Food, Photography and Bons Mots
It’s cold. It is pouring rain. I have a @!%!! roof leak. I’m craving soup…again! Here is a recipe from Joanne Chang’s Myers + Chang At Home cookbook. You can buy the cookbook through your local bookstore or on Amazon here. In the introduction to…
Got those change-of-seasons blues? This Soup Au Pistou is just the right soup to blast you right out of those doldrums. It hits all those fall color vibes, too. Look at those orangey colors! Not visible in this photo is the dollop of basil pistou…
NEVER saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather see than be one. –Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) How about a purple soup? Ever saw one of those? Neither had I until I picked up…
How can it possibly be the end of summer? Need one last hurrah for that season? This Chilled Cucumber Soup With Toast “Soldiers” might be just what you need. Toast “Soldiers” are toast that has been sliced into wide strips. The British use this term…
It is the height of the tomato season and what a season it is! My farmer’s market has a great selection of heirloom varieties and I’ve been delving into some of the interesting versions of Gazpacho. (We’ve featured Gazpacho before on Blue Cayenne– here and here…
Shirley Temple, remember her? In 1935 she made the song Animal Crackers In My Soup insanely popular, performing the song in her movie Curly Top. Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along: Curly Top/Animal Crackers in my Soup. Curly Top takes you on…
Are you world weary? World Weary. That was an iconic Noel Coward song if you don’t recognize the reference. You can play it by clicking the link that follows. Sit back and enjoy a moment in a gentler time. (World Weary.) Not too hard to…
So, here we go! This is hearty lentil soup nourishes the body and the soul after a challenging beginning to the new year. This recipe was adapted from one that appears in Susan Spungen’s Veg Forward Cookbook. Here is the recipe as I prepared it…
Comfort food. In normal times, whether it’s an oatmeal cookie or a bowl of this Cream of Mushroom Soup, there is always a place in our lives for the comfort of food. But, these are not normal times. Fierce wildfires are raging here in Southern…
I was delightfully surprised recently when I made this soup for the first time. First, the broth is very flavorful–rich in cilantro, ginger and garlic flavors. Secondly, the fork technique for adding the beaten egg is genius. It’s fun, too. In the recipe, you mix…
