soup’s on

Barley

If a healthier diet is part of your plan for the new year, eating more grains, like barley, will get you off to a great start. Barley has been used since prehistoric times, making it one of the oldest grains used for food. (It’s even mentioned in The Bible). Today, most barley is produced → Hungry for more?

Sweet Corn & Sweet Potato Soup

This soup is summer in a bowl…which is probably why I’m craving it during this particularly frigid winter. It’s wonderful year-round, but especially so when fresh, sweet corn is at its peak. The rest of the year I use frozen corn kernels and frozen corn on the cob, which make for an excellent substitute. The → Hungry for more?

Coconut Chicken & Shrimp Soup

I had the best Thai food of my life…in Paris…over the Thanksgiving holiday. Go figure, right? We’d spent the day strolling the rues, treated our daughter to a very hip art exhibit then headed out into the rain and cold in search of dinner. I have to say there’s nothing quite as odd as a → Hungry for more?