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Summer Fest Week 3 – Zucchini Soup

August 11, 2009
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Zucchini is one of those innocuous vegetables that doesn’t really stand out. Sure, the small ones can be tender, but the large ones tend to get spongy. Because of the high moisture content and neutral taste —and it’s debatable zucchini actually has a taste — it’s grated into cakes, mixed into pasta sauces and even [...]

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Squash and Maple Soup

October 21, 2008

I am in debt to readers. Erik of Homemade Soup Recipes wondered if my Scottish Lentil Soup would taste good without onions. Confused by his question, I reviewed my recipe and realized I’d omitted a key ingredient. The single most popular post on my blog and I botched it. I had wondered why it drew [...]

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It’s Soup Week

October 20, 2008

I know you didn’t actually give me an mandate to blog about soup for an entire week, but we’re heading into soup season and I wasn’t sure how to cover Thai, French and Indian cuisine another way. So, this week, I’ll be cooking up some slurpy delights. If you’re impatient, I have several soup recipes [...]

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