Savory Cooking

In a month when food positively shines, SoupAddict has had real difficulty getting anything done behind the stove. Her visions of an army of cookies …

Of the many, many things in the world that SoupAddict doesn’t understand, the human memory is one of them. How is it that you can …

SoupAddict has been thinking a lot about vitamin C the past few days. A lot. Being laid flat for five days by the common cold …

Now there are three words SoupAddict never expected to utter in one sentence, much less cook together in one dish: pumpkin + gorgonzola + flan. …

SoupAddict was staring longingly at her Zuni Cafe buttermilk mashed potatoes recipe the other day. Autumn is here, and it’s time for comfort food, but …

Earlier in the summer, SoupAddict had time off from her day job and decided to flip on the ole TV one lazy morning. Martha was …

Much to SoupAddict’s surprise, she found okra in her CSA bag this past weekend. Surprised because, not having been raised with the wonders of okra, …

Here at the tail end of July, if there’s one thing that you can’t turn around without tripping over, it’s tomatoes. [Just thought I’d get …

SoupAddict has found her favorite outdoor party dish, ever: Paella. (Pronounced “pie-AYE-ya” for those of you who, like SoupAddict, need to pronounce things correctly, even …

Do you know what the end of June means? The beginning of July. Heh heh heh. I’ll be here all week, folks! {Ahem} No, no …

I made homemade butter this past weekend. I kid you not. Butter. Homemade. [swoon] When I was growing up, what my family called “butter” came …

Meet SoupAddict’s favorite way to prepare white potatoes. Sweet potatoes are another story, but for white potatoes, these crash hot potatoes are the real deal. …

A while back, a kind reader suggested that one of SoupAddict’s favorite specialty salsas would be delicious served over pasta. And since then, SoupAddict has …

One of SoupAddict’s second tier New Year’s resolutions was to eat out less—eat more self-cooked, less-processed food—and save money in the process. She’s been doing …

SoupAddict is obsessed. This is nothing new. SoupAddict’s nature is to be obsessive. (And lazy. She’s not sure how those two traits can mix in …

If there’s one thing that’s true about SoupAddict—aside from the fact that she loves soup. And bacon—it’s that she doesn’t stand on ceremony. No, no, …

A clever technique to crisp bacon and rein in spatter, all in one swoop, oven baked bacon is so easy and takes all the messiness …

SoupAddict recently uncovered this cast iron pan in a cabinet. And she sighed heavily. Look at that rust. It took a few seconds, but she …