Ethiopian Lentil Soup

Ethiopian Lentil Soup

There are a lot of cultures that take the simplest ingredients – here, lentils – and add a few signature twists that make them special. The signature twists in Ethiopian cuisine, which is always based on humble ingredients, are the warmly spiced clarified butter...
Thanksgiving Soup

Thanksgiving Soup

This was a new soup two years ago when I developed the recipes for the cookbook; it’s such an obvious one in my estimation. (I can’t believe it only occurred to me the second year of soup club!) Basically, it’s all of my favorite festive flavors crammed into one big...
White Bean Chili with Tomatillo

White Bean Chili with Tomatillo

I grew tomatillos again this year (though none took off like my crop from last year, which bore enough fruit to make an entire batch of soup for that week), which is what inspired me to make this soup again! To me, tomatillos are one of those ingredients that seem...
Catalan Chickpea Stew

Catalan Chickpea Stew

This is a classic recipe passed down by old-school Spanish grandmas in the Catalan countryside. Lore has it that these amazing peasant women used to collect rainwater to soak beans and make dishes just like this to serve to their families. This particular one is...
Kinda Tortilla

Kinda Tortilla

I don’t eat corn. It’s weird, I rarely miss it, but I do miss tortilla soup. This version I’ve come up with features roasted millet where the corn used to be and lots of other tastiness so I don’t even miss it. (You surely aren’t a weirdo like me and do eat corn—it’s...