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Surprise Red Pepper Soup

September 15, 2010 5 Comments

Soup with corn garnish variation. Picture of simplest version below. This intense soup combines the local harvest and eastern seasonings with a touch of butter to round them them all out. It’s terrific eaten immediately with crusty bread — I couldn’t help myself — but even better the next day. Triple the recipe to thaw […]

Strawberries and a Talk about Salads

June 15, 2010 Comments Off

Three websites, each with a tasty… A short talk on about Salads The first is Caroline Alexander’s Berkshire Food Journal, which I’ve featured before for its superb audio segments and accompanying slides about regional farmers. Today, I’m steering you to a short talk I did on salads, which I hope you’ll find useful now that […]

Winter Shiitake Stew with Polenta

January 26, 2010 Comments Off

Here in New England where it’s been gray or white, white white, my breezy old kitchen seems to shake in the winter wind, and the supply of local fare is dwindling. So it’s time to winter forage, throw a log on the fire, crank up the Billie Holiday, and cook up a warming mushroom stew. […]

Tropical Butternut Bisque

December 29, 2009 6 Comments

On a snowy day, this soup reflects my locavore’s craving for the Caribbean — coconut with a touch of fiery ginger and cayenne pepper party with butternut’s sweet silky texture. The Berkshires produces fabulous butternut squash, and happily the local stuff is still around. Roasting it whole makes it effortless to peel. Use local onions […]

Two Kale Recipes for Fall

November 14, 2009 4 Comments

Garlicky Bean Soup with Kale I admire soup’s simple needs — a few ingredients, a little time and a bowl to contain it. But then I come from a family of soup lovers. My father says he’s never met a soup he doesn’t like. And my great grandmother, a Polish Jew, made such tasty soup […]