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When you’ve got a sick spouse/child/friend/self, there really is nothing like having a homemade chicken soup. The key to this soup — as with any, really — is to make your own broth. We do so every six months or […]
A fine recipe from Cook’s Country — lots of umami (even more if you grate some Parmesan on top!). Cooks recommends Lacinato kale, but curly or even baby kale works just fine. The parchment paper helps the beans cook evenly. […]
I’m working on an essay about this dish for lohud, so I won’t tip my hat too far here. But I will say this: after a trip to the farmers market, and some very sage advice from our fishmonger, I […]
After a lobster dinner, what else to do but make lobster stock!? I pulled the meat out of our leftover lobsters (we’ll have lobster rolls later!) and set about making this lobster stock recipe from Fine Cooking. It calls […]
In a recent article for Arrive magazine, I report on the trend of clean eating. In it, I suggest that the best way to eat clean is to cook. (Shocking, I know!) I also recommend a couple of clean eating […]
A pork, fennel and chard soup we made up on the fly! Well worth saving. A delicious winter’s night soup. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:28] Related posts: Spicy Pork Soup with Mustard Greens Dan Barber’s Fennel Soup Dorie Greenspan’s Spiced Squash, Fennel and Pear […]
It’s hard to argue with soup in winter. Or anytime, really. And when soup combines all of Greg’s favorite flavors: pork, Asian spices and bitter greens? Well, there’s no arguing at all. Greg did this one all on his own, […]
From Bon Appetit, a terrific vegetarian soup for a cold winter’s night. Chickpea Soup with Broccoli 1 1/2 cups dried chickpeas, or 3 15-ounce cans chickpeas, rinsed 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 large onions, coarsely chopped2 4 garlic cloves, chopped […]
We love this soup so much that we’ve try new recipes for it all the time. This latest comes from Cooks Country, the colorful, casual (and a slightly cheesy) sister to Cooks Illustrated. It’s very straightforward, and quite delicious. Give […]
Sopa de Lima is a dish from Yucatan, where limes are plentiful. We crossed a recipe for it from Fine Cooking’s terrific new book, “Make It Tonight” with the idea of tortilla soup and came up with this dish. You […]
I am just loving Dorie Greenspan‘s new cookbook “Around my French Table.” Seriously. You should buy it. Then you can discover such great recipes like this squash soup, which not only helped me use up a squash from the farmers […]
So in keeping with the theme of Mindy Fox’s new book, “A Bird in the Oven and Then Some,” I used my leftover roast chicken for a second meal: Thai Coconut Soup. I really like Mindy’s recipe, but I did […]
I am so proud of my thrift. I took the bone from our Christmas Eve standing rib roast (which I’d frozen) and the braising liquid from our braised short ribs (which I’d frozen), added some water, a couple of celery […]
We are going way back to the archives for this one. Back on post 48 on Sour Cherry Farm, in January of 2006: French Onion Soup. I haven’t changed the recipe much, except I haven’t done the onion confit in […]
I don’t have any photos to go along with this one, but you can see some over here on this old post for French Onion Soup. Recipe, after the jump. Related posts: How to Make Homemade Chicken Stock Prime Rib […]
We started the New Year out right with healthy greens and whole grains. This recipe for Cabbage and Kale Soup with Farro comes from Food&Wine and is a real winner! Nutty from the farro, a little savory and bitter from […]
Here’s a recipe with step-by-step photos for homemade chicken stock. They don’t call it magic gold for nothing. You, too, can have this gorgeous, clear, restorative, delicious smelling chicken broth. As long as you’re planning on sticking around for a […]
I was inspired by the book club to make a dish from New Mexico. We’re reading “Brave New World,” and that’s where John the Savage and his mother, Linda, are from. They get brought back to “civilization,” much like, as […]
I love this recipe, which I found last year in “A Platter of Figs” by David Tanis. (Sour Cherry Farm archive post here.) What’s great about it is that you don’t have to roast the beets first, you just throw […]
I wrote a story for the paper about How to Throw a Mad Men Party, and I decided to take some of my own advice. Or rather, Irene did. She’s throwing the Mad Men party — I’m bringing the gazpacho. […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
