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Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup
From Jackie Dulen Rodriguez Adapted from The Balthazar Cookbook This mushroom soup from Balthazar restaurant in New York was a revelation–so mushroomy! Although it doesn’t shout immigrant history, I’ve found that mushrooms bridge a lot of […]
Irish Lamb Stew
From Jamie Proctor Says Jamie: Most of my family is descended from Irish immigrants, but my grandmothers weren’t big on family recipes or traditional meals, so there is no family recipe for Irish lamb stew. […]
Yucatan-inspired Adzuki Bean Soup
From Molly Schemper This is a simple and surprisingly flavorful vegan bean soup that I unfortunately neglected to photograph. So here, instead, is a photo of some adzuki beans, small, red beans that are packed […]
Colcannon Soup
From Allison Scott Makes 2-3 quarts Says Allison: I don’t usually cook directly from my Grandma Georgia’s recipes, but I have her sensibility from years of watching her in the kitchen. A self-described “poor, Irish […]
Kerala-inspired Coconut-Cabbage Soup
From Kent Lambert Serves “a decent Soup & Bread-sized crowd” Says Kent: My favorite and most frequently used recipe of 2016 was Cabbage Thoran by Denise D’Silva Sankhé’ for Serious Eats. I hadn’t been to Devon […]
Portuguese Sausage, Kale, & White Bean Soup
From Eddie Lakin Says Eddie: I chose this soup because it’s a well-known example of the kind of cooking that immigration encourages: old world technique and tradition, basically peasant cooking, but using whatever happens to […]
Anne’s Most Delicious Chicken Tortilla Soup
From Anne Chipman Says Anne: Although my heritage is Swedish and European Mutt, I love spicy foods. When I was working downtown, I used to go to the Pioneer Court cafeteria all the time. They […]
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