This seafood broth was the opening course of the Garden of Alchemy Dinner representing the transformational power of the element of water. Guests were served a tea cup with butterfly pea blossoms and a fish fashioned out of a green chili pepper and lime leaves inside. There was a sticky Thai rice ball with seaweed and a…
Tag: soup
Comforting Classic Tomato Soup (but vegan)
This is a comforting and healthful soup. We could all use some comfort and health at the moment.
Corn and Seafood Chowder (Dairy-Free)
Last summer, I created this chowder recipe specifically for my mother, who is allergic to dairy. It uses cashew cream. Of course, now my mother has developed a cashew allergy. Honestly, I’m giving up. The good news is that I truly prefer the cashew cream here to real cream, and people other than…
Potato and Fried Almond Soup
This simple, Andalusian style Potato soup has been a standard in my kitchen for many winters. Is is one of the three most simple and deeply satisfying soups I’ve ever eaten. The other two are Caldo Verde, the Portuguese concoction of kale, potatoes, sausage and water that magically makes perfect soup and Stracciatella a perfect combination of eggs, greens,…
Creamy Butternut Soup with Miso and Smoked Paprika (Vegan)
…and now back to our regularly scheduled program “What can I cook with all of the butternut Squash?” On this episode we are making Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Soup with Miso and Paprika. I had never wondered what the ideal weather conditions were for the butternut squash crop, but now I know. With a long, warmer…
Watermelon Gazpacho (Vegan and Gluten-Free)
I’ve written about this soup before, but I feel that the praises I sing bear repeating. When I am called upon to make a summertime dinner for a crowd of people, this watermelon gazpacho is usually involved. For example, I made it last August when I was the chef for The Freight. The Freight is a…
Tangy Cold Pea Soup (vegan and not vegan)
Last weekend, a friend had a bunch of women over to her backyard to make preserved lemons and dolmades, and infuse bottles and bottles of alcohol with herbs, spices, fruits and flowers. It was a glorious event and I’ll be posting about it soon. For a week previous to the gathering, I had been trying…
Thai Coconut Chicken Soup/ Farmshare Cooking weeks 8 and 9
FARMSHARE COOKING WEEK 8 Lettuce, Beets and Cucumbers- Made into Salads Starring Beets Broccoli- Made into Curried Broccoli Soup with Cashew Cream Eggplant- Broiled with Miso Honey Sauce Plums- Made into Plum Chutney for Spicy Chickpea Pancakes Blueberries- Eaten on top of gluten-free whole grain cereal for breakfasts Peaches- Eaten with Gluten-Free Coconut Pancakes and…
Paul’s a Sweet Pea Soup/ Farmshare cooking weeks 1 and 2
Our friend Paul is a sweet pea. He is the beloved man of one of the very best people that I know (Kerthy). He is a ridiculously good photographer and film DP. Sometimes he takes a photo for this blog and when he does, I get tons of compliments on how my photography is…
Roasted Celery and Buttermilk Soup
When I was in my 20s my friends and I had a game that we liked to play with any new person that we met. We would each list the 10 foods that we would take if we were going to be stuck on a desert island for the rest of our life. You could…
Big Sis Little Dish 