Spring Minestrone
I bet you haven’t eaten a cooked radish, huh, with their greens… Or ramps? Well, you’re in for some new experiences, then, as I take you on a tour of some of my favorite spring produce in this week’s soup! When cooked, radishes lose their zip and take on a yielding,...
Asparagus, Dill + Lemon Soup
I don’t know why, but the only common soup that features asparagus – another outstanding spring veggie worthy of soup celebration – is puréed! (If you don’t believe me, Google “asparagus soup” and see what comes up.) Puréed soups are the least interesting kind, in my...
Seattle Springtime Lentil
You know those days when you wake up and a chill is in the air but the sunlight is starting to stream through your blinds? Those perfect early spring days when warmer weather is yawning and stretching before us, like the daffodils? It reminds me of when I was...
Peas ‘n’ Carrots Soup
Roasted carrots are one of those things I can never tire of. They’re comforting and bright at the same time, they allow me forget them as they do their thing in the oven and I get to sit in my cozy kitchen and waste time on the Internet. (I fell down a Jimmy Fallon...
Portuguese Pea Soup
I cooked so many roasted red peppers in a Michelin-starred restaurant during my internship from culinary school that I thought I could never eat one again. I would lie in bed at night – a cot in a converted horse stable, mind you—and smell it on my hair and fingers,...
