Soup Glorious Soup! …

Soup Joumou Haitian New Year's Soup (Copy)

House-made fresh each day by my friend Chef Edgina Désormeaux of Bonbon Lakay . CLICK PHOTO for LINK to ORDER ….

Yellow & orange-colored curried lentil stew (Copy)

with ‘stop light’ (yellow, red, green) peppers , potato, onion, garlic… My staple soup for potlucks etc. since I usually have most the ingredients on hand :)

Servings of the PEPPER POT Soup I made for the (Copy)

Anne Northup Tribute Dinner at the historic Morris-Jumel Mansion a decade ago (2014)

New England style Cod Chowder (Copy)

an improv stove top version was so much easier to make than i ever imagined…and DELICIOUS…

Bean & Lentil Stew (Vegan) (Copy)

hearty dish i made for my vegan sister, i was happy to be home in Cali whilst she was healing up from sumthin …

Vegan Split Pea (Copy)

homemade with just a hint of mint + toasted garlic green onion topping

Chef Ashbell's Shrimp Creole Soup... (Copy)

West African Inspired (Copy)

Chicken & “ground nut” (peanut) stew…

Most of my homemade soups (Copy)

have generous portions of greens in them. this is a serving of African-inspired ground nut stew with extra greens scissored in and simmered up

My PEPPER POT SOUP... (Copy)

rarely comes out looking the same each time lol. CLICK PHOTO takes you to RECIPE

Matzoh Ball Soup I Made (Copy)

for the amazing Mr. Michael W. Twitty’s Passover Seder in 2022

Rice Noodle Mushroom Scallion Soup (Copy)

Asian inspired homemade concoction i make all the time with miso, braggs amino, toasted sesame oil….

Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup (Copy)

with my spicy savor tooth I’m more a hot & sour vs. sweet & sour gal …

Chicken & DUMPLINGS (gluten free) (Copy)

my absolute fave soup/stew growing up…i made these dumplings with corn masa…

SPLIT PEA & Carrot... (Copy)

as you can see variations of split pea & pepper pot seem to dominate this lot of photos :) …

The SOUP KITCHEN pots close up (Copy)

onions & such simmering up…

"Old School" Wonton soup (Copy)

Chinese American food came onto the scene en masse during the California Gold Rush (1848–1855) and worked it’s way East, notably to NYC…

PEPPER POT (click photo for RECIPE) (Copy)

One of my fave soups of all time is packed with uniquely American history . CLICK PHOTO for TFG podcast episode + recipe

Curried Yellow Lentils & Chickpea (Copy)

A serving of PEPPER POT Soup (Copy)

I made for the historic Anne Northup Tribute Dinner at the Morris-Jumel Mansion back in 2014

Miso with Seaweed & Tofu (Copy)

first course at one of my fave local spots here in the slope, MURA…

I love a simple Miso Soup (Copy)

with seaweed and tofu … this one’s from MIRO not far from me and it’s something i also like to make at home

Duck Andouille Crawfish GUMBO (Copy)

An amazing item on the menu at an AfroSouthern Pop-Up Kitchen by Collective Fare …

My Mom's AMAZING Chili (Copy)

do you consider chili to be a soup or stew?

SPLIT PEA with Ashbell's Artisanal Smoked Pastrami (Copy)

Yum! CLICK PHOTO to ORDER some to add to your soups and stews

SPLIT PEA with Ashbell's Artisanal Smoked Pastrami (Copy)

Yum! CLICK PHOTO to ORDER some to add to your soups and stews

A (GOOD) Pot of Greens (Copy)

with good pot licker, smoked meat , onions, garlic etc. counts as a soup in my book! + I love how greens show up in African and Asian heritage soups.. . Click Photo to see me making GOOD DEED GREENS with Taja V. Simpson on Food Network + get the recipe!

servings of the PEPPER POT Soup I made for (Copy)

the historic Anne Northup Tribute Dinner at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in 2014

that time i volunteered at a Soup Kitchen (Copy)

in the lower east side…

MISO MUSHROOM SOUP, TOASTED NORI OIL, ENOKI MUSHROOM (Copy)

At Vernick Coffee Bar, Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center

Soup behind the scenes (Copy)

warming up the pepper pot before serving at the Morris Jumel Mansion…

SOUP SWAP DAY is a great fun (holi) day to nourish (and heal if need be) loved ones whether they be family, neighbors or friends…

“GLOBAL, ANCIENT PRIMAL ... SOUPS SIMULTANEOUSLY NOURISH AND HYDRATE AND HAVE LONG BEEN CONSIDERED CURATIVE IN DELIVERING NUTRIENTS VIA AN EASILY DIGESTIBLE COMPOSITION”… ~ A quote from TFG/me talking about soup somewhere 😄

Making SOUPS & STEWS are probably the type of cookery i enjoy doing most. (I suspect which is in sync with my mixology skills). Carrying on a legacy bigger than myself i suppose considering that here in the Americas Black women were the original stewards of professional soup making (at convalescence homes, infirmaries, soup kitchens, and as professional soup vendors) . And Black men the originators of American mixology. And I’m the great grand daughter of a professional cook and speakeasy owner. ..

January’s the perfect month for “SOUP MONTH” … it’s the most “hybernaty” month in my opinion…the first snowfall (in years? ) took place recently (MLK Day/night)… There’s something to be said for the “volumetrix” satisfaction of being simultaneously nourished and hydrated …So much to share re: the HEALING PROPERTIES of soup… hidden HISTORY of soup…I could simmer up so much more SOUP 🥣 stuff …For now I hope you enjoy the descriptive photo carousel of my homemade & house-made soups in the pics above — ones i’ve taken over time (some pics have links to recipes and/or where to find it on a menu )…And have a listen to a short podcast episode I made on The Most Famous Soup You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of …

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