Well, it’s official – I’m never happy. I, Julie, am a seasonal malcontent. In the summer, I fester in a disgusting pool of my own sweat and long for the dark, frigid, short days of winter. When those days arrive, I shiver under my four layers of clothing and think about how nice it would… [click for recipe and more]
The onslaught of polar vortexes has me a little under the weather. Not sick, exactly, but sort of sniffly and lethargic and generally just kind of blah. I’ve also been in major pantry-scrounging mode, and am on a strict “nothing else gets bought until we use everything up” policy. Malaise + eating down the fridge/pantry =… [click for recipe and more]
Miso carrot ginger soup? No, YOU so carrot ginger soup! Oh god. Sorry guys. I couldn’t help that. Can we pretend that never happened and just start this post all over again? Starting…now. Oh, hello! Well, it seems like it’s finally getting cold. Down here in the mid-Atlantic, we’ve lucked out all winter. Ducking a… [click for recipe and more]
Soup – is it or is it not a meal? This is a debate as old as time, more perplexing than “to be or not to be,” more polarizing than pumpkin beer and candy corn combined. Can hot liquid, regardless of what it contains, stand up as a main dish? This hot-button issue was even… [click for recipe and more]
I grew up with gazpacho that was served without pureeing, big mouthfuls of fresh garden vegetables in a red wine vinegar broth studded with droplets of olive oil. It was only a few years ago that I learned that the traditional way to serve gazpacho is well-blended, with small chunks of vegetables but nothing identifiable… [click for recipe and more]