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More about miso. 28 September 2007 1:18 pm

Posted by Tracy in : pictures, breakfast, GMOs, vegan, recipes, soup, vegetarian , add a comment

So last week I sang the praises of miso soup and gave a quick and easy recipe, suitable for kludging together for breakfast, even. But even that may have been overcomplicating things a bit — in Famous Vegetarians and Their Favorite Recipes, Rynn Berry actually recommends substituting a miso soup concoction for morning coffee — all you need is a cup of hot (but not boiling) water, two teaspoons of miso (again, a mix of red and white is nice), a mug to hold it and drink from, and a spoon to stir with. Now that’s a minimalist miso soup recipe (no offense to the delicious concoction nicknamed “mini miso” in the stupendously awesome Moosewood Restaurant New Classics — also, I feel I should point out that Moosewood makes a point of putting a miso soup recipe in all their cookbooks, because it really is just a wonderful, basic, essential food.) (more…)

Just a quick silly thing today: iFood (a photo by Wade Rockett) 27 September 2007 6:59 pm

Posted by Tracy in : pictures, friends , 3 comments

My friend Wade took this hilarious picture (or maybe it’s just a regular picture of a hilarious ad?) and captioned it “‘i-(fill in the blank)’ officially jumps the shark.” Brilliant!

Read more about Wade’s excellent adventures over at Rockett Science!

Ask TracyFood: storing basil for the winter 26 September 2007 11:59 am

Posted by Tracy in : breakfast, food storage, garden, seasonality, advice, books , 4 comments

Marcy (who remains ever so much better than Barbie) writes, very flatteringly,

Dear Tracy, the queen of food,

Winter came quickly this year. My basil plant was flourishing all summer, and now it’s starting to die (silly temperate climate. In CA, it lived all year long). Sure, I could dry the leaves. But could I freeze them
and continue to use them as fresh basil in recipes?

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Monkey Monday: many confessions edition. 24 September 2007 2:43 pm

Posted by Tracy in : travel, meat, seasonality, health, eating, soup, cooking , 3 comments

In which I confess: Friday’s post was so late it went up on Saturday, I forgot the illustration for the miso soup piece, but it’s okay because I’ll use it in another post, I ate a big (for me) steak on Saturday night, and um, I’m going to Nepal next month. I promise to write about the dead cow last and give lots of warnings so everybody who hates that stuff can bail out before then and not have to read it.

Wait.. you’re going where?

Yeah, you read that right, I said Nepal, and I said next month. (more…)

About miso soup (the very quick breakfast version). 22 September 2007 12:48 pm

Posted by Tracy in : health, advice, breakfast, tea, vegan, soup, eating, vegetarian, recipes, cooking , 3 comments

I could not decide which of many silly slogan-type catchphrases to subtitle this post with, so instead I will get them all out of my system right now:

Miso soup is fun and easy!
Miso soup: for strength!
Miso soup: it’s what’s for dinner!
Miso soup: the breakfast of champions!

Okay, so that last can take a little getting used to, but if you need an excuse, try this recipe the next time you’ve got a head cold and need to consume mass quantities of hot fluids. Remember: when you’re all congested and whatnot, you can’t taste anything very well anyway (not that I’m speaking from the experience of the entire freaking last week). (more…)