Capelli d’Angelo in Brodo is a classic soup, its peasant origins clear. Bring some broth to a boil, add Angel Hair pasta, cook until just done, let rest, and serve with a generous grating of Parmigiano-Reggiano. It’s the thing to make when your pantry is down to a few bones, a bit of flour, and [...]

Categories: soup, stock, technique
Tagged: soup, stock, technique

Back in the 80′s I was Pastry Chef at The Winchester Inn in Ashland, Oregon. Among my duties was soupmaking, and over the years I worked there I must have made more than a thousand pots of soup, including several hundred batches of a deceptively simple soup called Cultivator. I may not have remembered the [...]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, soup, stock, technique, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: dairy-free, gluten-free, soup, stock, technique, vegan, vegetarian

Recently I attended a Holiday Meal event at an upscale restaurant that started with a Forest Mushroom Soup. Or so they claimed. It was a tan-colored insipid broth with a few bits vaguely recognizable as “mushroom” floating in it. I put away my business cards so no one would ask me for an opinion. Here’s what [...]

Categories: mushroom, soup, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: mushroom, soup, vegan, vegetarian

Some things are just too easy. I’ve been re-reading Fergus Henderson’s books (The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating and Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the Adventurous Cook). If you haven’t read his work, it’s humorous and full of wonderful kitchen wisdom. I particularly enjoy his style of recipe writing. Anyway, he [...]

Categories: soup
Tagged: soup

Just a short post today because I’m still recovering from a quick trip back to Portland. Dinner at Paley’s Place was divine. The drive back to Tennessee was much too long. Anyway, if you have some butternut squash laying around and want a nice, quick soup, here you go. Conveniently, it’s vegan, tasty, and warming [...]

Categories: dairy-free, soup, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: dairy-free, soup, vegan, vegetarian

It was a day made for potato soup. The weather had been getting colder the past few days, there had been a couple of light frosts, and the previous day there was a touch of sleet. Forecasters predicted a hard freeze for that night, and snow as well. Even so, it was a bit of [...]

Categories: gardening, soup, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: gardening, soup, vegan, vegetarian

Nasturtiums are staging a coup in the vegetable garden, trying to take over everything. They need to be thinned, and are delicious, so I decided to make a salad with nasturtiums. Salad goes well with soup for a meal so I started thinking about what soup might be nice. I remembered the Pan-Roasted Carrots I [...]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, salad, soup, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: dairy-free, gluten-free, soup, vegan, vegetarian

I was watching Top Chef: Las Vegas and saw one of the contestants struggling with sauce velouté. Really? You can’t make a blonde roux and mix it with white stock? So, for future contestants, here’s what you need to know, and I’ll even teach you how to make it into a soup. First, make a [...]

Categories: mother recipe, sauce, soup, stock, technique
Tagged: mother recipe, sauce, soup, stock, technique

When mushrooms have been sitting around a day or two longer than they really should, or you find a sale on dried mushrooms, make some mushroom stock. Then, when you need an umami-filled light lunch or quick soup, you’ll have a great base to build upon.

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, lunch, mushroom, soup, stock, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: dairy-free, gluten-free, lunch, mushroom, soup, stock, vegan, vegetarian

What’s pantry soup? That’s when you make a soup out of what you have in your pantry and freezer. The trick is to make sure you have a ready supply of the sorts of things you almost always need.

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, lunch, pantry, soup, stock
Tagged: dairy-free, gluten-free, lunch, pantry, soup