M. Eileen Brown
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Soupalooza: Don't be scared off by cooking with dried beansOct 29, 2013 2:00 am - To soak or not to soak? That's at least one of the questions that come up when you are cooking with dried beans. For something so ubiquitous and so elemental, cooking dr...
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Soupalooza: Learning to root for rootsSep 25, 2013 6:00 am - The root of the matter, if you will pardon the pun, is that I know very little about root vegetables. Oh, sure, I know carrots, potatoes and beets, but celery root? No i...
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Finding happiness in a bowl of soupAug 27, 2013 6:00 am - It's hard to resist a recipe for Happiness Soup, wouldn't you say? With a name like that, it's a soup with a fairly high standard to live up to, but Nigella Lawson, the ...
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Soupalooza: Farmers market bounty turns into hearty soupJul 31, 2013 6:00 am - Diving into a steaming bowl of soup is the last thing you might think of when the temperature is skyrocketing. Yet, it is also the same time of year when fresh produce i...
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Soupalooza: Warming up to cold soupsJun 25, 2013 6:00 am - Cold fruit soup, I have to admit, doesn't do much for me. If I want a smoothie, I can happily slurp my sugary cold sweetness through a straw. Who wants to politely sip s...
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Great songs make up for high jinks in Fox Valley's 'Fools'Jun 21, 2013 4:00 am - As someone who has giggled, screeched, swooned, whined and gossiped her way through many a “Girls' Night In,” I can tell you “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” is every bit as ...
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Soupalooza: Cold pea soup you'll eat all upMay 27, 2013 6:00 am - OK, OK, so I know what you're thinking. Chilled cream of snap pea soup? Really? Creamed cold pea soup with Marmite? Has Soupalooza gone mad? Well, how about we give it a...
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Soupalooza: Mushroom Barley Soup brings a flood of good memoriesApr 24, 2013 6:00 am - Every time I look at the overstuffed, overflowing mess that is my recipe box, I vow to clean up my act by scanning everything and organizing it in some nice tidy folder ...
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Favorite recipe yields different result. What's up with that?Mar 26, 2013 1:00 pm - Everyone has their favorite go-to recipe, right? It's the one that's easy, tasty and, most importantly, surefire. You can make it in your sleep and it never varies. My ...
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Soupalooza: Hot and sour soup cures what ails youFeb 25, 2013 2:00 pm - Best thing about writing a soup column? Having someone else offer to make you soup, of course! So when I got an invite from Ying Stoller to learn how to make her hot and...