Gwendolyn Brooks said, “We are each other’s magnitude and bond.” I’ve been reading a book about libraries, how vital these spaces are to community knowledge. Susan Orlean makes an argument that libraries are the way we live out our human desire to be immortal and connected. “If something you learn or observe or imagine can […]
The tomatoes are ripening in the bath tub in the yard. Yellow flowers peak out from the tops of the Roma vines like springtime mistletoe and promise more and more and more. You gotta find a good bisque recipe if your yard too burgeons with ripe reds. May I offer this for the sampling. Tomato […]
Super delicious soup—although looked like I literally made Whirled Peas. Baby food dinner for Adults. I used an ENORMOUS cauliflower that Rouses was selling (probably by mistake) for $4 –and this was a 7 pound head, possibly heavier and larger than my own. This with cooked down collard greens was a fabulous combo for this […]
We chose to vacation on the Cape Breton and Upper Maine Atlantic Coast over the last week—a needed break from the thick New Orleans summer climate and also all things medicine and education (however, my dreams only ceased featuring scenes from various hospital call days on the last night of vacationing slumber…) The scenery was […]
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 […]
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 […]
When this thick soup boils it reminds me of the paint pots at Yellowstone National Park, all glug and bloop. You know, if I had this to do again, I would leave the carrots completely out of it. Carrots and pumpkins have only their color in common—I don’t think they are really complimentary mates in […]
My palate is still stuck in the fall. Autumn flavors and hearty soups are all that I crave since our temperature here in Minnesota has remained in the 20s, with a stolid crust of ice and dirty old snow piles lining the boulevards. Because I’m cramming for my shelf exam in family medicine this week, […]