Welcome home, Mike! It’s been a long haul, so far away…working to make the world a better place for us. We’ve missed you and want this to be a special homecoming for you! Thus, your favorite soup: Mama’s Kovalsky’s Soup. I’ve heard about it since we met. And, now, with a little surprise conversation between…
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I must be channeling the East Coast, because everything about me has been craving a course of chowder lately. Chowder in a slightly different way than you may believe. Rather than the uber heavy and creamy seafood chowder we all associate with New England this time of year (and any time of year, for that…
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I truly believe there is nothing more nourishing than consuming a hot meal from the completeness, comfort, and closure of a bowl. You can cup the bowl in your hand, close to your heart…you can smell the food, feel the food, and take in all that it has to offer. Even in the hot days…
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There’s something about the summer that just begs for fresh herbs, fresh veggies, and sometimes just a bowl of cold soup. Typically I don’t crave COLD things, but sometimes, on a hot summer’s day, there’s nothing I crave more than a cool bowl full of goodness. Herbed goodness, that is. And this time, rather than…
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Although the weather may be heating up, I feel as though there is always room for soup on the menu. Whether that be cold soup or hot soup, veggie soup or chowder, our souls call for the nourishment of a comforting bowl of goodness. This time the goodness comes in the form of a creamy…
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We had guests for dinner again. Can you believe it? Neither can I! I actually had just planned to bake the yummy Black Walnut Bread and whip up some fancy butter for Matt and Cari – you really can’t go wrong with fresh bread and butter with the two of them. But Brian insisted on…
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The term “wedding soup” comes from the Italian language phrase “minestra maritata (“married soup”),” which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/”marriage” of greens and the broth. The modern wedding soup is quite a bit lighter than the old Italian and Spanish forms, which contained more meats than just the meatballs of…
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While I absolutely love living where I do and the loft lifestyle, there is a very small part of me who misses my garden crop. Only once in my life did I ever successfully grow a garden ~ but it was a magical year. The zillions of zucchini and beautiful bounty of spaghetti and “squtternutbash”…
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Thai Green Curry Sweet Potato Soup Fall has been in the air for several weeks now. Other than the crisp air, brilliant color schemes, aromatic essences filling our world, and the shorter days to hunker down inside, my favorite part of the season is the reintroduction of warming soups. There’s just something amazingly wonderful about…
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We fell in love with Stony Brook oils a few years ago. Valerie and I are often infatuated with the latest and greatest when it comes to food and other fine things. (Yes, the staff at Nordy’s knows us well). And our relationship status with really fine things may go beyond mere infatuation. We are…
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