Soup & Snow

a perfect pairing

There’s something about the thought of snow falling that compels me to make soup. Whether it’s a puree base or broth, I put on my mad chef hat and play.

Lately, I’ve been making my own vegetable broth as a base for what I call, “Immunity Soup,” which always has tons of garlic, onion, and ginger – all other ingredients are based on whatever I have on hand. I have never made the same soup twice.

Twenty-one inches fell in my hometown overnight, and this was the soup that went with it.

(Immunity Broth, carrots, purple cabbage, potatoes, turnips, broccoli, snap peas, bowtie pasta, shrimp.)

What is your winter comfort food or go-to?

• Do you curl up with a book by the fire?

• Drink hot chocolate while watching an old movie?

• Watch the snow fall with a cup of tea?

• Plot the uprise of a more loving world?

What’s your snowy story?

Gallery of past soups (a small sample)

*** May all vulnerable humans and animals find warmth and nourishment.