Cuvee blog, www.Seasonedfork.com, this month’s “Best of the Web” in Saveur Magazine
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Tortilla-Soup-Sopa-de-Tortilla

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Soups are in demand on menus as winter approaches. If you have an herb garden you probably still have most of your herbs. Despite a few brown leaves, your h erbs are perfectly fine to use now. Most stores like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods sell fresh herbs year round. My chef’s garden at The [...]

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I would welcome questions and comments from all of you who attended our sold out cooking class this week.  It is always inspiring and challenging to teach a cooking class in a group of obvious foodies. This was a menu I designed for an elegant summer dinner party.  We had three courses of which the first was a [...]

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I made this soup for the wine dinner we had last week with Kip Bedell of Bedell Cellars and Corey Creek Vineyards in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.  What is a bistro doing celebrating Cinco de Mayo?  In 1862 Mexico defeated the French army in the culinary town of Puebla.  Puebla is to Mexico what Lyon is to [...]

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  Saute 1/4 cup of shallots in 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Once lightly carmelized, add two bunches of fresh Watercress with bottom part of stems removed. Salt to taste and saute for 5 to 7 minutes and allow to cool. In separate pan, add lightly salted scallops (5 to 10 if bay [...]

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Red peppers are available year-round and are often overlooked in soup making.  Grilling or charring red peppers in your broiler will give them a smoky flavor that perfectly accompanies a hearty sausage garnish. Ingredients Four large red bell peppers (Reserve one to add at end if bisque is too thin), two to three peeled shallots, [...]

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