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Recipe: Roasted Squash and Pear Soup

October 7, 2010

I missed the last of the season’s peaches on Saturday by THIS much. You can’t see it but I’m holding my thumb and index finger about 4 inches apart. The universal translation for this gesture is one hour of time for each inch of empty air. I got to the Farmers’ Market just after 10:00 [...]

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Ginger Gold Apple and Squash Soup

October 23, 2009

Pastry is fussy, cake requires precise measurement, fish over-cooks in a flash, but soup? Soup is incredibly forgiving. And it’s the perfect way to  handle the abundance of fall. Got too many carrots? Make soup. More cauliflower than you know what do do with? Soup. Your neighbour drops off a squash? Soup. You get the [...]

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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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