Thai Red Curry Coconut Kabocha Squash Soup…that’s a bit of a mouthful. In keeping with my pumpkin/winter squash theme (after the recent last pumpkin/winter squash-related post), decided to do a savory dish this time around.  What better way to embrace the fall than with a pumpkin — actually, kabocha squash to be exact — soup. Kabocha … Continue Reading

Can’t believe Labor Day weekend is already upon us.  Hope you’re enjoying a long and relaxing weekend with good food and friends. Where did the summer go?  It seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye.  It always does.  I’m not ready for summer to end.  Am doing my best to savor as … Continue Reading

  Have been revisiting some posts from my initial days of blogging.  Mostly reshooting photos, tweaking recipes here and there, and updating my thoughts on the finished dish.  I cringe at some of my older photos (the lighting, the composition, etc. — all wrong).  Barely knew how to use my camera back then (other than … Continue Reading

Bought some golden beets the other day.  Not exactly a big fan of the humble beet.  Though, from time to time, I buy them with the notion that they will start to grow on me.  Typically, beets sit in my fridge until I’m out of everything else.  Thereafter, they get the standard treatment — roasted … Continue Reading

YUM!!!  I love all sorts of seasonal, springy, green soups.  Do you have a favorite spring soup?   Got the idea for this soup while shopping at my local farmers’ market this past weekend.  Was chatting with the market manager, and she mentioned her fondness for watercress and asparagus soup.  Enough said, sold.  I’ll take … Continue Reading