HAM HOCK AND WHITE BEAN SOUP
“HATES CALIFORNIA, IT’S COLD AND IT’S DAMP…” WHEN IT DOES GET COLD HERE OR ANYWHERE, NOTHING SATISFIES LIKE SOUP. THE FLAVOR IN THIS WHITE BEAN SOUP COMES FROM [Read More]
BORSHT
I’M ACTING IN A PLAY WHICH OPENS THIS WEEK AT THE MATRIX THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES CALLED “JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND SCREWING STALIN” IN WHICH BORSHT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT [Read More]
PARMESAN BROTH
I USE A LOT OF PARMESAN CHEESE IN MY COOKING. IN SALADS, PASTAS, RISOTTO, AND GRATED OVER SOUP. I ALWAYS BUY HIGH QUALITY IMPORTED PARMESAN, PREFERABLY RED COW [Read More]
MABEL’S BOUILLABAISSE
ON MY FIRST TRIP TO PARIS IN 1961, MY AUNT MABEL JOINED ME FOR TWO WEEKS. MABEL HAD LIVED IN PARIS FROM 1922 TO 1928. SHE HAD HOBNOBBED [Read More]
BRODETTO
THIS RECIPE, WHICH I ADAPTED FROM COLEMAN ANDREWS HANDSOME TOME, “THE COUNTRY COOKING OF ITALY”, IS A FISH STEW FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE FISH STEW. FOR EXAMPLE, [Read More]
MINESTRONE
MINESTRONE IN ITALIAN TRANSLATES AS “BIG SOUP”. YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING IN IT YOU LIKE, BUT IT’S PRIMARILY A VEGETABLE SOUP, SO WHICH VEGETABLES YOU ADD WILL DEPEND [Read More]
GAZPACHO WITH BASIL PESTO
THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF RECIPES FOR GAZPACHO. SOME USE BREAD AS A THICKENER; OTHERS, ALMONDS.
LEEK AND POTATO SOUP (VICHYSSOISE)
LEEK AND POTATO IS THE MOST VERSATILE OF SOUPS. HOT, IT’S SOOTHING AND FILLING ON A COLD DAY; COLD, IT COOLS AND REFRESHES.
CHICKEN SOUP
WHEN MIMI SHERATON SAYS THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES CHICKEN SOUP, SHE KNOWS WHEREOF SHE SPEAKS, AND, IN FACT, MS. SHERATON HAS WRITTEN A COOKBOOK DEVOTED TO THAT ONE [Read More]
TWO TOMATO SOUPS
THE RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP IS GIVEN A HOT KICK WITH FRESH SERRANO CHILI. THE RECIPE CALLS FOR CANNED TOMATOES, BUT I WOULD NEVER DISCOURAGE YOU FROM [Read More]