Like lots of cooks, I long ago learned how to make Leek & Potato Soup. It’s a standard-bearer of the maxim, “less is more.” Somewhere along the line, though, I quit making it, and yesterday I righted that wrong. It warmed me to the bone. With what’s left, I can enjoy that wonderful flavor again, […]
Entries from January 26th, 2009
Standard Leek & Potato Soup still bursts with flavor
January 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation, recipes
Tags:
Rolling Prairie announcement hints of spring
January 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · local food
A glimmer of spring arrived at my house this week, and I’m not talking about yesterday’s unseasonable warmth. Rather, I’m referring to the flier announcing the 2009 Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance produce subscription service, a type of CSA (community supported agriculture). The alliance is a group of six farms that cooperatively furnish a weekly vegetable […]
Tags:CSA·local food·spring
It’s a new day, and I’m feeling fat and happy
January 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · General
The presidential inauguration day was too momentous an event to let pass without note, so I invited some friends over to share in some Obama favorites—mainly chili—to celebrate. Although so far Barack Obama hasn’t strongly indicated a shift away from the agriculture policies that give us cheap soda pop and expensive fruit, I’m willing to […]
Tags:
Second try at 100% whole wheat bread better
January 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
I decided I’d give Mark Bittman’s All Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread a shot after being underwhelmed by the results of Slow Fermented Whole Wheat Bread, both of which he discussed in his NYTimes column. If you don’t remember that one, here’s my report on it. It was as bricklike as promised, a little too leaden […]
Seller offers almost-instant gratification
January 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Books about food, Tools
They’re here already! My mail-order kitchen items are here! That’s not a huge surprise. One small advantage of living in Lawrence, Kansas, is the city’s proximity to an Amazon.com warehouse. That means when I redeemed a Christmas gift certificate on Sunday, my items had a short distance to travel, and they arrived today. In fairness, […]
Tags:cookbooks·kitchen tools
You can still fix soup, even after it’s done
January 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
Two celeries In an attempt not to get into the same-soups rut I created last year, I decided to make Double Celery Soup, which I hadn’t made for years and recalled being quite enthusiastic about. I stopped at the store when I was in transit from one spot to another and bought a celery root […]