Bacon & Potato Leek Soup
Ah, soup weather in New England. The air in Salem is finally turning a little colder, at least in the evenings. There are few things I love more on a nippy night than having a steaming pot of soup bubbling merrily away on the stove. For this soup, I started with Julia Child’s famous Potato [...]
Basic Homemade Chicken Stock
There are a lot of methods for making chicken stock. Some folks make it in the slow cooker. Some folks make it in the oven. This is one of the ways that I make mine on top of the stove. It’s a good, basic method and yields a richly flavored, golden chicken stock that’s a [...]
Lentil Soup & Friday Night in the South of France
It’s just about 9 o’clock on Friday night and it’s 53 degrees in Boston—which is officially soup weather in my book. It’s late to be starting a pot of soup, but somehow that’s not stopping me. Now, let me take a step back. Inadvertently, tonight’s dinner has a theme of sorts. Normally, this is kind [...]
