My Blue Hubbard: Creamy Squash Soup with Chai Spices
The garden variety of “my blue heaven,” a saga of a 28-pound blue Hubbard squash continues… Winter squash plays well […]
My Blue Hubbard: Curried Winter Squash and Apple Soup
Size-6 running shoe meets big blue Hubbard squash. The hard-shelled blimp-like fellow weighed 28 pounds, was 22 inches long, and […]
Cook the Book: The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook
A cooking challenge organized by Meg of Grow and Resist and Briggs of Oh Briggsy in which we explore a […]
Arugula and Potato Soup with Arugula Pesto
Fall in the northeast is an amazing time of year. The leaves on the trees are turning bright and luminous […]
Summer Tomato and Basil Soup
Summer’s high season showcases the tomato. Lush and flavorful, tomatoes hardly need any embellishment. We mostly just enjoy them sprinkled […]
Cook the Book: Gran Cocina Latina, The Food of Latin America
A cooking challenge organized by Meg of Grow and Resist and Briggs of Oh Briggsy in which we explore a […]
White Bean Soup with Bacon and Dandelion Pesto
Bacon is the center of the Venn diagram of this soup. White beans and bacon are a traditional pairing as […]
Gingered Kohlrabi and Root Soup with Ginger Radishes
You might say this is gilding the lily: ginger on ginger. Ginger’s been our antidote to wintery blues as we […]
Root Soup with Kale Chips
I spent the morning detailing my refrigerator. Seriously. I gathered my husband’s collection of brushes and probes for the non-greasy […]
Portuguese-style Fish Chowder
This chowder epitomizes the concept of “savory.” It is well seasoned and flavorful, and a longtime favorite at our house. […]
Waste Not, Want Not: White Fish Stock and Chowder
One of my favorite things to do is to walk away with an armload of “garbage” and turn it into […]
Gingered Kuri Squash Soup
As penance for my recent foray into non-seasonal vegetables, I went all out with local produce this weekend. Actually, I […]
Curried Zucchini Soup
What am I doing cooking out-of-season vegetables? There have been dark days of winter when I challenged myself to cook […]
Dorie Greenspan’s Orange-Lentil Soup
I’m once again hooked on Dorie Greenspan’s Around my French Table. Thanks to a monthly cooking challenge that delves into […]
Rutabaga Soup with Bacon and Apples
Everything tastes better with bacon, so goes the cliché. I went to Richmond, Virginia last week and had a non-bacon […]
Spicy Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup
We have a weekend soup habit. A late Saturday pick-me-up. A Sunday lunch. Leftovers stashed to cart to work during […]
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