Small Cool Kitchens 2013: Announcing Our 5 International Finalists! — Small Cool Kitchens 2013

Earlier this afternoon we showed you our 10 Small Cool Kitchens semi-finalists and our panel of distinguished judges will be bringing you their favorites out of these early next week. But the judges will also choose our international winner out of these five finalists. Want to see the finalists? Such great kitchens! 

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How Sweet Is Your Morning Cereal?

How Sweet is Your Morning Cereal?

I go through breakfast phases. There will be weeks on end where I crave savory dishes like eggs and grain bowls, and other long stretches where I subsist solely on yogurt and berries with a little granola sprinkled on top. If you like granola or other morning cereals, there’s a chance you’re eating more sugar than you may realize. 

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burst tomato galette with corn and zucchini

tomato, corn and zucchini galette

I have a long history of spectacular tomato tart failures. There was the one that enchanted me on TV a decade ago, with a parmesan crust, bacon, fine breadcrumbs and roasted garlic, that — several hours of work later — ended up tasting metallic and clashy against the acidic tomatoes. There was the tomato tarte tatin flop from a fancy French chef, for which I have only myself to blame. And two summers ago, there was an heirloom tomato galette, with colors like a rainbow, that fell apart before we ate it. The problem more often than not is a basic one: tomatoes are very wet and tart crusts need to stay fairly dry. But this has never stopped me from trying again, and I’m glad, because it led me to this.

a pretty mix of tiny tomatoes
diced zucchini

Sort of. This too spun from a disaster, a gnocchi failure last week that involved these same fixings. But we were so in love with the combination — lightly charred and slumped cherry tomatoes, sauteed zucchini, crunchy sweet corn, scallions and parmesan that I’ve become convinced it should be applied to everything this month from pasta to farro to omelets.

burst and sauteed tiny tomatoes

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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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