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Busy days on the soup beat

Are you wondering where I’ve gone? Most of the action is over on the soup blog. And when I’m not there I’m running around trying to wrap up work on the next edition of the Soup & Bread Cookbook, to be published in November by Evanston-based  Agate Publishing. It’s a hybrid: part cookbook, part social … Continued

Speaking of Slow Food

Slow Food USA president Josh Viertel kicks off the new soup season at Hull-House on August 25. More, here.

Soup and Jam

I’ve been curious about Hull-House’s ongoing Re-Thinking Soup project ever since I heard about it this winter — but it wasn’t till they paired it with the Jam-Off that I managed to get moving. And you know what? It was pretty great. The organizers of the soup lunch and other endeavors, like a recent workshop on … Continued

Jam on it

[OK this may be the excuse I need to go check out the Hull-House soup event. I’m just reposting the announcement in full from the Advocates for Urban Agriculture  Google group, as they seem to not have updated their web site in a while.] Calling all home preservationists, chefs, and lovers of jam! Summer Jam Off … Continued