Winter Squash 102: enough prepping, let’s roast (and eat)! 8 February 2008 6:31 pm
Posted by Tracy in : advice, ingredients, winter squash, vegan, soup, eating, vegetarian, cooking , 6 commentsIn Winter Squash 101, I described the process of cutting a winter squash into bite-size pieces suitable for a recipe like Gladys’s Rice and Bean Stew, and even illustrated the process with pictures of my wrangling an acorn squash for similar purposes. But that’s not all you can do with winter squash, oh no, and many of the alternatives are even more fun and easy. Take roasting, for example. (more…)
Odds and ends: rice, snobbery, and procrastination. 6 February 2008 11:57 am
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, politics, food snobbery, school, soup, anthropology, friends, recipes, cooking , add a commentIntrigued by a comment from Liz on my curried pea soup recipe, I made a version with 2 cups of brown rice instead of potatoes last Saturday. Results: as Liz also mentioned in her comment, I had to cook it for a lot longer to get the rice done (for once the peas weren’t the slow part of the cooking process) and then it turned my blending equipment was no match for the task of getting the soup all nice and smooth. Dangit! The soup is still tasty, don’t get me wrong, but as far as I’m concerned the texture leaves something to be desired. Something smooth and creamy, like blended potatoes. Gah. I’m such a snob sometimes.
But speaking of rice, if you haven’t seen Free Rice already, it’s a fun game for a good cause, and an excellent procrastination tool (sort of like updating a food blog when I’m supposed to be finishing today’s assigned readings for my anthropology class, but I digress.) (more…)
Foto Friday: Where did this week go? 25 January 2008 5:44 pm
Posted by Tracy in : baking, Morning Glory, pictures, soup, meta, friends, eating, books, cooking , 1 comment so farOof, kids. I don’t seem to have a lot of words this week, but I have lots of pictures. First, Peter and I made chocolate chip cookies on Saturday (these pictures are from an earlier batch that really deserves a writeup all its own):
Curried Pea Soup in pictures. 16 January 2008 8:12 am
Posted by Tracy in : soup, vegan, pictures, sundance, recipes, eating, vegetarian, cooking , add a commentHere’s a little photo series that was my original plan for last Friday’s post before world news ate my brain. It would’ve followed right after the relevant recipe post and everything, but here it finally is.
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Split pea soup is fun and easy, so I decided it would be a good choice for my first ever shift training another cook at Sundance. (more…)
Recipe: Curried Split Pea Soup. 10 January 2008 2:49 pm
Posted by Tracy in : vegan, coconut, soup, sundance, vegetarian, recipes, cooking , 9 commentsWhen I adapted the Curried Spinach-Pea Soup from Moosewood Restaurant New Classics for the Sundance soup bar, the results were spectacular — and very expensive. Organic fresh spinach, frozen peas, and big cans of coconut milk are not cheap, so the soup turned out unprofitable, to put it mildly (we would have had to sell it for $8-$10 a quart to make money on it). If the soup hadn’t been such a hit, the story might have ended there, but I resolved to invent a cheaper version using frozen spinach and dried peas. The final recipe left out the greens altogether, but I never heard any complaints. In fact, based on the comments I got from Sundance staff and customers, this was one of my most frequently requested recipes. While I still recommend the soup that inspired it, especially in warmer weather, this recipe makes an equally intriguing blend of sweet and savory tastes, with a richer creaminess that makes it a great winter warmup. Enjoy! (more…)
