Happy Saturday! Popular posts this week on The Kitchn include a guide to making stovetop polenta, 10 recipes to celebrate World Nutella Day, a tip for using silica gel packets in the kitchen, a fantastic kitchen renovation, and a few suggested ways to use up that leftover sour cream. Enjoy!

15. Cocktail Recipe: The Mid-Winter Warmer
14. Slow Cooker Recipe: Cheesy Panade with Swiss Chard, Beans & Sausage
13. Maggie's "Let's Eat At Home" Kitchen
12. Help! Why Does My Dutch Oven Enamel Keep Cracking?
11. Level-Up Your Dinner: Garlic Gold
10. How To Make Creamy Stovetop Polenta More

Get your Valentine's Day started on a sweet note: a batch of fluffy, heart-shaped scones is the ultimate breakfast treat. Whether served as breakfast-in-bed with a teapot for two, or tucked into a bag for an out-the-door treat, homemade baked goods are a sure-fire way to your sweetie's heart. More

Where do you cook? Is it a little kitchen with big ideas, or a big kitchen with loads of enviable counter space? Is it an apartment kitchen with a city view, or a cottage with a garden? We want to see where and how you cook. Would you like your kitchen to be featured in a tour on The Kitchn? We're looking for kitchen tours in the NYC metropolitan/tristate area, as well as in Portland. We love kitchens with good stories — charming, edgy, inspiring, surprising — and we're looking for kitchens of all shapes, colors, and sizes!

We've put together a short submission form to make the process easy for anyone who wants to share their space with the community. On submissions: the sooner, the better! More

Happy Saturday, friends! Popular posts this week on The Kitchn include a review of Paprika, a terrific new recipe organizer app, a roundup of favorite salt cellars and pigs, quick-fix desserts you can make from ingredients in the pantry, a recipe for homemade yogurt-covered cranberries, and more. Enjoy!

15. Paprika: The Recipe Organizer App I've Been Looking For
14. Tip: Clean a Panini Press with One Simple Ingredient
13. Prepping for the Big Game: A Super Bowl Spread Inspired By Each Team's City
12. Cook Like a Pro: Banish Your Salt Shaker from the Table
11. Before & After: Kitchen Nook Makeover
10. Korean Chicken Sliders with Braised Kale and Kimchi More

Are you a great photographer? Do you enjoy blogging, writing, and seeking out fabulous kitchens? Do you have lots of friends or contacts who are avid home cooks with great, personality-filled kitchens, both big and small? Do you like telling stories in words and photos of how people cook today? If so, we may be looking for you. We are looking to hire a few new Kitchen Tour contributors for the site. Interested? Read on to see what we're looking for. More

We're partnering with Food52 and California Olive Ranch on a really fun giveaway! This fall, one lucky reader will take a trip to see the olive harvest and olive oil press in action. Then you'll be whisked away to Napa for a VIP food and wine experience, including a private tour at Silver Oak Cellars and a chef's menu at Wood Grill in St. Helena. Read on for more info about the prize package and enter the giveaway!

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Welcome to Saturday, folks. Is it freezing where you are? We're in the midst of frigid but sunny weather here in New York. All the more reason to stay inside and catch up on this week's hot posts, including a tour of an archeologist's kitchen in Italy, a recipe for two (just two!) chocolate chip cookies, reader suggestions on what to eat after a workout, and a step-by-step guide to making kale chips at home. Enjoy!

15. Snack Recipe: Apple Sandwiches with Honeyed Peanut Butter, Oats & Raisins
14. Why Do Health Articles So Often Get It Wrong?
13. 5 Delicious Ways to Healthify Your Hot Chocolate
12. 10 Recipes That Remind Us Why Cabbage Is Awesome
11. What It Really Means to "Salt to Taste"
10. An Archeologist's Kitchen in Italy
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Happy January Saturday! Take a few minutes this mid-winter day to catch up on our most popular posts from the week, including a look at what chefs cook when they have the flu, favorite non-soup lentil recipes, and a tour of a sweet, imperfect kitchen in Portland. Enjoy!

15. In Defense of "Kid Food"
14. How To Cook Beans on the Stove
13. Winter Mood Lifters: 7 Foods Thought To Boost Energy & Make You Feel Perkier
12. A Homey Wedding Budget Meal for 120: The Menu
11. Is It Still Okay to Eat Quinoa?
10. Easy Weeknight Meals: 5 One Bowl Recipes

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Ladies and Gentlemen, our fifth annual Homies Awards will be kicking off in two weeks on Friday, February 1st, but before we get there, I want to do something totally new. I'd like to invite you to redesign the Homies logo. What I'm looking for is a brand new interpretation of the logo that I've been redrawing for the last few years. Want to make your mark? Go the design brief below...(Note: in an effort to be fair to all of our professional design readers, I've added some more info below).

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Happy Saturday, folks! Popular posts this week on The Kitchn include reader suggestions on sensible ways to lose weight, soba noodle recipes for winter, the science behind seasoning cast iron, and 10 simple things to make you happier in the kitchen.

15. 5 Soba Noodle Recipes for Winter
14. Ooey, Gooey Mornings: 5 Favorite Cinnamon Roll Recipes
13. Help! I Eat Sensibly & Exercise, But I'm Not Losing Weight
12. Cooking Salmon: Tips for Minimizing That Weird White Stuff
11. Recipe: Quinoa and Black Bean Salad with Orange-Coriander Dressing
10. Should I Tell My Host She's Making a Cooking Mistake? More