Tag: chicken soup

  • Why Soup?

    Why Soup?

    Friday’s post about sinuses, and my conversations with coworkers about soup preferences when sick got me thinking. Why soup? When I’m sick, I tend to want chicken soup, even if it is such a cliche. When I’m stuffed up and can barely breathe, I want spicy soup, so my sinuses can be flushed out and…

  • Eat This While You Read That: Daniel Allen Butler

    Eat This While You Read That: Daniel Allen Butler

    I think I surprised Daniel when I asked him to take part in this series. He doesn’t write fiction. But this isn’t about fiction, it’s about books we love to read, and good food. Daniel Allen Butler is a maritime and military historian, and he writes darn good books. I suspect that many of my…

  • Soup of the Day

    It’s been cool and rainy this last week, somewhat unexpected in mid-July, when we are usually hankering for salads, watermelon, and ice cream to keep us cool, particularly in the evening. So I am thinking warming food, like a nice hot bowl of soup. I met friends at a Vietnamese restaurant this last week for…