What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of August 16-17, 2014

Happy weekend everyone! I hope you’ve enjoyed our week of all tomatoes, all the time. I’m certainly ready for a Southern tomato sandwich or maybe a scoop of tomato cobbler. Tell us what you’re doing with tomatoes this weekend — or anything else you’re cooking. Happy cooking, and check out these posts — my favorites this week! (P.S. The Kitchn Cure started! Have you signed up yet?)

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Pull Up a Chair to the Chef’s Table — New Cookbook

The angle: Recipes for the best staff meals from the best restaurants around the world, from Chez Panisse to Noma.

Recipes for right now: Emmer Wheat Foccacia, Carolina BBQ Pork, Summer Vegetable Soup with Pesto, Flour Dumplings with Cucumbers and Cream, Spaghetti with Mussels, Chocolate Ripple Cake

Who would enjoy this book? Restaurant-loving foodies, photography buffs with a love of food.

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Tomato Cobbler with Cornmeal-Cheddar Biscuits, Tomato Soup Cupcakes, No-Cook Tomato Sauce, & Homemade V8 Juice — New Recipes from The Kitchn

I hope you’re in the mood for tomatoes, but we have lots (and lots) of recipes this week that highlight this rockstar ingredient. Looking for something you pull together on an average weeknight? Try the pan-seared chicken thighs with blistered tomatoes, the tomato cobbler with cornmeal-cheddar biscuits, or the easy no-cook tomato sauce over pasta. Looking to drink your tomatoes in the near future? We’ve got homemade V8 juice, a tomato water Bloody Mary, and a 2-ingredient bloody beer.

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