chilled soup

Once upon a time, I was a single girl living in the city all alone for the very first time. I had found a terrific little box of an apartment on a popular street just off the Magnificent Mile in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. It had a pool on the roof, a doorman, a view of a sliver of Lake Michigan (if you stood in just the right place, smashed into a corner between the wall and a beam) and a teeny tiny little kitchen. It was here that my interest in cooking began to take shape. [click to continue…]

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Peach Menus

August 11, 2011

SUNDAY

Chilled Peach Soup with Goat Cheese
Couscous Stuffed Tomatoes

MONDAY

Curried Eggplant with Chickpeas

TUESDAY

Grilled Peach Salad with Prosciutto and Mozzarella

WEDNESDAY

Turkey Sliders with Tahini Sauce

THURSDAY

Stuffed Pasta with Lemony Harissa Oil, Feta and Broccoli

THE WEEKEND SPLURGE

Blueberry Peach Crisp

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Watermelon Menus

July 7, 2011

SUNDAY

Pork Tonkatsu with Watermelon and Cherry Tomato Salad

MONDAY

Pasta with Grilled Fennel-Tomato Sauce

TUESDAY

Summer Squash Pancakes
Maple-Lime Sweet Potatoes

WEDNESDAY

Watermelon Feta Salad
Chilled Cucumber Coconut Soup

THURSDAY

Grilled Shrimp and Bok Choy

THE WEEKEND SPLURGE

Watermelon Cucumber Mint Paletas (Mexican Ice Pops)

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Yellow Squash Menus

June 30, 2011

SUNDAY Summer Squash Shells with Ricotta MONDAY Tuscan Kale “Caesar” Salad Cold Curried Squash Soup * TUESDAY Chicken with Fresh Apricots and Crushed Pistachios WEDNESDAY Seared Halibut with Green Gazpacho THURSDAY Pasta with Puttanesca Cruda THE WEEKEND SPLURGE Fresh Summer Berry Cake * I suggest making this soup on Sunday (or the day before you’ll serve it) since it needs time to chill.