Newsletter: In the kitchen: Fish soups and stews
Sometimes there’s nothing like a bowl of soup or stew to fill you up. At once rich and comforting, soups and stews are a perfect one-dish meal, often simple to prepare and serve. And they’re an easy choice with the cold and rainy weather we’ve been experiencing in Southern California this winter.
Los Angeles-based cookbook author and food writer Martha Rose Shulman takes a look at seafood soups and stews, and we share a variety of soup, cake and other recipes to make with the carrots that are now in season. Finally, we share some of our favorite vegetarian soups, with flavors so rich you might never guess they’re meat-free.
PUT SOME SEAFOOD IN YOUR SOUP POT
Rustic and easy to make, country-style fish soups and stews are comforting one-dish meals with big flavors and a nice balance of seafood and vegetables. Shulman walks us through a variety of hearty soups that don’t require a lot of time or elaborate preparation, from a Provençal fish chowder to a rich Veracruzana crab soup and simple but satisfying mussel stew with potatoes and sausage.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE CARROTS IN SEASON NOW
While you can buy orange carrots at the supermarket any time of the year, winter is the best season to find the root vegetables because the cold weather makes for crisper, sweeter roots. Check out some of our tips for using carrots, as well as 24 of our favorite recipes, from carrot soup to carrot cake.
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OUR FAVORITE VEGETARIAN SOUP RECIPES
We’ve had a lot of rain this winter, and sometimes there’s nothing like a bowl of soup to warm you up. We’ve compiled 29 of our favorite recipes, from rich purees to rustic vegetable, pasta and barley-based soups. Best of all? You might never guess they’re all vegetarian.
FANTASTIC DINNER IDEAS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
Long day? Before you pull up to the drive-thru, check out these quick and easy dinner ideas, ready in less than an hour. From spaghetti carbonara to Tuscan chicken stew, grilled flank steak, green enchiladas, tea-crusted salmon and more, we’ve pulled together 28 of our favorite easy dinner recipes just for you.
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