It’s another rainy day here, in most of California that’s as close to a winter storm as we get, and I haven’t been feeling great this week, so I just want to make myself a big cocoon. I’m wrapped in…
Recipe: Mexican Gumbo or Tortilla Soup
This recipe is really two recipes in one. For starters I made a great tortilla soup, and then by tarting it up with a few additional fixings, you get a “Mexican Gumbo.” I ordered something similar at Qdoba, a casual…
Mirepoix Soup
Mirepoix is one of those things I picked up in cooking school that I will never do without again. In certain recipes I had been using it without realizing it, but now that I know better it is a staple…
Summer Corn Chowder
I’ve been attempting to go through all of my recipes and cull out the ones I never make, test out some new ones, perfect the old standbys, all so I can use my new notebooks and make my meal planning…