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…
Red Onion Soup with Cheese Toasts – Market Cooking
David Tanis‘s roots in culinary utopias from Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California to Café Escalera in Santa Fe, New Mexico and a private supper club in Paris have likely contributed to his earthy, vibrant fourth cookbook David Tanis Market Cooking. Red Onion Soup with Cheese Toasts was the signature recipe we lovingly sampled when David visited Appetite for…
Easy Veggie Beer Soup – Warms the Cockles
I bit the bullet and bought an Instant Pot on Black Friday. It wasn’t the latest model and it wasn’t the larger size I was advised to buy, but it was over 60% off and I can rarely resist a bargain. Out came Marilyn Haugen‘s 175 Best Instant Pot Recipes cookbook, and lo and behold I’m starting each day with 3…
Watercress Velouté and Liquid Gold
My parents tended their garden lovingly and composted their leftovers to nourish the soil. My dad even went so far as to cart out liquid gold to the garden, giving the compost a dose of much-needed nitrogen. Although I’ve been a pretty good daughter, composting is not my bag. Being jittery, I do, however, save every miniscule vegetable scrap…
Bloody Mary Lentil Soup
Only one more week of winter! Let’s get the party started! This is all the appetizer you will need to put everyone in a good mood. Kids at the table? No problem, just serve them Virgin Mary Lentil Soup. Tastes fantastic either way. Bloody Mary Lentil Soup 1 T olive oil 2 onions, chopped 4…
Spicy Lentil Carrot Soup
Thick or thin skinned? Can you be both at once? Zero Dark Thirty relates the story of Maya, who cared with incredible perseverance and tenacity. She was thick skinned in forcing her vision to fruition, but thin skinned with empathetic pain, need for justice and closure. Spicy Lentil Carrot Soup packs a wallop. Thick or thin…