (Easy peasy!) . So, whatever else you’re doing today, come see me! Happy new year! . . . #adventurekitchen #spiceshop #montclaircenter #montclair #newyearseve #nyeparty #newyearseveparty #cocktails🍹 #cocktails🍸 #champagne🍾 #cocktailrecipe #cocktailrecipes
Lynley Jones

Hi there! I'm Lynley Jones, the creator of Adventure Kitchen. I'm a curious cook, writer and mom and I created Adventure Kitchen for curious cooks and eaters of every age. I share new recipes each week, create the spice blends in our Store, lead summer camp, and I have fun creating quirky recipe series such as Why Did the Chicken Cross the Globe? and A Series of Unfortunate Recipes (based on the Lemony Snicket books and Netflix series).

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