I adore homemade chicken noodle soup, especially with grilled chicken and lemon juice! It elevates this classic recipe in a way that is subtle, yet undeniable. However, if I make chicken noodle soup for you, it most likely means that you are either feeling under the weather or things are not going well in your world.
Three words…Shrimp. Bisque. Bourbon. What’s not to love. Personally, I think this just might be one for the Thanksgiving table. Enjoy.
Fall is upon us, and this seems like the perfect easy, autumnal Sunday soup. My husband, who happens to be a great cook, found the basis of this recipe online while sitting in Starbucks. Like most recipes, he tweaks and adds his own touches (always improving the original). In this case it’s substituting sweet potatoes (rather than squash) and adding garlic, shallot and ginger (which were missing in the original). It now sounds perfect to me, enjoy.
Now that autumn has arrived I am eger to start making soup again. Don’t get me wrong, I always love a hot pot of soup…I just find it depressing to make soup in August, even though we had a nonexistent summer in Scotland. This past week I was in London for Decorex and ran into my friend and designer Hugh St Clair. I was reminded of the lovely roasted vegetable soup that he made for me when I was his guest in London. It’s such a simple, yet complex tasting concoction.
As with the traditional gazpacho, Rick Stein’s white gazpacho is all about stale country bread, garlic and olive oil with the judicious addition of a good quality sherry vinegar and, in this case, almonds and seedless white grapes.
I love seeing spring greens in the store, and in the spring and summer I find that I don’t want foods (or soups) that are taxing. That said, it’s still chilly in Scotland, so this spring soup with dumplings is perfect. I adapted it from one of Sara Moulton’s recipes using my favorite dumplings. I have never met a dumpling that I didn’t like, but most can be heavy. These breadcrumb dumplings are light and quick. Enjoy!
A year on and I am still smitten with the Easter table Gwyneth Paltrow styled for Remodelista. The delftware Musical Monkey plates are from Deborah Sears’ Signature Collection for Isis Ceramics; the Hand-Beaten Silver Tumblers are from Rose Uniacke and the France Wineglass and the France Champagne Flute are from Summerill & Bishop. The Personalized Ceramic Eggplaceholder is from Yellow Moon in the UK (also available from Ceramic Eggs in the US).
Lentils and chard are wonderful soup partners. Actually, lentils pair well with all kinds of leafy green vegetables—from spinach to mustard greens. Add the chard at the end to keep the bright color. And it’s good for you. Enjoy.
We’ve been a sick household this week. Especially my husband who craves tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches when he is unwell. I stopped by the store on Thursday to pick up some “homemade” tomato soup for dinner. Needless to say, it did not taste homemade nor was it that enjoyable to eat. Perhaps the recipe will remedy our store-bought fiasco.
I love this super easy, hearty, delicious soup. It’s perfect for a cold Sunday afternoon. Serve with a loaf of rustic bread and a peppery California Zinfandel. The trick to pairing wine with the flavor of pesto is find a wine that has a powerful flavor and bright acidity. A good California Zinfandel is perfection in a bottle.
Congratulations to Marilyn Storey who will receive an inscribed copy of Kathryn Greeley’s The Collected Table Top. And a big thank you too for sharing the Wild Mushroom Soup with from The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins (Workman Publishing, 1979). I CANNOT believe the book has been in print that long…oh I feel so old.
Three things I love are clam chowder, books and a beautifully set table. So I was particularly thrilled when my friend Tobi Fairley recently introduced me to Kathryn Greeley.