Two of my favorite ingredients come together in this soup: corn and poblano peppers. In this soup, you combine the sweetness of the corn, the smokiness of the poblanos and the creaminess of, well, the cream. The cheese helps too! Cream of Corn and Poblano Soup (Crema de […]
Though I am already missing summer, we are enjoying the beautiful autumn weather and the changes to the landscape that come with it. This past week, we took our dogs for a long hike to New Glarus Woods State Park, which is about a 45 minute drive southwest […]
My father is from Michoacán and this is a soup from his home state and I guess mine as well, in some way. I remember him talking about fishing in one of the largest lakes in México: Pátzcuaro. I also remember him coming back from visiting family with […]
As the wind chill temperature continues to drop, I thought I’d make a recipe from a place we often enjoy in the summer: Lake Superior’s North Shore. This soup is one of many delicious soup recipes included in The Gunflint Lodge Cookbook, by Ron Berg and Sue Kerfoot. […]
Cauliflower is not native to North America but I’m glad it made the trip here. I don’t recall the reference, but I remember reading that it was brought over from Europe to New Amsterdam (New York) and cultivated by Dutch immigrants. Though it is not known as a […]
The weather is getting colder in Wisconsin and our fireplace has already seen a lot of action. And that is usually when my thoughts and my appetite lead me to making soup. So I decided to make a soup that uses some of my favorite ingredients: wild rice, […]
If you love vegetables, you will love this soup. Not only can you use a variety of vegetables, but you put them in a slow cooker and basically let them cook on their own! Menestra has many variations. Much like minestrone, it is a soup you can change […]
In her amazing cookbook, The Essential Cuisines of Mexico, Diana Kennedy describes Caldo de Habas: “This is the most delicious version of dried fava bean soup that I have ever eaten. Even those who say they can’t stand cilantro will eat it in this soup – providing you […]
This is a recipe from one of Mexico’s smallest states, officially known as El Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga. It is a state that is just northwest of Mexico City. This is a simple but delicious soup. Diana Kennedy tells us that she learned this […]
I’ve always loved good food. My mom made sure I tasted something delicious every day, no matter how humble the meal. But I first started cooking “on purpose” when I began watching the Food Network. Along with Sara Moulton’s Cooking Live (a fellow University of Michigan alum), I […]
It is COLD! We came back from visiting my family in southern California for Christmas and were met with subzero temperatures. We are expecting -40 degrees Fahrenheit wind chills soon. A bit cooler than the 80 degree Christmas Day weather we enjoyed on the beach near Laguna Beach, […]
My dad is from the Mexican state of Michoacán. He grew up in a small farming town and migrated to the United States when he was in his twenties. We would visit his hometown and our cousins as often as we could afford it. And we had fun! […]
We had our first snow of the season today. It wasn’t much, but it was a nice reminder of what is to come. Our puppy, Russell, didn’t know what to do with it so, of course, he started eating it. But it is still Fall in this part […]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we were without a kitchen for a while. During that time, I had the chance to read through many of the recipes I’ve saved and cookbooks I have used. One of my favorite cookbooks is Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything […]
We first came across this recipe in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s food section back in 2001 or 2002. We made it a few times, and then, lost the recipe. Just this week, I checked out a cookbook from our library (The Bean Bible by Aliza Green) and I came […]
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