https://crystal.kitchen/tag/soups/ Recent content in Soups on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:23:58 -0500 https://crystal.kitchen/2015/01/03/the-v-word-or-explorations-with-a-plant-based-diet/ Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:23:58 -0500 https://crystal.kitchen/2015/01/03/the-v-word-or-explorations-with-a-plant-based-diet/ <p><img src="https://crystal.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_0340-1024x1024.jpg" alt="Vegetable Stock Mirepoix"></p> <p><em>“I’m sorry, you’re doing what? Who are you and what did you do with my friend?”</em></p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>“That’s cool…but please come back to us after a month, ok? Because seriously, if you don’t, there will be repercussions.”</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p><em>“Oh that sounds awesome! You cook so much, it’s going to be really easy for you!”</em></p> <p>Anyone who knows me knows that I like to eat heartily and adventurously. Is it spicy, smelly or squishy? Hand over a fork! What’s that, <a href="https://crystal.kitchen/2010/06/25/puglia-food-products-olive-oil-capocollo-wine-cheese-and-seafood/">braised donkey</a>? Excellent, we’re eating ass tonight! It also helps that I have the superhuman metabolism and appetite of a pro athlete (thank you daily biking!), so I’m pretty much always hungry and never say no to food. Which is why for the month of January, for the first time ever, I’m excited to be systematically stripping out large swaths of the food pyramid from my diet to go vegan. Wait, what?</p> https://crystal.kitchen/2014/02/17/eat-your-veggies-because-theyre-surprisingly-fun-to-cook/ Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:21:48 -0500 https://crystal.kitchen/2014/02/17/eat-your-veggies-because-theyre-surprisingly-fun-to-cook/ <p><a href="https://crystal.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_20140211_183750.jpg"><img src="https://crystal.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_20140211_183750.jpg" alt="Macédoine de légumes"></a></p> <p>After several introductory classes of <a href="https://crystal.kitchen/2014/01/31/tournage-and-stocks-how-to-channel-ocd-into-acceptable-culinary-pursuits/" title="Tournage and Stocks: How to Channel OCD into Acceptable Culinary Pursuits">stock and sauce making</a>, we moved into making complete dishes. Namely, salads, vegetable dishes and soups. I tried not to yawn. “Vegetables are important!” insisted my chef-friend Wendy. “It’s difficult to do them well.” I tried to muster some excitement, but the thought of making 6 different types of vinaigrette was already making my whisking arm ache.</p>