Cooking & Food Basics

I’m starting to wonder how many vegetable soups there can be out there. So many of them appear to be the same thing. It’s only when you look closely at the ingredients that you realize the nuances are what makes each soup unique. For instance, leeks and onions are very different things. Types of potatoes […]

I don’t know if I mentioned this here, but I recently purchased a gigantic Italian cookbook from a used book sale at a nearby ski mountain. The organization that was selling it was a local library. The price was four dollars and since the book weighed about ten pounds, I decided to grab it while […]

I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was wonderful. This season seems to be shaping up as an exciting one. I sensed a lot of energy out there earlier this week and I saw many smiling faces. That’s always nice during this time of year. Food was definitely on the mind. As far as our Thanksgiving went, it […]

I’ve always been pretty good in the kitchen. When I was growing up, I’d make this or that and I did a decent job of taking care of myself. Of course, most dinners were made by my mother, but for all the in-betweens, I’d like to think I was handy at whatever the kitchen threw […]

This certainly has been a soup filled autumn. I don’t know how many soups I’ve prepared since the beginning of September, but it’s been quite a few. I don’t post them all here on this blog because some of them are simply “filler” soups, meaning I throw something together and store it in the fridge […]

I have this weird idea in my head that making butternut squash soup is some sort of challenge. Or that it’s a complicated process. I have no idea why I think this. Preparing butternut squash soup has got to be one of the easiest things to do. The outcome is fantastic as well. I can’t […]

Here’s a soup you don’t see too often. I sure don’t see recipes like it very much at all. This one’s got a lot of ingredients in it that I wouldn’t have thought went well together and it even includes something I’ve never tasted in my life. That would be celery root. I’ve seen this […]

This is one thick soup. I’m not sure I meant it to be that way, but that’s how it ended up. I love its consistency though. As I was blending it up in the pot last night with my handy hand blender, I had to add water a few times. As it loosened up, I […]

I think I may have discovered the most delicious way to use up some of our summer zucchinis. Believe it or not, these things are still growing out in the garden. The plants are on their last legs, but I still have a few more fruit to pick. Anyway, the soup recipe I share with […]

I’m the type of person who loves tools. Sometimes, I sit and think about my future garage, full of all the finest gadgets for and solutions to all the problems I face. Well, I really don’t have too many problems, but I still love garages. Even if I didn’t ever use the tools I would […]