Washed Feta, Yellow Tomatoes, Red Onion Rings, and Tapenade on Semolina Bread This is a delicious vegetarian sandwich that is light and just right for a summer lunch on a hot afternoon. The reason for the extra step of "washing" the feta cheese the night before is to...
Egg Salad with Salmon Roe on Focaccia You can make this simple sandwich on other breads as well, in addition to focaccia, as long as you choose a soft bread, with no major flavoring. You don't want to intrude upon the flavor and fragrance of the salmon roe. This is an...
Moroccan Lentil Soup We call his lentil soup"Moroccan" simply because we added some traditional Moroccan spices, to supply flavor that is usually provided by either meat broth or the addition of a ham hock in the best made of lentil soups. And while harissa is...
Chilled Zucchini Soup with Basil Mascarpone Cream If you grow zucchini in your garden and are looking for ways to use up the proverbial bumper crop, this recipe is an excellent place to start. It is elegant and easy to prepare on a hot summer's day. The basil...
Fresh Vegetable Soup with Orzo You will be raiding your vegetable garden (or the farmstand or produce department) when you make this soup! And it is the shopping that takes the time. The soup itself is a breeze to put together. If you have homemade chicken broth, by...
Yellow Tomato Soup with Roasted Peppers and Basil If soup with both extraordinary color and flavor sounds intriguing, then make this, but when you do, use only ripe yellow tomatoes. Anything less, and you will be disappointed. Of course, you can also make this with...
Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Soup with Parmigiano This rich soup is a Mangia classic, a mainstay on our winter menu. When we take it off in the summer months, customers clamor for its return. We have a number of versions, depending upon the chef at each of our...
Chilled Cucumber Soup with Yogurt and Dill Many chilled soups, including some of today's "politically correct," scaled-down chilled soups, are often made with some cream. Here, though, is one without a drop, with no fat to speak of at all, in fact. Cucumber and yogurt...
Mexican Gazpacho We call this soup Mexican as a salute to some of the ingredients, but we doubt that there is a Mexican household that has this recipe in its treasured old recipe file. This is a glorious summer soup. Anticipate serving it, and be sure to have ripe...
Chilled Curried Cauliflower Soup Your whole house will turn into a Middle Eastern spice bazaar when you toast all the seeds for this soup. What you are doing, of course, is making your own curry powder something that is not only intensely aromatic but also instructive...
Chilled Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Cider Here is the perfect soup for a warm fall evening, after a day of apple picking or a visit to a country farmstand. You can garnish this silken soup with finely shredded smoked ham, if you like. With a vegetable or green...
You achieve the domed shape of these buttery peanut butter shortbread cookies by using a small ice-cream scoop. The dough is tender and soft, and your hands won’t work nearly as well as the scoop. Purchase one at a kitchenwares store, and then you will have it when the urge to make these calls, which could be often.
