What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of June 7-8, 2014

Happy weekend, food folks! Are you getting into the weekend spirit? What’s on the menu this weekend? I’m planning on eating a lot of strawberries and making a big family lunch on Sunday. What about you? Also, here are a few of my favorite posts from the past week, just in case you missed them.

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Scandinavian Cooking by Tina Nordström — New Cookbook

The angle: Let’s branch out from gravlax and apple cakes — Tina Nordström, Sweden’s own celebrity chef, shows us what Scandinavian home-cooking is really all about.

Recipes for right now: Cress Salad with Coconut and Lime, White Asparagus Soup with Bread and Salami, Grilled Cod with Green Pea Pesto, Stuffed Lemon Bread, Mascarpone Gratin Blackberries with Grand Marnier

Who would enjoy this book? Fans of Scandinavian cuisine, my fellow Midwesterners, armchair-traveling cooks

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How to Cook (and Shred) a Pork Shoulder, Roasted Shrimp Scampi, Jalapeño Cheddar Corn Muffins & Grilled Cauliflower Steaks — New Recipes from The Kitchn

Consider it your duty this summer to make pulled pork sandwiches. This week we’ve got a tutorial for how to cook and shred a pork shoulder, how to make BBQ sauce, and finally putting it all together in a delicious sandwich. In the meantime, let’s take advantage of more spring-things by making Izy’s asparagus soup with frittata bites and Sara Kate’s pesto pasta with fava beans. Looking for dessert? Be sure to try your hand at the lemon-lime curd with rosemary sables – a real treat!

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