Each week we round up our favorite posts and recipes from our friends at The Kitchn.

This week, the Kitchen lists 12 essential bottles your bar should have.

Also on the Kitchn:

• Pantry Staples: Trader Joe's Organic Coconut Oil: Don't know what to do with coconut oil? Here are some ideas.
• Soup Dumplings & Peking Duck: Snapshots From China: GIant soup dumplings, cured pork, street vendors selling fresh fruit, and more.
• Can I Make Anything with Leftover Champagne?: Don't pour away leftover Champagne when you can cook with it or make it into Champagne jelly, dressing, sorbet, or chocolate truffles.
• Recipe: 3-Ingredient Healthy Ice Cream: All you need is coconut milk, corn starch or tapioca starch, and fruit or vegetable juice. (For a dessert on the other end of the spectrum: Double Chocolate Sour Cream Cake.)