Two of my favorite dishes are gazpacho and chewy farro, an ancient wheat grain. As the summer heats up, I come up with salads that satisfy our hunger for cool refreshing dishes and different tastes. This one has been a crowd-pleaser at barbecues and luncheons. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and sweet bell peppers are typical gazpacho ingredients…
How to Make Gazpacho
Two things are true about the latter days of summer. The first, is that there’s a beautiful bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables ripe for the picking. The second, is that it’s too darn hot to properly cook any single one of them. Even turning on the stove to do a quick stir fry of green…
A Soup to Beat the Heat
Gazpacho is a warm-weather soup. In other words, it’s a cold, slurpy, thirst-quenching soup, spiked with chile heat to make you sweat and, hence, cool you down in the summer heat. The Spanish vegetable soup is tomato-based and mixed with a cornucopia (or in this case, a sheet pan) of chopped vegetables. Many preparations suggest…
Cool and Easy Gazpacho
Summer is a time for frozen desserts and easy grilled chicken recipes, but sometimes you just need something a little heartier, but that doesn’t mean you need to turn on the stove and heat up your house. This cool and easy gazpacho is a great way to incorporate a comforting dish into your summer dinner rotation. The elevated…
Carrot Gazpacho
A trend in Spanish cuisine is the transformation of old recipes into new ones by using unexpected ingredients. This carrot gazpacho is precisely that—made using a base of pureed carrots and freshly squeezed orange juice, seasoned as you would a classic Andalusian gazpacho with olive oil, vinegar, and a little garlic. These few, simple ingredients…
It’s OK to Slurp Your Vegetables
When spring and summer bring warm days, I keep our meals light and garden-fresh with a minimum of cooking. Cold soups, abundant salads, tapas, and antipasti are elevated to dinner course level, providing simple and refreshing nourishment, while greedily taking advantage of the farmers market bounty. The trick to eating this fresh is to provide…
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