Shilpa on October 31st, 2009

Weather is getting cold here. So one of the things that I make frequently these days is this hearty vegetable and barley soup. I kept on modifying it till I got something that we both really enjoy. This is so filling that, we sometimes skip dinner after this.
Ingredients:
2 cups vegetables – potatoes, green beans, carrots, [...]

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Núria on September 21st, 2009

Since I first tasted this recipe at the hotel’s restaurant in Budapest a year ago, I’ve been trying…

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Núria on September 14th, 2009

I want to show you the easiest and tastiest recipe for Gazpacho before summer ends. Here in…

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Jean Johnson on June 19th, 2009

It started with Cucumber Melon Soup in Cooking Beyond Measure–this business of whizzing up delicious concoctions in the blender. Historically, of course, my affair with blended things began with smoothies in the Sixties–the old faithful banana-yogurt-honey-wheat germ routine. Given such a sagacious history, it hasn’t been too much a leap to start riffing around [...]

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Larissa on June 16th, 2009

Place of origin: Tuscany, Central Italy
Vegetables play an important role in Tuscan cuisine. One of the famous dishes with vegetables in Tuscany is Ribollita. Ribollita means cooked for second time or reheated. The real secret about stews is they expose the best  of its taste on the second day after cooking and this tip works [...]

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Jean Johnson on March 28th, 2009

Soupy Soup, a brew on p. 100 of Beyond Measure, is named after the elderly lady doggie who used to live next door. The spring day I first pulled the soup together, the weather was warm enough to draw me and my bowl outside. Who was waiting by the daffodils but the lovely, slow-moving Soupy. [...]

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Jean Johnson on March 3rd, 2009

I talked to my pal Matt yesterday. His kids have both been down with the flu. It’s almost the same here as I’ve been nursing a cold. What to do other than get the soup pot on. I always make Golden Noodle Soup when I’m sick. It’s from that great vegetarian cookbook, Laurel’s Kitchen.
For the [...]

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Núria on February 26th, 2009

Have you ever tried to cook your own chick peas? Have you achieved a good result the first time you…

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Jean Johnson on February 13th, 2009

We’d be healthier and wealthier if we cooked from scratch more. Also we’d be more inclined if we didn’t have to measure, fuss, and fret. Below is an article I wrote for food co-op newsletters around the country. Although Cooking Beyond Measure isn’t mentioned, the recipe and photo for Roasted Carrots and Parsnips is on [...]

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