Posted by Robyn Lee, February 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM
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I was drawn to Alice Medrich's recipe for chestnut torte from Bittersweet because right now I'd love any reason to roast chestnuts and fill my home with warmth. It's brain-freezing cold in NYC right now; a fat slice of chocolate flavored chestnut cake might just take my mind off of my sore frostbitten skin. And if you're not freezing your butt off, I'm sure it would also be a nice dessert for Valentine's Day.
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Posted by The Gurgling Cod, November 17, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Sunday Night Soups, where each week The Gurgling Cod shows up to offer a soup appropriate to the week's Sunday Night Football game on NBC.
This week, the New England Patriots pay a visit to Buffalo and their Bills. Northwest New York State will never be confused with Provence in terms of developing a compelling indigenous food tradition, excepting buffalo wings, which while delicious (and worth making at home, by the way) do not translate feasibly into soup. However, few match-ups offer a better opportunity to get into the right frame of mind. Bill Belichick, while something of a polarizing figure, is famous for his relentless preparation. A soup that requires the same of its maker will give you a sense of what it takes to be a champion. A soup does not have defensive tendencies you can track, or even opposing coaches that you can videotape surreptitiously, until your former assistant and protégé snitches you out, but it can have chestnuts. Chestnuts are delicious, but peeling them is tedious, and can fray the fingers a bit. They give this soup a wonderful velvety sweetness, and give you the opportunity to experience the 99% of genius that is hard work.
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