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Dark Days: Accidental Gypsy Soup

March 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

This particular accidental soup begins by cooking some greens in a pot of water and then forgetting about them or just letting them cook longer than you originally intended. In fact, I had turned the heat pretty low. But nothing gets past my wife, the professional chef. She took note of how long the greens […]

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Spring Cleanup Soup

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Among my many sins, I have been neglecting for months a small patch of beets in one of my garden beds. It just so happens that this bed parallels the alley from our driveway to the front door, so that I frequently pass by these beets and remind myself that I should be doing something […]

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French Onion Soup

March 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

The moment finally arrived yesterday to turn the extraordinary beef stock we made last week into an extraordinary French onion soup. This was a team effort. I made the beef stock. My wife, with her usual expert attention to detail, finished the soup. As her reference, she used The New Best Recipe, from the editors […]

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