Story
When I invited a friend over because I had a beautiful tomato
A singular heirloom, sourdough, cultured butter, a chilled red. A friendship that lasted 10+ years.
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The Dinner Party
Revival
Helping people reconnect around the table
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We stopped eating together. We got busy, we got screens, we got takeout. Madelaine's Tiny Kitchen is here to change that — one shared meal at a time. Real recipes. Honest stories. A table with room for everyone.
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13+
Years in the making
MTK started in a tiny SF apartment with cracker pizza and great friends. It grew from there.
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Simple rule
Guests make the dinner party. Every. Single. Time.
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People
Strangers are just friends you haven't cooked for yet.
What is MTK?
A tiny kitchen. A big table. An open invitation.
Madelaine's Tiny Kitchen is a place for people who believe good food doesn't have to be complicated and hospitality doesn't have to be perfect. It's a collection of recipes, stories, and dinner parties built around one simple idea: the table is better when it's shared.
"I have been known to invite near strangers over for dinner — a bad habit I picked up from a dear friend in San Francisco. Not a bad habit at all in hindsight. Strangers are just friends you don't know well enough, yet."
— Madelaine, The beginning on Medium
The kitchen got bigger. The mission didn't.
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Dinner party
Tales from someone else's dinner party
9 adults, 6 kids, 3 dogs, a snake, a hedgehog, and a wallaby. The magic was very much alive.