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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Chilled Fennel Potato Soup

It really is slow food when you try to harvest it yourself.

One of us believed the fennel growing wild in a certain vacant lot is the kind that you could dig up for its crisp, licorice-flavored tubers.

Marja, the chef, raised a skeptical eyebrow but came along.

Clank. (My shovel hits rock a...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Curried Cream

Chih Chung Fang, San Francisco Bay Area

My realization: cauliflower doesn't get any respect.

As far as families go, cauliflower is the forgotten stepsister—while all the other kids are doted on. Case in point: cauliflower is in the same cabbage family as some of our current culina...

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