One Bubbie made floaters and the other, sinkers. I was partial to the floaters — soft, billowy matzo balls that melted in your mouth. My cousin always joked about bouncing the sinkers along the narrow long Seder tables. Add them to this Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup, and you get a perfect meatless alternative…
Rocket Soup – To the Moon and Back
Do you like to try new recipes? Or are you a creature of habit? I’m a bit of both. Food & Wine Magazine is chock full of tempting new recipes — and their January 2019 front cover recipe from Yasmin Khan‘s Zaitoun cookbook stole my heart. Say yes to Rocket Soup and let yourself get…
Garlic Soup – David Tanis Market Cooking
Got a hangover? Want to strengthen your immune system? Or tweak your digestion? Forget the chicken soup! Garlic Soup can be served with a beaten egg, beaten yolks or poached egg. So get over your decisionitis and pick! I picked poached egg.
Celeriac Soup – From Gnarly to Creamy Smooth
When I get older, I want to resemble celeriac. I want to have a beautiful interior and a shell that is well used. It’s funny how the ugliest root vegetable harbors such beauty in its versatility and taste. Celeriac can be boiled, baked, steamed, roasted, transformed into a delicious salad or a creamy yet light soup. Rev up your blenders and ease…
Tomato Dill Bisque with Cheese Crisps
Imagine an industry so sweet yet so conniving. Imagine an industry being awarded for keeping scientific evidence from consumers.Yes, sugar. Follow the money, as my brother likes to say. Does big business have no conscience? My good friend, dietician Cheryl Weiss, says that sugar is the new fat. Industry used the low-fat craze as a ruse to load…
Leek Soup – follow your gurus
Before starting to Jittery Cook, I was a weight watcher. Now I have a little more in common with the Barefoot Contessa than I’d like. No offense BC, but cooking for flavour can do a number on your scale — a number I’d rather not believe. My guru-friends do their best to guide me. Harriet Sugar…