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The Tiny Mess: Recipes and Stories from Small Kitchens
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About The Tiny Mess: Recipes And Stories From Small
Product Description A lushly photographed cookbook featuring more than 40 recipes from tiny kitchens, The Tiny Mess is a whimsical combination of stories, recipes, culinary adventure, and of course, petite and inspiring cooking spaces that prove constraints are nothing but an invitation for creativity. From sailboats and trailers, to treehouses, cottages, and converted railcars, The Tiny Mess is alive with stories of tiny houses, the people who live in them, and the meals they love the most. The book offers full-flavored recipes for kitchens of any size, featuring gorgeous photographs of intimate kitchens; the fresh, colorful food they produce; and the artisans, cooks, anglers, and farmers who own and work in them. A range of inventive dishes includes options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even cocktail hour, such as Sourdough Pancakes, Kitchen Sink Quiche, Nopal Cactus Salad, Slow-Stewed Rabbit Tacos, Blueberry and Lime Pie, and Rosemary-Honey Gin and Tonic. In addition to the recipes, the book includes narratives about the contributors, including their tips and tricks for essential equipment, pantry items, and small kitchen hacks. About the Author TREVOR GORDON is a photographer and professional surfer who grew up on the beach in Santa Barbara, CA. He loves sailing, fishing, and getting knee-deep in boat projects. He has been a brand ambassador for Patagonia, Teva, Cliff Bar, and Poler Stuff. MADDIE GORDON is an illustrator from rural Sussex, England, with a serious passion for healthy cooking, hot tea, and foraging for food. Her home kitchen is in the belly of a 36' sailboat that she lives aboard with her husband, Trevor. MARY GONZALEZ is a vegan baker, farmer, and all-around culinary rebel. She lives on a secluded mountaintop avocado ranch in a 30' travel trailer with her dog, Rose. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Writing The Tiny Mess got us all thinking about the evolution of our own little kitchens. We haven’t always lived in teeny, tiny, unconventional homes, so adapting to a life of less space has most certainly been an evolution for the three of us. We have come a long way from our big, old, cluttered spaces full of useless junk to our small, cluttered spaces full of wonderfully useful junk. Perhaps you and your living space have had a similar journey into the abyss of extreme downsizing. Perhaps it went something like this: You started with about eight plates, a dozen mugs, pots and pans in every size, and a plethora of tools and gadgets. You thought you would really need that apple corer, egg slicer, and avocado keeper. There’d be room for them, you said. You had already gotten rid of so much stuff, you said. But then you spent that first month in your new home— navigating your way around your new microsized kitchen, organizing Tupperware like Tetris blocks, and realizing all over again, every single day, that you still have too . . . much . . . shit. So for your next move, you gutted the kitchen and tossed everything that doesn’t fold, stack, stow, or nest. You knocked out some built-ins or ripped out a wall and added some extra countertop. You reanalyzed your inventory and decided to keep only two of everything you eat on or with. Nothing more. You decided you’ll be making cowboy coffee from now on. No need for that electric coffeemaker, pointless! Cowboy coffee it is. Finally, you have space. Real room to breathe. Unfortunately, your kitchen now looks like the inside of a camping store. You want to have friends over, but they’d have to eat with sporks, so you get a couple more plate settings, ditch the enamel mugs that burn your lips, and buy a pour-over coffeemaker because good coffee is something you are unwilling to sacrifice. You acquire a cast-iron skillet because it does nearly everything you could ever ask a pan to do, and like a well-seasoned pair of old Levi’s, it doesn’t really need washing. That sleek multitool utility knife contraption goes back into your c
