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Leftover Love

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers.  The original meal has never been found.”  Calvin Trillin Yesterday was just such a day.  Leftover Curried Carrot Soup for lunch and leftovers from the day before incorporated into dinner in Read more →

Valentine’s Heat

Today being the Boxing Day to Valentine’s Christmas I thought I’d share the meal which The Hungry Mrs and I sat down to last night. Curried Carrot Soup – all perfumey, spicy and velvety. Chorizo Stuffed Poussin served on creamy mash potato with a white wine sauce. Red Velvet Cup Read more →

You don’t have to be ill for soup.

“I live on good soup, not on fine words” – Moliere. I remember being a kid and if I somehow managed to convince my mum that I was ill, no mean feat in our house, then lunch was guaranteed to be soup.  For me it was chicken, preferably my mums homemade broth but Read more →