Posts tagged "soup"
Clippings: February 2, 2012

Clippings: February 2, 2012

The internet is a great source for all things foodie, and we’re constantly bookmarking, starring, and emailing intriguing recipes, food porn, and inspiration. Here’s a selection of clippings we think are worth checking out. I’ve realized recently that I’m a big fan of onions, even raw ones have their place. So when I saw that...
Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal:  Faux pho ga

Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal: Faux pho ga

Chicken leftovers #2. Few things warm you up the way a bowl of chicken noodle soup does on a winter’s night. So, with leftover chicken, time and a craving for the sense of being in hot, sticky Ho Chi Minh City (instead of cold, clammy Vancouver) on my side, pho ga it would be.  Yes,...

Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal: Post-binge diet soup

I wish I could sexy up this post somehow for you; come up with a charming story about this soup and its origins. Is there charm in wanting healthy food after a weekend full of pumpkin pie, whipped cream, mashed potatoes, turkey and bottomless glasses of red wine?  Not particularly.  It just is. As a...

Thankfulness and Hot Pink Borscht

This Thanksgiving weekend I have much to be thankful for. Just a year ago to the date, fresh from a NYC holiday and a fat Thanksgiving dinner, I learned that our family of two would become three. Now with our little flower Violet just four months old, I’m already thinking about all the things I...

Hand to Mouth Part II

As I’ve said before, I find it hard to cook for myself.  Boiling water or depressing the toaster lever is usually all the energy I put into Me.  I all too often fall into an eat-to-live rather than live-to-eat mode and the results end up being a kitchen full of mostly condiments.  Cooking is an...