Meat stock is one of the most useful and versatile foods you can learn to make in your own kitchen. In this post, which includes a video, and two printable recipes, I will show you how to make a chicken stock and a beef stock. These are the two most popular meat stocks as different […]
Lohikeitto, a Finnish salmon soup, is certainly not one of the more widely known seafood soup recipes. But it has many similarities to the more popular fish chowder. It’s creamy, it’s really simple to make, and many of the ingredients are the same. I’ve been wanting to make it for many years but hesitated because […]
In early August, when the cucumbers grow large and the tomatoes start arriving in all their beautiful incarnations of reds, yellows, and oranges, like an early sign of autumn’s imminence, a Cucumber Gazpacho, along with my Roasted Cherry Tomato Soup, ebbs its way into my summer soup rotation. Gazpacho is the consummate cold soup to […]
When I first came across Marmitako, a Spanish tuna stew recipe from the Basque region, I cringed a little bit. Not because of the recipe itself, but because I’d claimed in my recent cookbook, New England Soups from the Sea, that tuna is a poor choice in soups and stews. I was confident in that […]
Welcome back to part 2 of my fresh tomato soup series! Today’s recipe is for an easy roasted cherry tomato soup. It’s not too much of a departure from part 1 for a basic tomato soup recipe (though parts 3 through 6 will be VERY different) but I wanted to feature a recipe that exclusively […]
If you google “how to make kimchi” no two recipes will be the same and some will be quite involved and complicated. In this post, I’m going to demonstrate how to make an easy kimchi recipe. I’ve read that there are over 100 types of kimchi in Korea, kimchi’s country of origin. This is a testament […]
Chances are, making lard at home is not something your mother did growing up. Well, at least if you’re my age. I was born in 1974 and never once growing up did my mother cook with it. Nor do I think my grandparents cooked with it much either. In fact, I asked my father recently if […]
It was the one constant everywhere I went in Norway. Fiskesuppe, otherwise known as Norwegian Fish Soup. Every cafe and restaurant had it on their menu. I saw it in Oslo, Kristiansand, Eidfjord, Geiranger and Flam. The ironic and sad part is that I never once had an opportunity to try it. As much as […]
So many Southeast Asian soup recipes, so little time! Some people visit Southeast Asia for the majestic temples. Some visit the beautiful rainforests, mountains, and beaches. I go for the soups. God how I love them all. I could feast on them every single day for the rest of my life and never get tired. […]
I wish there was a better English translation for Samlar Machu (also spelled Samlor Machu) which in Khmer, the language spoken in Cambodia, translates as “sour soup.” That’s because Samlar Machu is really not THAT sour and there’s a lot more going on besides just the sour flavor – hints of sweet, salty, spicy (though […]
Khao Suey, sometimes also spelled Khow Suey (both pronounced “cow sway”) is a Burmese coconut chicken noodle soup that is not very well-known in the vast and wonderful world of Southeast Asian soup recipes. It is said to be the ancestor of Khao Soi, the more famed classic northern Thai soup, with which it shares […]
Welcome back to my 3-part series on how to make Pho, the famous Vietnamese noodle soup. In part 1 we learned to make a Saigon pho. In part 2, it was a Ha Noi Pho. And today, for part 3, we’ll learn how to make a Chicken Pho recipe, known as Pho Ga in Vietnamese. […]