When Small Is Good — Weekend Meditation

When Smaller is Good

Occasionally, I stop in for a few things at one of the handful of smaller grocery stores in my area.  Not quite a bodega or corner market, these are true grocery stores that have somehow survived the Mega-Mart grocery takeover of the last several decades. I don’t always get to shop at these places due to their location and (sometimes, but not always) higher prices but when I do, I notice that I just plain enjoy the whole experience.

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Homemade Hummus, Eggs in Avocados, Fresh Peach Soda, High-Protein Breakfasts, and a S’mores Birthday Party — Most Popular Posts from July 27 – August 2

Homemade Hummus, Eggs in Avocados, Fresh Peach Soda, and a Backyard S'mores Party

Happy weekend! Want to catch up on your reading from The Kitchn? Start here, with our most popular 15 posts of the past week. There were cool cucumber noodles, a dozen crazy S’mores, fresh ideas for basil, small and smart kitchens, and more. Read on to see them all (or flip through the gallery — PSA: did you know that you can use your arrow keys to go forward and backward in our new and improved slideshows?).

15. Overripe Bananas? Make Granola! 
14. Summer Craving: Cold & Crunchy Cucumber Noodles 
13. 10 Questions to Test Your Food IQ 
12. 12 Creative S’mores for a Party
11. Top 10 Ways to Use Up Overripe Fruit 

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What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of August 3-4, 2013

What's Cooking This Weekend?

 Summer Recipe: Fresh Peach Soda

Can you believe it’s August already? Neither can we! We are, however, luxuriating in peaches and apricots, and thinking about all the plum jam we’d like to make. What about you? Are you reaching for summer fruit? Or do you have other cooking plans this weekend? Maybe lighting the grill, or staying cool with homemade ice cream? Tell us your cooking plans this weekend — we’d love to hear. 

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Grilled Corn & Tomato Pizza, Fresh Peach Soda, Birthday Cake Marshmallows, Homemade Hummus, & Teriyaki Pork — New Recipes from The Kitchn

We are determined to squeeze every second out of summer while it’s here, starting with a slice of this crispy grilled pizza topped with fresh sweet corn and tomatoes and ending with a bowl of tangy, lemony ice cream. You also won’t want to miss our fizzy fresh peach soda from this week or how to make an fresh, zesty gremolata to spoon over grilled vegetables and chicken. We also shared lots of S’mores fixings, with birthday cake marshmallows and S’mores inspired by Key lime pie. Take a look at all our summer-lovin’ recipes from this past week right here!

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Hot Dogs, S’mores, and Marshmallows: Great Cookout Tools from Rome Industries — Gatherings from The Kitchn

Hot Dogs, S'mores, and Marshmallows: Great Cookout Tools from Rome Industries

For the final note on my Backyard S’mores Party, this month’s Gathering from The Kitchn, I wanted to bring you a quick look at Rome Industries, a small American company based in Illinois who makes many of the marshmallow forks, hot dog roasters, and S’mores makers in use around campfires all over the country this summer. I asked Michael O’Russa, their president, how they got started and he shared this sweet story about his dad… 

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