Friday, February 27, 2015

three out of ten for the photograph, 10 out of 10 for the soup

OH SHE GLOWS! This is now my desert island cookbook. Like on that fictional desert island where you can have just one food, and you are allowed to say "sushi," as if there's a sushi tree growing on the desert island. Well, if I could use only one cookbook, it would be this one. And it's vegan and full of gluten-free recipes. Who would have guessed? I have been cooking my way from cover to cover, and have not yet found a bad recipe. Here's the website. The book is in stores everywhere.


I made this satisfying creamy tomato soup a couple of weeks ago. It's thickened with cashews, soaked overnight then blenderized to creaminess. The roasted chickpeas add a spicy-delicious crunch on top. It's just very, very yummy. Even if you are not a soup person, I bet you will like this soup. In person it is more beautiful than in this photograph. But you get the idea.

I will be restarting the Big Bowl blog, taking time to capture some of the yumminess that I cook up in my kitchen, and the love that I have for my family, and my love for food and for cooking it.

To Fiona - look! The bowl lives! Everything I serve in it is extra delicious because it is the bowl you made for me. To the World - take time to enjoy whole food, made with love, served in a way that pleases your senses.

The Big Bowl is back.