Soups

Umami-Packed Vegetarian Broth - Recipe (Also Vegan)
Experiments

Umami-Packed Vegetarian Broth - Recipe (Also Vegan)

Mise en Place for Umami-Packed Vegetarian Broth I've been doing a lot of reading about modern methods for making stocks and broths lately. Modernist Cuisine has a detailed chapter devoted to producing them using both …

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Watermelon and Sweet Onion Gazpacho - Recipe
Experiments

Watermelon and Sweet Onion Gazpacho - Recipe

Watermelon and Sweet Onion Gazpacho You've probably had a tomato and watermelon salad. That combination seems to be all the rage now, and it emphasizes the fact that tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable. So why not …

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Chickpea, Spinach and Tomato Soup - Recipe
Gluten-Free or modifiable

Chickpea, Spinach and Tomato Soup - Recipe

Chickpea, Spinach and Tomato Soup This soup was pure improvisation. I'd allowed the vegetable drawer to go almost completely empty, and needed to feed seven folks for dinner with no time to shop. The weather is still …

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Cold Carrot Soup - Recipe
Appetizers

Cold Carrot Soup - Recipe

You’ve probably heard that Dr. Nathan Myhrvold, the CEO of Intellectual Ventures and former CTO of Microsoft, along with Chris Young, Maxime Billet, and a cast of dozens, is publishing the most anticipated cookbook …

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Black Bean Soup Recipe - With Mild and Intense Variations
Gluten-Free or modifiable

Black Bean Soup Recipe - With Mild and Intense Variations

  Black bean soup with orange-jalapeno salsa Years ago I used to make a (supposedly Cuban) black bean soup that included a fair amount of orange juice. I have no idea how authentic that is; I think the recipe came from …

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