COOKING VIDEO: Pea Soup With Ham Recipe

  What do do with those Easter ham leftovers: make a fresh, spring pea soup with diced ham. Peas are in season, and soup never tastes better than when made with fresh peas. Fresh pea soup (you can substitute frozen green peas) tastes brighter and more luscious than split pea soup. Just watch this video…
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COOKING VIDEO: Spring Soup With Spring Herbs

  If you enjoy soup as comfort food, here’s a lovely and easy seasonal recipe, made with an abundance of spring herbs. The base is familiar—potatoes, onions and broth—but the quantity of fresh herbs makes it a completely different experience. The British chef provides both gram and ounce equivalents. Note that the products called double…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Discover Pho Vietnamese Soup

Add as many basil leaves, bean sprouts, and scallions as you like (photo © Simon Gurney | Dreamstime).   Last night on “Top Chef,” contestant Dale Talde won the fondue Quickfire Challenge with his adaptation of the Vietnamese soup, phö (pronounced fuh). Phö is a symphony of flavors—one of the world’s great soups. It is…
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