French onion soup is the world’s most elegant dish. Not the kind of elegance you’d find on a white tablecloth with extra silverware, but elegant in the sense that scientists use the word. Like when a simple equation can express the relationship between matter and energy with as few ingredients as a pot of French…
Unexpected Potato and Cabbage Soup
Two tag-teaming, game-changing ingredients transform this unassuming potato and cabbage soup into a vibrant concoction. Looking at the ingredients list, you’ll see that this is an uncomplicated recipe—one that tells a story of saving leftover vegetables that have been sitting in the fridge or in the pantry for too long. Half a head of cabbage,…
Make a Bean Stew That Has an All-Day Taste in a Fraction of the Time
With the leaves changing color and the weather getting colder, it’s the perfect time to make a hearty stew. This one uses a handful of warm earthy spices, a variety of legumes to fill you up, and an electric pressure cooker to speed up the process. I love using my Instant Pot for bean soups;…
A Southerner’s Welcome to Soup Season
Soup season is here, and the Southerner in me cannot wait for endless bowls of hearty beans. This navy bean soup, simmered low and slow with a smoky ham hock, is definitely on the list of yummy things to consume as much as possible. If you’d like to make your soup creamier, mash some of…
Easy Homemade Soup to Soothe the Soul and Budget
I have a treat for you today: A recipe for classic butternut squash soup that is ridiculously quick and easy. Easy on the wallet, too. Thick, creamy, and full of flavor, this is a company-worthy butternut soup recipe you will make now and forever! Before we get going here, and just in case you are…
When You Don’t Have Time to Cook, Reach for This Chili Recipe
This rich and creamy chili comes together in a flash thanks to quick-cooking chicken thighs and canned white beans. Mashing some of the beans acts as a fast thickener when your soups don’t have a long time to simmer. Cream cheese adds the final bit of richness and a hint of sweet tang. Creamy White…
3 Hearty Tuscan Soups to Celebrate the Return of Soup Season
I can tell autumn has arrived when I’m welcomed by a chill when I go downstairs in the morning to open the windows; when I fish out my heavier scarves from the wardrobe to protect myself from the cold wind; when apples, pears, chestnuts, mushrooms, and squashes begin to crowd the market stalls. But most…
Cacciucco di Ceci (Tuscan Chickpea and Chard Soup)
The most famous cacciucco is a coastal cucina povera fish soup from Livorno, made from the smallest and least valuable fish leftover on the fishing boat or unsold at fish counters. Cacciucco di ceci, however, is not a fish soup, but one defined by chickpeas and chard. If not for a salt-packed anchovy melted into…
Tuscan Potato, Porcini, and Chestnut Soup
This soup from southern Tuscany is quintessentially autumn, starring two of the season’s most representative ingredients: chestnuts and mushrooms. I picked it from the very traditional menu of a trattoria in Monte Amiata, an ancient and now dormant volcano that dominates the surrounding landscapes: the Val d’Orcia, Bolsena lake, the Chianti hills, and the Maremma…
Carabaccia (Florentine Onion Soup)
The fight between Florentines and the French for the paternity of certain culinary classics, such as duck in orange sauce and crepes, is destined to have no winner. Whether it was Catherine de Medici who brought them from Florence to France, or on the contrary, French gastronomy that inspired Florentine cooks, the delicious results are…
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