We scored a “giant” kohlrabi during our most recent visit to the farmers market in Troy and my wife turned it into our favorite kohlrabi gratin with cream and Gruyere cheese. In addition, she made a fabulous cream soup from broccoli that had been hibernating in the crisper drawer. Toss a fresh salad with bell […]
With a bit of chill in the air, my wife turned dinner into a celebration of one of our favorite comfort meals: tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. The soup is made by hand with love. And since the calendar still says summer, she turned a big, plump slicing tomato into insalata caprese with basil […]
Could borscht be the best soup ever? My earliest memories are of a restaurant version somewhere: treacly sweet and garishly red. No thank you. The soup we made in our food appreciation classes last week, in contrast, groaned with all sorts of vegetables and a depth of flavor that only hinted at beets. I’m convinced […]
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