Soup Recipes

Boulder Farmers' Market, week four: Strawberries, and seven things not to do

The big news at the Boulder Farmers' Market Saturday: Randy and Regan of 2 Rs Farm have strawberries. I restrain myself from doing a celebratory dance around their stand -- which is also heaped with cucumbers and luscious greenhouse-grown tomatoes -- and snatch up three little boxes. Within fifteen ... More >>

Boulder Farmers' market, week three: spinach is in -- but no apricots, ever?

Eating local brings different joys and disappointments every year, and there's a big disappointment coming up -- as I learn from farmer John Ellis at the Boulder Farmers' Market Saturday. No apricots this year, says Ellis, who runs Rancho Durazno peach orchard. Or if there are any, there will be be ... More >>

Curried tomato soup with coconut milk for a warm-up on Meatless Monday

The weather can't seem to make up its mind whether it's winter or spring, but this soup (inspired by the soup you'll frequently find at WaterCourse Foods) is good no matter what the temperature is outside. The curry and spices add a little heat, and the coconut milk smooths that out while balancing ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Coconut-curried chicken soup

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pete and Barb have exactly one ... More >>

Dairy-free cream of broccoli soup for a warm-up on Meatless Monday

With cold-and-flu season in full swing, it's time to cook up a big batch of homemade soup with all of its immune-boosting qualities -- especially if you're making your own vegetable stock! This cream-of-broccoli recipe (adapted from VegNews columnist Allison Rivers Samson's version) will serve up a ... More >>

Homemade mock chicken stock stock for a kitchen staple on Meatless Monday

A good stock can make or break many recipes -- but unfortunately, it's hard to get a good vegetable stock from a can or a box. But making it yourself is easy as can be (especially if you have a stock pot with a strainer, a worthy investment). This mock chicken stock recipe (adapted from Moosewood Ne ... More >>

Roux the day: The light and dark sides of gumbo

A rose is a rose is a rose, right? Not so for gumbo, which happens to be Colin Mallet's favorite dish from his home state of Louisiana. While there are probably as many versions of this soup/stew as there are families who make it, Mallet, executive chef of Sassafras American Eatery, can makes a di ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Cream of asparagus soup

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Marczyk's just received a crop ... More >>

Hana Japanese Bistro in Louisville is all-inclusive

Slide show: In the kitchen at Hana Japanese Bistro

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: three-sesame, sweet potato and carrot soup

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. "The humble carrot doesn't ofte ... More >>

Split-pea soup to help chase away winter for Meatless Monday

No one's saying you have to go meatless just because it's Monday -- but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we're offering an animal-free recipe. Split peas are a kind of superfood, an excellent source of protein for vegetarians and vegans. Homemade split-pea soup is much, much be ... More >>

Pressure-cooking is not a crock

I'll admit it: I'm stuck in the past, using a crockpot to cook meals. And I learned at chef Lynda Lacher's One Pot Cooking Class at Cherry Creek Whole Foods last night that I am guilty of many crockpot sins, the worst of which is not using a pressure cooker to cut my meal prep time down to minutes r ... More >>

Street Kitchen Asian Bistro does the trick for a quick lunch in the DTC

Odell's Bourbon Barrel Stout eases a sweet potato soup conundrum

Unfortunately, because it's winter, a good portion of the produce in stock in Colorado right now, including In Season Local Market is from California. I'd been planning to buy some sweet potatoes for a soup recipe that's been hanging on the fridge and was bummed to hear the news. Alas, that's what I ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Roasted tomato soup with feta and mint

​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Like Pete and Barb, I'm ... More >>

Los Farolitos does Denver's best birria

In the kitchen with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Wild mushroom soup

Roman and Kaz Marczyk, the next generation of foragers.​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home w ... More >>

Dry Dock's Double IPA adds the proper spirit to a pot of gumbo that tastes like home

​Gumbo holds a particularly special place in my heart. Early on in life, it was my go-to comfort food. My dad used to make his mom's recipe for special occasions; it was the one truly traditional Langlois dish, and it had a flavor I will never forget. But that wasn't the only gumbo I loved. M ... More >>

The only thing bittersweet about Bittersweet is that you'll have to leave

Photos: The Summer Menu at Bittersweet

Bittersweet rolls out its summer menu -- blooming with produce from its garden

Lori MidsonChef Olav Peterson rolls out a summer menu at Bittersweet.​Before Olav Peterson and his wife, Melissa, opened Bittersweet in an old remodeled gas station at the very end of December, they flanked the patios with massive planters. The plan was to grow their own produce and herbs. An ... More >>

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From the gastronaughty recipe files: sopa de mariscos

Lori Midson​It goes without saying that I spend most of my days and nights in restaurants -- which has been the story of my life for the past fifteen years or so, ever since I began writing about food. But truth be told, cooking is my therapeutic outlet; the kitchen, my security blanket. I'm ... More >>

"Scrumptious Holiday Appetizers" class at the Denver Botanic Gardens

J. WohletzBaked Brie with figs and toasted almonds​ After being rescheduled thanks to yet another Jackson Street substation outage, the "Scrumptious Holiday Appetizers" workshop finally took place last night at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Instructor Susan Evans of Chrysalis Herbs taught stude ... More >>

Warming trends: The bare-bones Pho Duy provides warm comfort food just in time for winter

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Pumpkin soup

​ Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Barb is in a book club ... More >>

In the kitchen with Deluxe chef Dylan Moore: tomato soup with fresh basil

​Dylan Moore, chef of Deluxe, Delite, Deluxe Burger and the proud owner of the Little Orange Rocket, the new Deluxe streetmobile, sat down with us last week to discuss his growing empire of restaurants, his fetish for fish sauce and tacos and how he managed to fuck up fish for Josh and Jen Wol ... More >>

What's Cooking: Pete Marczyk kisses up to sweet potato and peanut soup

Barb Macfarlane​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. "I know ... More >>

Medical marijuana patients enjoy pot luck at 8 Rivers

Pot luck! Creative cooking with cannabis

Everything's better with cannabis butter​On January 16, 8 Rivers executive chef Scott Durrah and sous Jamie Gulick held the first Creative Cooking With Cannabis class at the modern Caribbean restaurant at 1550 Blake Street. Courtesy Durrah, here are the recipes from that class:

What's Cooking: Slow Food Rocky Mountain region guv Matt Jones takes us tailgating with fish soup

Barb Macfarlane​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Pete an ... More >>

Peeling off a recipe for Three Onion Soup

​Every month, the Colorado Department of Agriculture shares a recipe created by chef Jason Morse of Valley Country Club in Aurora. The October recipe, Three Onion Soup, focuses on one of the state's major crops and comes just in time for these suddenly cold days. In 2008, Colorado produced 27 ... More >>

A Tuscan-style lamb soup to fall for from Jing chef Jay Spickelmier

Lori Midson​At last week's Mile High Chef Competition between Argyll Gastropub cooker Sergio Romero and Jing exec chef Jay Spickelmier (who emerged victorious), the hit dish of the night was Spickelmier's Tuscan lamb and white bean soup, the recipe of which he was happy to share with us. It's ... More >>

What's Cooking? Getting corny in the kitchen with Pete Marczyk

Lori Midson​ Because there's no such thing as too much bacon, and because Pete Marcyzk's Bacon Candy was snapped up and chewed down in record speed, we've also got a great corn chowder (corn takes the place of clams) and bacon recipe that's perfect for the chilly nights ahead. "Let's face it ... More >>

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