What's Cooking This Weekend? Weekend of August 2-3, 2008

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of August 2-3, 2008

Welcome to August at The Kitchn! What are you cooking this weekend? Are you giving your kitchen a break and just sucking on popsicles and fresh garden tomatoes? Or are you planning backyard (or front stoop) feasts?

Here are our picks from the last week of good eating at The Kitchn...

Eat!
• Zucchini Rice Gratin

• DIY Maraschino Cherries

• Yogurt Sorbet

• Pictured above: Honey Ice Cream with Fig-Sesame Swirls

• Japanese-style Sweet Kabocha Squash

• We're loving these heirloom potatoes with salt

• Eggplant wraps with goat cheese

• Fresh peach salad

• Sweet corn ice cream

• Basic vanilla ice cream

Read!
• What are your favorite kitchen sounds?

• Peek into NY Times writer Melissa Clark's kitchen - Full tour coming next week.

• iPhone apps for the home cook - Do you use your iPhone in the kitchen?

• Grill pan giveaway - Did you enter yet?

• Gorgeous kitchen renovation

Have a great weekend. Hang around here for a little weekend special coverage (some Mad Men coming up tomorrow!) and we'll see you Monday bright and early.

(Image: Faith Hopler)

Comments (11)

Baking some brownies and making some cashew butter cookies (homemade cashew butter!)

posted by reggiesoang on August 1st 2008 at 12:48pm
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Might make some potato salad or some sweets. Not sure yet, but i know i want to update my website.

www.cocoaandcheese.blogspot.com

posted by Shannon Bradly on August 1st 2008 at 1:06pm
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Practicing my grandfathers bagel recipe before a Throwdown:Bagels competition with a friend.

posted by s and the r on August 1st 2008 at 2:06pm
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Heading to a family bbq tomorrow so today I made Ina's roasted shrimp and orzo pasta salad-always a crowd pleaser.

posted by rosebud on August 1st 2008 at 2:25pm
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Today: cucumbers, onion, vinegar, toffuti sour cream.
Tonight: gnocchi, earth balance, garlic and toffuti sour cream.
Tomorrow: Ginger peanut soup.

posted by arstellla on August 1st 2008 at 5:08pm
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Having a pizza grilling get-together on Sunday! I'm in charge of the dough and sauce, while everyone else brings at least one topping (or 6 pack) to share.

posted by katherines on August 1st 2008 at 6:04pm
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shrimp in thai basil sauce with rice noodles. yogurt mixed with sugar and cocoa over raspberries for desert.

posted by peacelily on August 2nd 2008 at 9:32am
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I made amazing blueberry ice cream this afternoon and enjoyed multi-colored boiled heirloom carrots with pepper and butter with a good St-André cheese and baguette for dinner.

I plan to make a roasted pork loin with fresh apricots for dinner tomorrow.

posted by Eve in Hochelaga on August 2nd 2008 at 3:00pm
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Grilled Nueske's cheddar brats (I finally found Nueske's products here in Pasadena, CA!)

Mache salad with baby heirlooom tomatoes and a quick balsamic dressing

Mashed baby Yukon Golds from the farmer's market

Turkish coffee ice cream

posted by Bx on August 2nd 2008 at 3:45pm
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On Saturday I had homemade minestrone soup (leftovers) for lunch and stuffed shells and garlic bread.

Sunday was eggs with black bean and corn salsa and chicken tacos with homemade guacamole for dinner (I was in a Mexican mood apparently!)

posted by Cheryl K on August 4th 2008 at 4:12am
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This was a weekend at the beach (http://cooking-shopping-crafts-etc.blogspot.com/2008/08/bethany-beach-with-jenn.html), so there was no cooking. Just a lot of good eating! :)

posted by orchidgirl1979 on August 4th 2008 at 9:55am
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