“Baby I know times are a changin! Time to reach out for something new, and that means you too!” -Prince (may he rest in peace), from “Purple Rain.” Which, I will be singing tonight at Café Istanbul with my new band of intrepid musician Tulane residents. We’ve had two rehearsals, we don’t really know what […]
Category: soup
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup for the Soul
Friday night call. It’s chicken soup for the soul time. Chicken and Wild Rice Soup Adapted from Food and Wine 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 celery ribs, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 medium onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped thyme Salt Pepper 1/4 cup […]
Sunflower Flax Bread and Leek Soup
The walls and the furniture have become easels. My mother in law and I are painting the place like Bohemians. I love how color sabotages the ordinary. I am cursed by an eye-condition that only allows me thirty minutes at best in a day to paint fine detail before my vision collapses. The brevity of […]
Thai Pumpkin Soup
Tis a chilly spring evening, perfect for a spicy soup. Like a stubborn sinus rhythm, I am marching out the last of my medical school days in the ECG reading room, with the PVC of my family arriving this evening to jump start the festivities! Got the house clean, got a new pair of glasses […]
Curried Carrot and Apple Soup
This evening a curried carrot soup gave me déjà vu. I thought back to November when KP and I were piled high in snow and higher in carrots with our CSA looking to off-load root vegetables and cruciferous goods. This carrot soup is vividly emblazoned in my memory not because of how good it was, […]