As it happens, I prepared this soup for a girlfriend’s family during her maternity leave – just a week or so following the birth of beautiful Frankie Blue.I wanted to gift something comforting, warming, and equally nourishing for the entire family.Soup (and tacos) 😋🥣🌮. All of that sounds SO great! At the same time, just…
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I’ve been on a mushroom kick as of late. Around Christmas time I baked a delightful Pork Welly – and Brian mentioned his favorite part was the mushroom shallot layer. Then, just a few days following, Valerie cooked us a delicious Mushroom Sherry Soup. Again, Brian commented on how he adores mushrooms and was hoping…
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We had guests for dinner again. Can you believe it? Neither can I! I actually had just planned to bake the yummy Black Walnut Bread and whip up some fancy butter for Matt and Cari – you really can’t go wrong with fresh bread and butter with the two of them. But Brian insisted on…
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The term “wedding soup” comes from the Italian language phrase “minestra maritata (“married soup”),” which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/”marriage” of greens and the broth. The modern wedding soup is quite a bit lighter than the old Italian and Spanish forms, which contained more meats than just the meatballs of…
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While I absolutely love living where I do and the loft lifestyle, there is a very small part of me who misses my garden crop. Only once in my life did I ever successfully grow a garden ~ but it was a magical year. The zillions of zucchini and beautiful bounty of spaghetti and “squtternutbash”…
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