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Golden Comfort Soup
I thought up this soup during a zoom church service, so the inspiration could be divine. It’s certainly delicious, easy, comforting, and welcomes many interpretations. I hope you find it inspiring. Serves 4-6. 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 onions, chopped…
Tagged with: comfort food, comfort food for writers, onion-chickpea-squash soup, soup
Posted in Food, WWWS
Posted in Food, WWWS
Gold in the green beans. Why?
My father grew up in Brooklyn, during the Great Depression, in a house so close to the next one that once, when a spark ignited the shingles, a neighbor simply jumped from his roof to my father’s and stamped out…
Call me names!
When I was about two, my mother said I invented a game called “Names.” The rules were simple: she regaled me with terms of endearment while I basked in the glow of Honey, Sugar, Sugar Pie, Sweetheart, Sweet Pea, Sugar…
Carrot Soup, Blue Sky
I made carrot and ginger soup last night for my book club which was reading Under the Same Blue Sky. In theme with the book, I’d challenged myself to a brightly colored, light, vegetarian German summer menu. A 6-year old…
Elegance of Onion Sauce
One wouldn’t think that a pasta sauce made mostly of onions would be so elegant, beguiling, and comforting too, but it is. With an abundance of onions this evening, I made a version of a heartier sauce I’d seen on…
What’s cooking, 1910’s?
I’m developing my fourth novel, set after World War I, and as always, interested in finding out what people were eating. Here’s some of the new foods on the market and around town. In some cases, the dates are the…
Squash, Shrimp & Cod Chowder
Here’s a winter chowder culled and modified from several sources that can warm you while writing or whatever. Squash and Cod Chowder 4 strips bacon, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed 2-3 ribs celery, chopped 1/2 sweet pepper…
Lessons in Soba Making
Recently I was in a vast underground labyrinth of a Singapore shopping mall, waiting to meet a friend at a coffee shop and came upon this lesson in soba (noodle) making. There is a Japanese chain restaurant in which the…
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Our Irish-Bulgarian Cabbage Connection
For St. Patrick’s Day, we’re having corned beef and Bulgarian cabbage. The recipe for the latter was part of our daughter Emilia’s patrimony when we adopted her at age 10 from Bulgaria. With no English, she took us shopping for…
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