Recipes: Soups

Hot and Sour Soup, When You’re Sick

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I don’t know about you, but when I get sick I crave Chinese food—and not the upscale stuff either. I crave the slightly greasy Chinese food available from the tiny takeout place down the street from my old San Francisco apartment. Over seven years of veggie friend rice and chow… Read More

The Meaning of Soup

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I promised you a post about something other than bread, so of course it would have to be soup. What else are you going to eat with all that sourdough? A good friend of mine is going through chemotherapy right now. The prognosis is good. They caught it early and… Read More

Curry, Noodles, Greens: A Cure for the Plague

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I got a weird virus this summer, something I’m now calling The Plague. It hit me like a ton of bricks the very week I was moving out of a third floor walkup apartment (fun!) and didn’t let go for nearly four weeks. That’s nearly four weeks of hacking and… Read More

Pumpkin Miso Soup: That Time of Year

I don’t know about you guys, but as soon as the calendar clicked over to January I started craving vegetables. I still do have a few Christmas cookies here in the house, but I’m secretly hoping they disappear in the night and leave me with vegetables and whole grains. It’s… Read More

Soupe au Pistou: New Baby Dinner

In my world, it seems as if spring is baby season. It’s not that my friends don’t have babies other times of the year, but the biggest group seems to fall into May and June. It’s a nice symbolism too—rebirth after the winter, spring flowers and babies. It also means… Read More