After St. Patrick’s Day, I had a bag of leftover baked potatoes in the fridge. As I was trying to think of something interesting to do with them (not that I don’t love a simple baked potato, but I do adore transforming things), I recalled that stalwart standby, baked potato soup. I really like baked…
Creamy Chicken Soup with Black and Green Olives
I spend a lot of time trying out and creating new recipes. People who find out I’m a cook and food blogger often ask me, “What’s your favorite thing to cook?” I hate this question, because I rarely make things over and over, and can never think of an answer. (For some reason people…
Quick Italian Wedding Soup with Sausage
I’ve been making this recipe for a long time. It’s a go-to staple for days, especially chilly ones, when I don’t have a lot of time and do have some hearty cooking greens in the crisper. I never called it Italian Wedding Soup, though. It didn’t really have a name; I’d just call it soup…
Thai Tomato Soup
On Saturday I helped to host a meeting, one of a series that has been going on for a while. They’re quarterly, and long, so we decided to include lunch. It was a fantastic decision. People love to be fed – especially real, homemade food. To easily accommodate a varying number of participants, we usually…
Browned-Bone Chicken Stock
You might say there’s nothing unfussy about making your own chicken stock. I would counter that, while it’s pretty fussy to insist on cooking everything with homemade chicken stock, making your own is simple. And, like baking bread or roasting a chicken, there’s something about it that gives a primal satisfaction. This is cooking at…
Ghanaian Peanut Stew
I love African peanut stew. Its rich, complex flavors belie its simplicity of preparation. For years I’ve made a version with whole chicken thighs, from Mark Bittman’s The Best Recipes in the World. However, as I continue with my vegetarian weeks, that obviously wouldn’t do. (Interestingly, as soon as I decided to go all-veg for…
Quick Eats: Dumpling Soup
I threw this together for lunch today, as I have a million times, and was several bites in before it occurred to me to share it with you! Dumpling soup has been my go-to quick lunch for a long time. I usually make it Asian-style, but it lends itself well to an Italian treatment as…