How should egg drop soup taste to someone who regularly makes trips down to Chinatown? This recipe from is far more refined than the gloppy renditions I'm used to, plus it's really simple. More

Note: You may know Carolyn Cope as Umami Girl. She stops by on Tuesdays with ideas on preparing fruits and vegetables. [Photograph: Carolyn Cope] My friend Olivia is one of those effortlessly superior human specimens, the kind you'd hate if... More