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What to Eat, Drink, Buy, and Do in August 2014

Killer tomatoes, chic seeds, and gin are what's in store this August.
By Bon Appétit
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Courtesy Olympic Provisions

From malted waffles to a gin subscription service, here’s everything you need to eat, drink, buy, and do this month.

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    Sorry, Milk Shakes: Malt Is Seeing Other Dishes

    Catch him red-handed in the...

    1. Malted waffle (pictured) with fried chicken at Roux in Seattle
    2. Malted ice milk at Better Half in Atlanta
    3. Malted butter at High Street on Market in Philadelphia
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    Thank You, Dutch Design (Jansen+co, Specifically)

    Modern, not-too-twee ceramic cake stands ($70).

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    Courtesy Olympic Provisions
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    Word of the Month: Käsekrainer

    1. A fresh pork sausage stuffed with Emmenthal cheese.
    2. The newest reason we’re obsessed with Olympic Provisions ($12 for 12 oz.) in Portland, OR.
    3. Um, delicious.
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    Per-Anders Jorgensen
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    Ramen Who?

    The from-scratch udon at Koya Bar in London—seen here with English breakfast fixings—has made us rethink our original Japanese noodle crush.

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    Courtesy of Mouth
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    Gin-of-the-Month Club

    Now this is a subscription service we can get behind. Sign up (three months for $180) and every 30 days or so, a big bottle of gin from a small American producer magically lands on your door-step.

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    The Chef Says

    "Always entertain the possibility that something, no matter how squiggly and scary-looking, might just be good." —Anthony Bourdain

    Find this and other wisdom in the forthcoming compendium The Chef Says ($15), edited bythe owners of Kitchen Arts & Letters in NYC.

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    Zach DeSart
    7/10

    Like Chia Seeds?

    It’s time you got familiar with peppery nigellas, which we’re seeing in everything from lavash crackers to pumpernickel bread.

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    Courtesy Small Thyme Cooks
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    A Food Nerd’s Sudoku

    Small Thyme Cooks ($15), a puzzle book built around culinary icons like Anselme Selosse and Daisuke Nakazawa, is a food nerd’s Sudoku.

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    Alex Lau
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    Three’s a Trend

    You Say Tomato, We Say...

    1. Jam
      Jam legends: The same words describe both the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia and Alsatian pastry chef Christine Ferber. The latter releases her inimitable Green Tomato Jam ($20 for 220 grams) this month.

    2. Indigo Rose
      If broccoli can be purple, why not tomatoes? Scientists at Oregon State University have bred a new purplish-red varietal that is high in antioxidants. Keep your eyes peeled for it at the market.

    3. Candle
      You can eat a caprese in a matter of minutes, but Apotheke’s Tomato soy candle ($30), hand-dipped in Brooklyn, burns for 70 delicious hours. Other good-enough-to-eat scents include Honeysuckle and Basil Citrus.

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    All Aboard for Oysters on the Half Shell!

    Mark Firth, co-founder of beloved Brooklyn restaurant Marlow & Sons, is now helming Grand Banks, an oyster bar on the 142-foot schooner F/V Sherman Zwicker. It’s docked on the Hudson River, at Pier 25 in NYC, through September.

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