COOK ONCE, EAT TWICE / handy hints for home cooks, with a recipe for a great Russian Cabbage Soup
By Larry Levine – Cook once, eat twice. Or three times. That’s one of the secrets to how Jennifer and I have eaten home-cooked dinners 66 consecutive nights without getting bored. The last time we ate in a restaurant was March 15, when we had breakfast at Art’s Deli... Read More
EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S., IT’S SOUP WEATHER / Seafood Gumbo
No matter where you are in the U.S., reminders are everywhere – it’s winter. Whether it’s a polar vortex, just plain cold, or driving rains, it’s the dead of winter, almost exactly half way between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. It’s cold and wet... Read More
AT LAST, A SUCCESSFUL MUSHROOM SOUP
By Larry Levine – The sun was bright and the morning temperature had inched north of 60 degrees on the way to a high of 69 for the day. It was the third day of winter and the Studio City Farmers’ Market in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles was... Read More
SOUP SEASON HAS ARRIVED / three recipes to warm you on chilled winter nights
Larry Levine – It’s winter. It’s really, really winter. At least a Southern California version of winter. In Los Angeles we read about snow in the newspapers and see it on TV. The main north-south highway over the mountains that separate us from the Central... Read More
SOUP’S ON / Sweet & Sour Russian Cabbage Soup from Dad’s side of the family
By Larry Levine – Few things in the culinary realm offer as great an opportunity for creativity as soup. And there are few things more inviting or satisfying than a bowl or two of steaming hot soup during the cool autumn and winter months. Beef, chicken, fish, lamb,... Read More
SOUP’S ON / a connoisseur’s favorite split pea soup
By Larry Levine – Want to know where to find the world’s best split pea soup? Ask Jennifer, my wife and resident connoisseur of split pea soup. Jennifer’s favorite vegetable is peas. Her favorite soup is split pea and her favorite split pea soup is the one I make at... Read More
SOUP’S ON / healthy, hearty, easy fish soup
By Larry Levine – My mother used to make the best fish soup I’ve ever tasted – not chowder; it was actual soup. But she left no recipe. I don’t know what she used to flavor it, or what kind(s) of fish she used. I do remember it was tomato based and there were no... Read More
SOUP’S ON / dad’s favorite Navy bean soup
By Larry Levine – White bean soup, Navy bean soup, Senate bean soup, Yankee bean soup … Call it what you want. But it’s still bean soup and on a cold winter evening it will warm the chilliest of bones. I grew up in a soup household. There was nothing my father,... Read More
SOUP’S ON / chicken soup like Mom made it
By Larry Levine – “Is it really colder than I remember it ever being, or am I just getting older and less able to deal with it?” A friend asked me that question in the closing days of 2014. I told him it’s probably some of each. Another friend said recently, “The best... Read More
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