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Hi there! I'm Peggy Lampman...
...a contemporary American author, photographer, and food blogger. Welcome to dinnerFeed. More about me & my site...
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The Ruby of the Sea
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Secrets, lies and passions in the past collide with those in the present in this disturbing but satisfying tale. Visit my Author Website for more information.
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The Welcome Home Diner
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Cousins Addie and Samantha decide to risk it all with a culinary career that starts with renovating a vintage diner in a depressed area of Detroit. There’s just one little snag in their vision...
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The Promise Kitchen: A Novel
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Two women at a crossroad trying to find the perfect recipes to reinvent themselves. Visit my Author Website for more. Available on Amazon.com.
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Taste buds prickle; wanderlust triggered. An Argentine barbecue (asado) enticed me to Patagonia. A friend gave me a vial of ground sumac berries--4 months later I was waking at dawn to the "Call To Prayer" in Turkey. Porcini to Tuscany, and so on. Read more about my chronicles of trips and favorite associated recipes. Browse my travel recipes...
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Search Results for: Hot soups & stews
Beautiful Soups!
Hunkering down into the folds of winter, my body begs a slowing down, a turning inward, a respite from the frantic pace of December. The seasonal change also brings a change in what I’m craving–– at the moment, soul-nurturing meal-in-a-pot soups. Below, I’ve mapped together some of my well-tested global favorites. (For dozens more, check out the drop … Full recipe post
Sorrel-Potato Soup, the perfect spring soup, is delicious served hot or cold.
Long before Steve Brill made hunting for wild foods a thing, since the dawn of our species we’ve been foraging our lands for edibles to survive. (In the eighties, Brill–aka, Wildman– began organizing foraging expeditions in Manhattan. Once he was slapped with a summons for making a meal from Central Park weeds. Minutes after his arraignment, … Full recipe post
Transitional Autumn Soups
If seasons were named a color, Autumn might be Orange. Or some variation more enticing, a Benjamin Moore tinted swatch in the Fall family you might paint your room, say, Harvest Moon, Warm Sunglow, Pumpkin Pie. I recently received a comment from a reader who’d enjoyed a carrot soup I make. Memories of the lovely flavor profile–autumnal aromatherapy–lodged … Full recipe post
Tricked-Out Ramen for Beat-Back Souls
A bleak, rainy day in April finds me hungry, deliriously jet-lagged, and loathe to venture far to replenish our larder. We’ve been roaming the bottom of the earth for several weeks, and have returned to the remnants of Michigan’s most ruthless of winters – snarly friends and pitted piles of sooted, melting ice lie in … Full recipe post
Congee: Chinese Chicken & Rice Porridge with Scallion & Ginger
Every culture seems to have a version of curative chicken soup (oft referred to as Jewish penicillin), the most common denominator being the use of homemade chicken stock. I’ve a friend with a dreadful flu, who’s had a rough ride in general this winter, and I was looking for just the right chicken soup to … Full recipe post
Kale & Lentil Soup with Indian Flavors
Snowed in? Lovely, no doubt, but maybe not so much if you have to be at work this morning, and must shovel your way out in sub-zero, real-feel temps. Here’s a soup I made – mostly from pantry staples. It’s subcontinent heat soothes my tired winter soul, while the nourishment from the lentils, kale and … Full recipe post
Lobster Bisque and other Wintry Seafood Stews
Greetings and good wishes for 2014! Last Thursday our band of revelers headed to the country for an old-fashioned family Christmas hosted by Shirley and Stuart at their charming farmhouse. The guest of honor was one large turkey sacrificed the day before for the feast, then smoked outdoors on a Big Green Egg (any smoker … Full recipe post
Southwest Corn and Sweet Potato Chowder
Autumn days are as good as it gets, with warmish daytime weather, leaves in their last gasp of green, soon crisping into oranges, yellows and reds set against impossibly blue skies. Chilly evenings follow the days with those brassy disc moons – so great for sleeping, and for warming up with soup, steaming hot, delivering … Full recipe post
Chili with the Works
A couple of weeks back, Jessica Webster wrote an article featuring a recipe for Texas Chili. Previous to this, I had planned to write a meaty chili recipe for the paper myself, to complement remote-driven Super Bowl entertainment; chili and chicken wings are to the Super Bowl as turkey and stuffing are to Thanksgiving. I contacted Jessica … Full recipe post
Creamy-Thick White Chili with Rotisserie Chicken
Richard’s birthday was this week and he requested I make white chicken chili, which I generally make quite spicy. But with a passel of children and their sensitive taste buds joining the revelry, I reduced the heat index by using only 1 serrano pepper and 1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder, and I placed the jalapeno … Full recipe post
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Here’s a reasonably quick soup to assemble, and a great recipe for showcasing your finest extra-virgin oil, which is drizzled into the bowl just prior to eating at the diner’s discretion. Unless you’re using a rich homemade seafood stock, the final soup begs for a bit of this rich flavor added at the end of cooking time … Full recipe post
Garfagnana,Tuscany: Farro Soup
A couple of weeks ago I described (in a tiny chestnut shell), my recent trip to visit a friend in Lucca, Italy. I spoke of our hike north of Lucca in the Garfagnana, where the landscape was dotted with chestnut hunters, and made a pasta dish using Michigan chestnuts when I arrived home. While at … Full recipe post
Tomato-Zucchini Soup
I purchased a tiny tomato cookbook at a library sale last summer — I still prefer illustrated cookbooks to recipes I find online. I much prefer working from pulp than electronics; the recipes seem better tested. The author made a commitment to publishing, thus acknowledging the inability to make corrections at a later date. This book is … Full recipe post
Fresh Asparagus Soup with Herb Croutons
When local asparagus are filling tables and bins at the Farmers Market, here’s one of my favorite spring soups to make: an abstract painting in a bowl. If you’ve time, make a homemade stock with the lower ends of the asparagus and the leek or scallion greens. Simply chop them up, combine with chopped carrot, … Full recipe post
Brunswick Stewart (I finally found the recipe!)
Brunswick Stew is classic Southern fare, the origins of the sturdy soup contested feverishly in the South. Did the recipe originate in Brunswick County, Va., Brunswick County, N.C. or Brunswick, Ga.? Loyal to our next-door neighbor state, my Alabama mother was certain its naissance was Brunswick, Ga., and she made Brunswick Stew often when I was a … Full recipe post
