TIP OF THE DAY: How To Finish Soup In Blender

The correct technique for blending hot soup. Photo courtesy Cuisinart.   Yesterday we discussed how easy it is to blend soups and sauces with a hand-held immersion blender. Today, we share a tip for using a conventional upright blender. This tip should be part of every recipe that tells you to blend hot soup, but…
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PRODUCT: Bertolli Premium Meal Soups For Two

Beefy goodness: our favorite from the new Bertolli Premium Meal Soups. Photo courtesy Bertolli.   Have you seen the “soup opera” chefs in TV commercials, extolling the virtues of Bertolli Premium Hearty Soups? The soups look just as good in person as they do on TV, and live up to the advertising claims that they’re…
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Chilled Cucumber Soup Recipe

[1] Chilled cucumber soup. A little garnish turns it into food art (photo © Love And Lemons). [2] Still on the vine, in a home garden with a wooden support for the heavy fruit—yes, cucumbers are a fruit (photo © Bernard Hermant | Unsplash).   We love elegant, chilled cucumber soup. Unfortunately, the provider of…
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JULY 4TH FOOD: Chilled Raspberry Soup With Blueberry Garnish

This refreshing, chilled raspberry soup can be garnished with blueberries for a red, white and blue dessert. You can do the reverse as well: blueberry soup with a raspberry garnish. Make it in five minutes in a blender or food processor. The recipe is courtesy of EatWisconsinCheese.com, a great source of recipes with all kinds…
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CONTEST: Win A Gourmet Food Prize In The Gourmet Giveaway

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with tortilla soup,and enter the Gourmet Giveaway. Photocourtesy Wolfgang Puck.   Fans of the Gourmet Giveaway know that our gourmet food giveaway went on hiatus in February, as we were building its new home on TheNibbleGourmetMarket.com. The Gourmet Giveaway is back, with three gift baskets from Chef Wolfgang Puck. All you…
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