Although we are still in the midst of summer in Hawaii, I am thinking about warm, comforting autumn dishes like this spiced sweet potato soup. It has richness from coconut milk, sweetness of the sweet potato, and spice from fresh grated ginger and warm dried spices....
National Soup Month - Week #4 Mushroom Velouté sounds fancy but it is a straight-forward and delicious cream of mushroom soup. Please don't begin to compare it with the canned stuff (which absolutely has its uses but can't compare as a standalone). "Velouté" means...
National Soup Month - Week 3 For this week's soup recipe I turned to the Barefoot Contessa herself, Ina Garten. Her recipe, Parker's Split Pea Soup is featured in both the cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, and the accompanying television series on Food...
National Soup Month - Week 2 Busy work days do not have to end up with takeout in front of the television - although it often happens in our home. After a quick stop at the supermarket, you can pull together this delicious soup in about 20 minutes. A quick stop at the...
National Soup Month - Week 1 It's a new year and a new food month to celebrate. Even in Hawaii, we enjoy soups just as much as our neighbors in colder northern states. To kick things off, I'm sharing a soup that I enjoyed when I was in Boston this past fall. Some of...
As days start to cool down, I start looking for warming and satisfying dishes, like this soup. Pork tofu and watercress is a fairly common stir-fry dish found in Hawaii. A simple and tasty dish, sometimes it includes other vegetables like onions and bean sprouts to...
Wonton soup is Chinese comfort in a bowl featuring delicious wonton dumplings in a flavorful broth. It's not difficult to make and if you have a little foresight you can make enough for a future meal or two. Homemade is the best When I first moved to Boston I had a...
To wrap up this month of soups I am sharing a local Hawaii favorite, Portuguese Bean Soup. Hawaii is a melting pot of cultures and cuisines as a result of families immigrating to the islands to work on the plantations. In addition to several Asian groups like Japanese...
The weather has been cool in Hawaii (my friends in Boston and Nebraska are laughing now because by cool I mean mid-60s) so I am sharing another favorite soup recipe. Filled with mini meatballs, hearty kale, and a healthy sprinkling of Parmesan, this soup makes a...
It seems I'm on a soup kick right now so let me share another one of our favorites - sausage, kale, and cauliflower soup. We often make a version of Zuppa Toscana, a sausage, kale, and potato soup. Since we love cauliflower so much we decided to try replacing the...
Even in Hawaii we enjoy a good bowl of soup. Some of the more popular soups you'll find are ox tail soup and Portuguese bean soup, and, of course, all different varieties of ramen. We recently added a curried kabocha squash soup to our repertoire and we really enjoy...
I love the Food52 website and I frequent the site for ideas and recommendations for new recipes. This soup was recently highlighted in one of its emails and I couldn't wait to try it. At the same time that I saw this recipe, I was hearing a lot about Trader...
Kung Hee Fat Choy! Happy Lunar New Year! Chook is not specifically associated with the new year celebration but I wanted to share it in honor of my popo. Chook is a rice soup and is also known as congee. It's an everyday comfort food in Chinese homes. One of my...
Many years ago when I was sick, a friend sent me containers of delicious chicken soup from the New England Soup Factory. It was just what I needed on my road to recovery. Several years later the restaurant published its own cookbook and it's become my...
Updated September 2021 Due to work and school schedules, when we visit Disney World it's often in the heat of summer. If anyone has experienced Disney World in the summer you know that you are in for hot, humid weather with daily thunder storms. One respite we found...
Tonight I had a small window of time once I got home to make dinner before I had to take a conference call with Asia. I've wanted to try a recipe I found in Food & Wine for Creamy Piquillo Pepper and Chickpea Soup with Chicken. The magazine claimed it would take 7...