The ramsons always open the spring green season in Vienna. You can pick it up in the Vienna woods before it blooms or buy a garden one at the supermarket....
Green borscht is about spring and sorrel. This disch has its “nutrition” story. In the past sauerkraut the primary source of vitamin C in winter for our grand-grand parents. But...
This dish has a certain romantic appeal to me. First, it takes me back to my childhood. My best friend’s mom would often make it and leave it on the...
Kharcho soup is probably one of the most famous Georgian dishes outside of Georgia. Its simplified version was served alongside a similarly simplified version of borscht in the Soviet-era canteens....
Gazpacho is a cold tomato soup, a classic Spanish dish. Just imagine the summer, in Spain, the era before air conditioning. It’s hot as hell, but there are plenty of...
So, it’s summer. The heat is intense, but it is nicely cool in the office, of course. I’m sitting in the dining room eating the borscht I brought from home....
Recently there was a recipe for black salsify cream soup so today we are making a seasonal soup from a more understandable root vegetable, the Jerusalem Artichoke. The seasonality of...
This soup is from an Indian chef who moved to Canada and brought the flavors and aromas of India’s native southern region of Kerala. Southern cuisine is clearly evident in...
I was introduced to Scorzonera (in Austria, they call it Schwarzwurzel, i.e. Black salsify aka Spanish salsify, black vegetable-oyster plant, or serpent root) already in Austria, at a cooking class...
This is a new reading of beets, as they say 🙂 It’s a delicate, sweet cream soup with oriental notes. It’s very healthy and adds bright colors to winter! It...
