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Tartine Stale Bread Soup

Tartine Stale Bread Soup

I pride myself on my baking. It has only taken, what, about twenty years to get good at it. But I bake bread and it is very, very good bread. I bring it to every dinner party Brian and I go to, and each hostess is delighted to serve it, warmed with butter on the side....
Bread & Water + Tomatoes = Gazpacho

Bread & Water + Tomatoes = Gazpacho

“Do you hit your wife during the night?” the man asked me. I hesitated to answer. The question was stark. And, I have always maintained that what happens between me and Suzen in the privacy of our bedroom is, well private. “No, Doctor, he does not,” Suzen answered....

Ancho Chili Soup with Sweet Potatoes and Chorizo

Well, it’s January 3rd and many of you may already be seeing the challenge of those New Year’s Resolutions. If you had wanted to eat better, healthier, with wonderful new flavors, then there is nothing better than this soup with its distinguished intensity. From Eat...
Watermelon Gazpacho

Watermelon Gazpacho

Brian has a couple of recipes he always for in a new cookbook. Brownies, of course. But, perhaps surprisingly, gazpacho. Brian first heard about this sumptuous soup thirty years ago, watching a cooking show on television. Yes, they had cooking shows then. The show...