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

My father and I took in the Portland Japanese Gardens today, with a break for lunch at Restaurant Murata. The Gardens are beginning to show the first signs of Spring. But about that lunch….

Categories: Japanese, lunch, miso, sashimi, soup, sushi