Try this: close your eyes. No, wait! Read this first and then close your eyes and say “gazpacho” three times out loud. What do you feel? I feel like I want to stab a watermelon and open it just to hear that cracking sound. “Gazpacho” has such a full resonance, it sounds so fresh with… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Soups
Refreshing Asparagus Soup (Vegan) plus an Ancient Tip on How to Cook Asparagus
Since asparagus is in season and it’s a nutrition powerhouse, I try to use it a lot. Sometimes I like to eat the thin type raw (minus the hard ends) or add it (also raw) to a big green salad. I was recently reading through Apicius’ book “De Re Coquinaria”, about which I wrote a… Continue Reading
Comfort Food – Mung Beans Soup
Today was one of those days when I just wanted to transform into a cat and sleep under the dining table all day long. I guess my karma was not good enough to be born as a cat so I am stuck in a human body…Therefore, since I was feeling cold all morning and I… Continue Reading
Savoury Butternut Squash Soup
It’s spriiiiiiiing!!!!! How delightful! My wonderful friend Snejina brought me our favourite flowers a few days ago. Freesias! Yesterday I went to school without a hat and gloves and I wore my jacket unbuttoned! It was the most awesome sensation! Don’t you feel sometimes that it’s so wonderful to have a body and enjoy the… Continue Reading
Simple and Delicious Roasted Tomato Soup
It’s that time of the year again, the wonderful time when we have lots of fresh garden grown, organic tomatoes on hand and get to cook them every day. My favorite way to have them is raw. I just eat them like I eat apples (or grapes if they are the grape kind). Today, however,… Continue Reading