Soup Follow

Bitter melon is a bitter gourd when cooked. It takes some getting used to but simply put, it's one of the best veggies out there. We're talking twice the beta carotene of broccoli, twice the calcium of spinach, twice the potassium of banana, loaded with[...]

What does an inn, a bowl of soup and an astronaut have in common? No, this isn’t the opening line of a joke, but serious question. Hmm…intrigued? As for the answer, well, all three have more in common than you may think. Read on to find out exactly[...]

Preparation time about 10 minutes and cooking time about 20 minutes. It takes minutes to make a chunky, full-of-flavour and satisfying pot of soup. If this too spicy for kids then you probably use a can of plain chopped tomatoes instead of the can of[...]

It’s Friday, time for Eating to Live on the Outside and this week I’m taking a digital trip to Trio, an Asian-inspired restaurant in downtown Philadelphia. At first inspection, it looks iffy, but there are a handful of dishes that might work for Eat[...]

We bought a new blender recently. Being myself, I bought the most expensive model that didn’t come with extra vacuum packing gadgetry thrown in. This, combined with some extra leftover bread from a few days ago, was enough to push Marga into buying[...]

Your creative empowerment quote from last night's Mad Men: "They can't do what we do. And they hate us for it." --Don Draper

How many times during the work week do you find yourself dashing out to your local salad/soup/noodle restaurant for some quick takeout lunch and yet another set of those landfill-clogging plastic utensils? These

In the summer heat a cold soup is a great way to cool down. Having a vegetable based soup on h and is one way to ensure you have a healthy snack available. Gazpacho is a tomato based soup that...

Welcome to another Whisk Wednesday and to our latest challenge! This week's assignment was Julienne Darblay (but shouldn't that be D'Arblay?) from Le Cordon Bleu at Home. According to The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary and Menu Terms, the word darblay[...]

Today, John and Colleen speak about some good recipes and some bad recipes. The good recipes are Dreena Burton's "Spicolli" Burgers (from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan). The bad recipes include forgetting to put yeast into your pizza dough, a triple sesame[...]