Tweet With unending energy, a ready laugh, and excitement-only-a-mother-can-exhibit-for-her-daughter-singing-in-choir, my mother graced my beautiful (temporary) home city with her presence. The sun glinted off of the market’s maple syrup and brought a creamy hue to winter and early spring vegetables. Meandering around the blessedly sun … Read More →
Category Archives: soup
soupa de lentejas (spanish lentil soup): spanish snowballs
TweetI have been lax with my posting lately, and I apologize. I’m back and forth to Whistler, supporting a skiing addiction. It certainly is interesting, to be surrounded by serene mountains of snow, and then come back to dreary cement. My best friend is usually … Read More →
moroccan chickpea soup: spicy preparation for the holidays
Tweet For a while here, I’m going to be backtracking my posts. I took a month hiatus from blogging, but that does not mean I did not cook! Baking or basting or braising for me is like crack to an addict — I just cannot … Read More →
korean ddukguk (rice cake soup): an adventurous christmas night.
Tweet I love visiting small grocery stores run by those whose culture is different from my own. Yesterday, I found myself meandering around a Korean store, ‘ooh-ing’ and ‘ahh-ing’ over the variety of ingredients so different from the ones I usually cook with (I also … Read More →
san francisco clam chowder: tasty memories of a lovely road trip.
Tweet Have you ever wanted to travel, to get away, to just keep driving? Have you ever talked about such things, such feelings, such ideas, and never acted on them? I know I have. Until this past weekend.17 hours of driving. 3400 kilometers. Several mishaps. … Read More →
thai spiced pumpkin soup: a ghoulish brew for halloween madness.
Tweet Oh spooks. Oh ghosts. Oh creepiness. How I am scared of thee. Roasted pumpkin represents Fall, and is the epitome of all things warming, comforting, and celebratory of the season. But yet I revel in thee every year. Stelna and I made our Halloween … Read More →
creamy pumpkin soup: a jack-o-lantern in a bowl.
Tweet Pumpkins are one of the cheapest vegetables yet they can be blended to make one of the heartiest soups. One that reminds you of ghosts and cornucopias in the same mouthful. A pot of pumpkin percolating (try saying that fast ten times) is a … Read More →
tom kha gai: thai coconut soup served, sipped, slurped on a sunday.
Tweet There is something magical about Sundays. The tradition of attending church and enjoying a lunch after brings a kind of calm throughout the day. It is paced, mandated by a strict service time, yet almost leisurely – the last day of the week is … Read More →
vegetarian mexican taco soup: ole!
Tweet Ole! I love a good Mexican dish, especially when I get to share it with a friend. John recently came back from Hawaii, and brought me a lovely little instrument – a ukulele. Marvelous. So, to celebrate, we ate Mexican (incongruous I know). Vegetarian … Read More →
white pepper split-pea soup: not only for throwing.
Tweet I love split-pea soup. There, I’ve said it. I know that, by making this statement, I’ve automatically been relegated to the ranks of food-throwing babies or toothless elderly. But wait, the soup that I love isn’t the gelatinous mass which looks like it could … Read More →
tom ka gai: thai chicken soup for the soul, and the sick.
Tweet There is nothing I abhor more than being sick. The runny nose, unceasing cough, lymph nodes the size of golf balls, and listlessness that usually results in me entering in random contests online because my mind cannot handle anything more strenuous. Heck, for my … Read More →
leek turkey soup: liquid on a day filled with falling water.
Tweet The only way to describe this past Sunday is wet. When it wasn’t pouring, it was drizzling, and when it wasn’t drizzling, it was spitting. I was once again computer-less, book-less, and wandering aimlessly through the sodden streets. The solution? As always, make soup. … Read More →
coconut carrot soup: warm soup with a warm fire.
Tweet I love soup. I have said so before, and will say again. A creamy soup, where it has been blended so finely that it just rolls through your mouth, allowing the tastes and spices to touch every part of your tongue and slide down … Read More →
creamy tomato soup: shield against the rain.
Tweet As I’ve said before, and will say again, rain inspires soup. Whether its drizzling, pouring or spitting, the continuous falling water that characterizes Vancouver makes you want to curl up somewhere warm, with a quilt and a bowl of soup. I always loved the … Read More →
dal shorva: the indian version of soup for the soul.
Tweet Any soup cooking on the stove emits a smell of home. There is something about the moisture that fills the air from evaporating stock, making the smell of soup different from all other scents from stove top meals. The soup scented air in my … Read More →
fennel vegetable soup with turkey meatballs — a steamy side to present making.
Tweet Every year, I make mom’s Christmas presents for her. Whether it be truffles, biscotti, or, this year, preserves. Made during the summer, and fondly named ‘Original Elixers’, these packaged jammy gems are worth their weight in gold to me, due to the price of buying a … Read More →