Sunday Night Soups: Greenmarket Last Gazp Gazpacho
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.
The Giants and the Eagles get together Sunday night, and one thing is sure. When the dust settles, one of these teams will reach the .500 mark. It seems as if NFC East teams play one another constantly, and this is already the second Sunday night appearance for the Giants.
Soupwise, it's not the most compelling matchup. A nod to New York, and a Manhattan clam chowder would be an option, but it would suffer in comparison to the real chowder of week two. Philadelphia is a historical city, and even has a little bit of soup history with Bookbinder's Restaurant and canned soups. But this is Serious Eats, so "open a can of soup and heat" won't really do.
I don't know if Alice Waters will be pulling for the Iggles or the G-Men as she watches this tilt, but I do know that she would want you to be eating seasonally and locally. Also, you will want some room in your arteries for next week's Bears-Packers contest, so something lighter this week seems appropriate.
As we near the end of the growing season in the Northeast, a gazpacho is a good bet. If you don't have any sherry vinegar on hand, this is a good reason to get some. Enjoy this soup with the best tomatoes you can find where you are before we descend into the long dark hydroponic night of the soul.
, this week's featured book. Our final recipe from Patricia Well's 
