I am searching for reasons to look forward to fall this year in order to get rid of this aversion I suddenly have to the idea of cold weather. (Long story short: I had a real bad fall and winter last year, and I need an attitude adjustment this year).
So here’s installment one: a list of soups that I’ve made before and that I cannot wait to enjoy in the next few months:
Daube Provençal (from Katie at the Kitchen Door). French beef stew with orange zest, olives, and an entire bottle of Côtes du Rhône in it. N made it for me a couple of months after we got together, and I always crave it when the weather starts to turn cool.
44-Clove Garlic Soup (from Smitten Kitchen). This soup literally has 44 cloves of garlic in it, some roasted and some boiled. It is far less overpowering than you’d guess from that intimidating number – instead, I found it refined, rich, elegant, autumnal. Absolutely sublime for dinner on a cool evening, with a glass of wine and a toasted baguette.
Chicken Tortilla Soup (from The Pioneer Woman). I am not a fan of Ree Drummond or her show, but I can tell you that around Christmas last year, I made three batches of this soup in one month. It is legit, and it makes a ton. N and I made a huge pot for his family when they came over for Christmas Eve, and they ate every. single. drop of it. in one sitting. Be sure and serve it with lots of fixings: radishes, cilantro, lime wedges, crema, cotija cheese, tortilla strips, diced avocado.
Wild Mushroom Bisque (my own recipe, from the bricolab). I have been working on this recipe for years, through at least a half-dozen iterations. Here is the best version. A cup of it is like a holy grail containing essence of mushroom. Not a pretty soup at all, admittedly – but rich, thick, earthy, and insanely delicious.
Cauliflower Soup (from America’s Test Kitchen). Yes, this soup does have a whole stick of butter in it (about half of it goes into the brown-butter-sautéed cauliflower garnish, which you can omit if you’re a fool and hate good food, or if, you know, you’re watching your fat intake). It does not have a drop of cream in it at all, but you would never know it. A creamy, delicious, magical soup.
i dont like it when comedians put punchlines before basic ethics.
i try to be a good person before i try to be a funny person, and while its morally rewarding and more ethically sound, its WAY more difficult because you actually have to evolve as you learn more.
when i see someone saying shit like “theres no place for political correctness in comedy!” all i see is “comedy is hard!!!!! stop trying to make it harder!!!!!! its not fair!!!!!!!!!!”
and its not even a matter of edginess. you can be edgy in comedy without being downright toxic. when the joke is that its offensive for offensiveness sake, its no longer clever and you are no longer funny.
I just got into the Tyler come album and I love the song experimental drugs a lot EXCEPT that the intro he sings a different tempo than the drum!!!! But only off by a few beats!! Otherwise it’s a great song
