Slowcooker chicken soup can soothe a weary soul. These days mine is in desperate want of soothing. There are months when life seems to take the lead and you’re Read More →
a vintage recipe: cream of chicken soup
September 7, 2010 | by | 20 Comments
Cream of chicken soup, real cream of chicken soup, doesn’t come from a red and white can, folks. Real cream of chicken soup is homemade, from scratch and lovingly tended as it Read More →
a recipe: miso soup with clams
August 30, 2010 | by | 3 Comments
Miso Soup with Clams is one of those special foods – simple and quiet and humble, but also elegant in its simplicity. Sometimes the best dishes are the simplest. In our Read More →
A Recipe: Potato Leek Soup with Dill
June 15, 2010 | by | 19 Comments
Potato Leek Soup, dotted with dill and pasture-raised bacon, may seem like an odd addition to a June post. I mean, really now, summer's less than a week away - and I imagine all Read More →
A Recipe: Kale & Potato Soup with Chorizo
April 20, 2010 | by | 21 Comments
Caldo verde - a Portuguese soup classically featuring kale, potatoes and chorizo swimming in a nourishing, mineral-rich stock - is a remarkable dish. Richly flavored and deeply Read More →
Recipe: Miso-glazed Bok Choy
April 13, 2010 | by | 18 Comments
A good bok choy recipe can be difficult to find. Too often bok choy recipes disguise the leafy green vegetable in heavy sauces or combine it with other, more strongly flavored Read More →
Fresh Chicken Broth: Achieving a Solid Gel
February 25, 2010 | by | 87 Comments
A good stock is the backbone of a good kitchen; it provides flavor to your dishes as well as sustenance and nourishment for your body. Broth features in the traditional foods Read More →
Voodoo Stock: Chicken Feet & Chili Peppers
November 30, 2009 | by | 135 Comments
Chicken feet - gnarly, repulsive and disturbing - make for the very best stock. Devoid of little else but tendons, bone and cartilage (sound appetizing yet?), chicken feet produce Read More →
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Harvest Supper & Benefit
March 29, 2009 | by | Leave a Comment
In the heart of ski country, spring replaces late winter slowly--so slowly that when most gardeners around the country are celebrating the season with the first shoots of asparagus Read More →
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