This carrot tahini soup is not your basic soup. It is complex. It warms you with tahini, turmeric, and cardamom. The sweet carrot mixes with tangy tamarind. Unfamiliar, but welcoming. And we all need more of that in the world right now.
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by Laura
This carrot tahini soup is not your basic soup. It is complex. It warms you with tahini, turmeric, and cardamom. The sweet carrot mixes with tangy tamarind. Unfamiliar, but welcoming. And we all need more of that in the world right now.
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by Laura
This soup is mild, and gentle, and there for you all week long in the fridge.
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by Laura
Or, I’m so much better at making soup than writing this book.…
by Laura
by Laura
by Laura
Or, what to make when you feel the same way you did on Monday.
In other words, more soup, please.
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by Laura
Or, what to make when you want to feel like the world is just a bit less cold.
I have a feeling that I’m going to need a lot of comfort food during the next… four years or so. Whatever your political leanings, you cannot escape the fact that the United States is a strange and tempestuous place to be right now. Nobody really seems to know what is happening, or why – even (or perhaps especially) if you are one of those people upon whom our new government has had an immediate effect. There is a lot of anxiety and anger in the air. (As well as a lot of love and hope – lots of emotional energy jangling about the place.)
Lots of things are happening, all over the country. Many of the things I’m doing right now are normal, and that helps keep me grounded. But some things are not business as usual, and the ground can feel a bit rocky beneath our uncertain feet. Because of this, my stock of comfort foods looks like it will be expanding. We all need energy, and comfort, and fortification. The American experiment needs fuel, people! And at the moment, this means I’m making a lot of soup.
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