warm tomato soup served in a bowl

Recipe: Tomato Soup, two kinds

I love, love, love tomato soup. Especially with a grilled cheese sandwich, or some crackers and cheese, or those little Brazilian cheese puffs you can get at Costco (do you sense a theme here?). But what I don't love is ready-made tomato soup from a can. Fortunately, it's fast and easy to make your own.

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Musings on aspic

I have said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love looking through vintage cookbooks. I love the casually imprecise instructions (“cook until done,” “slow oven,” “butter the size of a walnut”), the interesting ingredients — oleo, anyone? —…

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