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    Soup on Sunday: Creamy Broccoli Fennel Soup with Meyer Lemon

    by  • 4 Jan ’15 • soup • 3 Comments

    “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”
    – Harriet Van Horne Soup I was recently reunited with some of my old cookbooks and magazine binders that I created over 20 years ago (long before Pinterest, blogs or the Internet). I remembered eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Food & Wine each month. I would stash the copies next to my bed like they were romance novels (right on top of a collection of cookbooks), then contemplate which recipe I would recreate first. My love of cooking never waned, it just got pushed aside as life became more demanding. Over the past few weeks I have once again had an insatiable appetite for cooking (blame it on Pinterest and AMAZING food blogs). I just discovered With Food + Love, a beautiful, seasonally inspired vegetarian and gluten-free food blog. All week I have been obsessed with this soup recipe I found on this blog. And while my version of this soup is not vegetarian, it very easily could be (just used filtered water instead of stock).
    Bon Appétit. Ronda xx

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    Soup on Sunday: Split Pea and Ham

    by  • 28 Dec ’14 • soup • 5 Comments

    pea-soup-homestyle8 It’s a cold rainy day in Houston. So cold in fact we have a roaring fire heating the room without the air conditioner running…a rare occasion. Unsure of what to do with the large ham in the refrigerator, we decided to make split pea ham (one of my favorite cold-weather soups). Hot off the stove, I am curled up on the sofa with a bowl. This is the first time in the past few weeks I’ve had a moment to sit down and spend some time with a growing pile of magazines…I have no intention of moving anytime soon. I might just stay here the rest of the day. Enjoy your Sunday. SplitPea3
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 medium onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
    2 carrots, chopped
    2 stalks of celery, chopped
    6 cups Kitchen Basics Unsalted Chicken Stock (my new favorite)
    1/2 pound baked ham, chopped (2 cups)
    1/2 pound dried split peas (1 cup)
    1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
    ½ chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
    kosher salt and black pepper
    croutons for serving (optional)

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    Soup on Sunday: Shrimp Bisque With Bourbon

    by  • 18 Nov ’12 • soup • 8 Comments


    Three words…Shrimp. Bisque. Bourbon. What’s not to love. Personally, I think this just might be one for the Thanksgiving table. Enjoy.

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    Soup on Sunday: Potato Leek Soup

    by  • 4 Nov ’12 • soup • 0 Comments

    Following on my pervious post…I am really feeling the jet lag. Enjoy the soup.

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    Soup on Sunday: Curried Sweet Potato, Lentil and Coconut

    by  • 7 Oct ’12 • soup • 7 Comments

    Fall is upon us, and this seems like the perfect easy, autumnal  Sunday soup. My husband, who happens to be a great cook, found the basis of this recipe online while sitting in Starbucks. Like most recipes, he tweaks and adds his own touches (always improving the original).  In this case it’s substituting sweet potatoes (rather than squash) and adding garlic, shallot and ginger (which were missing in the original). It now sounds perfect to me, enjoy.

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    Soup on Sunday: Roasted Vegetable

    by  • 30 Sep ’12 • soup • 4 Comments

    Now that autumn has arrived I am eger to start making soup again. Don’t get me wrong, I always love a hot pot of soup…I just find it depressing to make soup in August, even though we had a nonexistent summer in Scotland. This past week I was in London for Decorex and ran into my friend and designer Hugh St Clair. I was reminded of the lovely roasted vegetable soup that he made for me when I was his guest in London. It’s such a simple, yet complex tasting concoction.

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    Lentil Swiss Chard Soup

    by  • 1 Apr ’12 • soup • 2 Comments


    Lentils and chard are wonderful soup partners. Actually, lentils pair well with all kinds of leafy green vegetables—from spinach to mustard greens. Add the chard at the end to keep the bright color. And it’s good for you. Enjoy.

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    Soup on Sunday: Spicy Gazpacho

    by  • 25 Jul ’11 • profile, soup • 6 Comments

    Gazpacho

    This past weekend I spent a most relaxing weekend with my friends Malcolm James Kutner and Christian Leone. Over the course of a 24-hour period, I had gazpacho no less than three times. By far, my favorite was the spicy gazpacho that Malcolm picked up from Round Swamp Farm in East Hampton. In all...

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    Chilled Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Basil

    by  • 12 Jun ’11 • soup • 6 Comments

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    4 red bell peppers (1 pound), quartered and seeded 8 medium tomatoes (1 pound), halved and cored 1 large red onion, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices 6 – 8 large garlic cloves, halved 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon ground coriander fresh sprigs of thyme 3 cup vegetable stock 3 tablespoons cream 2 teaspoon fresh...

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    Soup on Sunday: Texas Vegetarian Chili with Roasted Pepper Puree

    by  • 5 Jun ’11 • soup • 13 Comments

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    As a general rule we eat a vegetarian diet (well, technically a pescatarian diet). And while we have never been huge lovers of red meat, there are times we crave certain foods – like chili! So, this past week my husband went in search of a vegetarian chili recipe. I can feel the skepticism...

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    Soup on Sunday: Corn Chowder with Jalapeño and Cilantro Purée

    by  • 22 May ’11 • soup • 10 Comments

    corn chowder

    It’s tricky to think about and post soup recipes when I know that it’s hot (and humid) in many parts of the US. Just last week I tweeted that we had a ‘wintry mix’ coming down! To which Jennifer Boles at the Peak of Chic responded, “Ronda, I’d be happy to send some of...

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    Soup on Sunday: Charleston She-Crab

    by  • 15 May ’11 • soup • 3 Comments

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