Recipe: Mushroom-Barley Soup 7 January 2007 6:42 pm
Posted by Tracy in : cooking,recipes,restaurants,soup,sundance,vegan,vegetarian , View Comments
I learned this recipe from Lee and Eitan Zucker of The LocoMotive Restaurant in Eugene, Oregon, which closed its doors in December 2004 (I still miss them something fierce, but you can read more about that here). Great hearty winter fare, this soup was modestly described on The LocoMotive’s menu as “at least a 9 on the comfort food scale”; it certainly got rave reviews whenever I made it at Sundance. As you can see, the ingredients list is pretty basic: the cremini mushrooms are the only remotely fancy ingredient, and even those can be replaced by regular white button mushrooms. The recipe is simple, too; the only trick is using the mushroom stems to make a very simple stock that adds great flavor. As far as I can tell, what makes this soup so great is patience and time, which allow all the ingredients to love each other into complete deliciousness. (more…)
The LocoMotive
Posted by Tracy in : cooking,eating,eugene,people,restaurants,vegetarian , View CommentsAsk me about my favorite restaurant in Eugene, Oregon, perhaps the entire world, and I just might get all nostalgic and tell you about The LocoMotive, which closed its doors on December 31, 2004. (more…)
