I think dark chocolate is the world’s greatest comfort food. But in freezing temperatures, hot soup comes in second. Even before tasting he soup, just holding a hot cup in my hand and smelling the garlic and spice aroma spreads warmth through my system. Long time ago, when I lived in Washington D.C. I worked [...]
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Garbanzo Bean Soup serves 6-8 6 cup cooked garbanzo beans 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium carrot, chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 1 celery, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, mashed 2 cups chopped green cabbage 1 teaspoon chili paste or chili powder 1 16-ounce can crushed tomatoes 1 teaspoon sage salt to taste -In a [...]
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serves 6-8 2 Acorn squash 1 butternut squash 1 12-ounce can pureed pumpkin 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 4 celery stalk, chopped 4 carrots, peeled and chopped 1/4 teaspoon crushed red [...]
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During my last visit to Spain I loved their wonderful cold soup, Gaspacho. Although many countries claim a cold soup as part of their national cuisine, the credit really goes to Spain for inventing the original. We now are blessed with cold potato soup, which the French call Vichyssoise, pureed potato and leek soup with [...]
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I never got excited over my husband’s weight, primarily because he always came home from his physical examinations with acceptable levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. I attributed his weight problem to an excess of love for my food. Whenever anyone brought up the subject toe me, I would say that he’s just eating too much [...]
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I once read a children’s story about “stone soup.” It told of a man who had no money but who was very hungry. As he begged, unsuccessfully, for morsels of food from people in his village, he came upon an idea to fill his stomach. He found an old soup pot, filled it with water, [...]
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Luciano Pavarotti always has been my husband’s favorite, not only for his wonderful tenor voice but for the interview in which, he was asked if he was overweight, he answered, “I like to eat.” When I tried to tell my husband he as in issue with food, he would say, “I am not overweight-it’s not [...]
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