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Last month, I took a relaxing trip to Pt. Reyes with one of the best books I have read this year, the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was another one of
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11:47 am | Tags: breakfast, Japanese, San Francisco Bay Area, Soup, tofu
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Last week I was invited to dinner at the Farm on Adderley in Brooklyn and by chance there was a special dinner going on, so we signed up for it! The butchers from Fleisher’s in Kingston, NY were hosting
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6:20 am | Tags: Brooklyn, Meat, New York, Soup
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Since moving back to California, I’m trying to branch out more and find new places to eat all over the Bay Area. A few weekends ago
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10:22 am | Tags: Crabs, Eat Out, Oysters, Pescadero, Seafood, Soup
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I was inspired to make this when watching Jacques Pepin make it on his show the other day. He just made it look so easy- it’s a raw vegetable soup for god’s sake! No pots and pans- just your knife, peeler and food processor. It’s a lazyass cook’s
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11:57 am | Tags: Drink, Eat In, Soup, Spanish
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I’m still hopeful that winter will make its curtain call as scheduled, despite the seemingly unrelenting frigidness of late. So to get through this late-stage frostiness I knew some hearty comfort food would be
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2:09 pm | Tags: chowder, Eat In, Fish, New England, scallops, Seafood, Soup
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Ever since Kayoko packed her bags and returned to the land of eternal sunshine and spotless minds, I’ve been having an ever-growing yearning to return to the good old days of the NY Umamiventure. In particular,
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9:11 am | Tags: Brooklyn, Mexican, New York, Sandwich, Soup, torta
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One of my new year resolutions is to cook more. I’m serious this time! Here’s something I made yesterday that is super easy, and perfect for the cold winter months. Oops, I’m in California where it’s 65 today. Sorry NYC suckas!!!

Tonjiru is a Japanese dish, which is just miso soup with hearty vegetables, tofu and pork. That’s it.
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11:39 am | Tags: Eat In, Japanese, Meat, Soup
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Probably one of the most labor intensive soups I’ve made next to home-made pho. I had this notion in my mind of borscht as a cold beet soup and therefore the thought never occurred to me to make it or like it. But Aya basically held a gun to my head and made me make it for her, having probably
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10:10 am | Tags: Soup, Vegetables
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