This simple yet tasty Beach Gazpacho recipe is a perfect way to greet the rising temperatures on both coasts. 

People drive from far and wide to taste the soups of Thyme Cafe & Market. The market came about because of this soup phenom - they couldn't keep up with the demand! Can their soup really be this good? I wanted to find out, so I invited a friend for an evening out to try it myself.

The latest cookbook by Sweet Basil Chef Dave Becker and food photographer Nina Gallant is both the ultimate coffee table book, and a must have in the kitchen. The cover itself stands out as a movie marquee, inviting the viewer to stick around to see what's next.

And you should.

It maybe going a bit too far claiming Kale is the “new beef” but the health benefits of adding kale, if even to just your soup, are enormous.

There are only a (small) handful of things that I actually like about winter. For starters, I actually do like snow but it's a conditional love affair in that I only like it when it's falling, swirling around giving everything, especially trees, a crisp, white glow.

Owner Abby Duke met us at the tiny Riverside Ave outpost of  Sugarsnap at 10am last Friday, just as they were opening for the day. We arrived in full winter gear, with the tinier (and messier) two of our three kids.

Chef Todd Heberlein the head chef at Volante Farms takes his soups seriously. For that matter he takes all his cooking seriously, but with a nice pinch of humor.

As winter storm “Nemo” hits the Northeast corridor of the States (by the way, since when have we been naming winter storms?) it is the perfect time to dig out those perishable ingredients to make two quick and easy soups that can be eaten hot or cold (IF the electricity goes out! )

This recipe is inspired by a recipe by White On Rice Couple. I heard Todd Porter and Diane Cu present a heart-warming keynote at BlogHer Food ’12 in Seattle last June. Their presentation was easily one of the most memorable for me at this conference. They talked about real life, dogs and emotion.