From the category archives:

Soup

Watercress Soup

May 29, 2010
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I miss Bones when he travels but at least he does bring back good presents.  No fancy jewelry (for me at least, Audrey’s another story).  My gifts are usually (happily) food-related.  Hot sauces, jellies, jams, honeys, spices, salts…and my favorite – cookbooks.  Many years ago he took a solo trip to the London Boat Show; I wanted to [...]

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Spicy Caribbean Gumbo

February 20, 2010
Spicy Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

The Caribbean, land of perpetual summer.  But we do have seasons – and not just hurricane season and tourist season (which reminds me of a fridge magnet someone once sent us…”why is it called tourist season if we can’t shoot at ‘em?”)  This time of year, the heat of the day is tempered by wonderfully cool nights when [...]

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Pumpkin Soup

September 30, 2009
Caribbean pumpkin

Some foods are forever linked to the place you first ate them or first cooked them.  For me, pumpkin soup stirs up memories of St. Lucia.  I spent three weeks in St. Lucia in early 1993, not entirely by design.  I blame it on Northern Magic.

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Lesson Learned

April 6, 2009
Cream of Breadfruit and Green Papaya Soup

Being fairly new to the whole housewife thing, I felt all warm and June Cleaverish when Bones told me at nine o’clock last night that he’d invited a work colleague over to a lunch meeting at noon today.  Until I remembered I am not June Cleaver and had nothing to feed two strapping men.  Peanut butter [...]

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