French Style Beef Stew Contains Beef | Dairy-Free* | Gluten-Free * No longer dairy-free once sour cream is added as condiment. I love the movie “Julie and Julia”, especially the scenes on the boeuf bourguignonne! You don’t have to toil in the kitchen to enjoy this beautiful stew! This is our version—a chunky beef stew […]

Tuscan Barramundi Stew (part of the Local Farm Series) Contains Fish | Contains Dairy | Egg-Free | Gluten-Free Have you ever looked back on some of your travels and find yourself pulled into the memories, so light-hearted it’s like dancing inside a holiday carol? Tuscany does that to me! I have long dreamt of visiting […]

Beef Bourguignon Contains Beef | Dairy-Free* | Gluten-Free * No longer dairy-free once sour cream is added as condiment.   The movie “Julie and Julia” was a hit. I love it. The oh-so-yummy food styling of the boeuf bourguignonne just made me want to get home immediately and make my own after watching it. Even […]

SouperChef Special | Beef Bourguignon (Beef/Gluten-Free/Egg-Free/Dairy-Free) Julie & Julia Julie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of […]

My Souperinspiration: Sumo Nabe Hotpot Hotpot fit for a sumo wrestler! We have cooked this using soy milk, the first for me, and I was pleasantly surprised by the sweet, rounded delicate flavour of this soup. Soymilk is made from soybeans with high volumes of isoflavin, important in prevention of many cancers, heart diseases and […]

My souperinspiration: Beef Bourguignon Julie & Julia Julie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New […]

My souperinspirations Mentaiko at Yamaguchi Aburaya Fukutaro (1-1-1, Gojikkawa, Minami-ku, Fukuoka) Japan is obsessed with food and at no time is this more obvious than when you take a trip to a new part of Japan. Every town seems to have its own delicacy or speciality to try. Mentaiko is the star product of the Hakata ward […]

The inspiration behind Catalan Chicken stew with prunes: In Corca, Catalan Country, we stayed with a family in their 500 year-old home, Casa Matilda. As we were chatting over breakfast, I asked the family what would be a traditional Catalan soup. Without hesitation, she told me it was Escudella I carn d’Olla, something they would always eat […]

The inspiration behind Vegan Arroz Samfaina la Cassola. The Rocas brothers’ El Celler de Can Roca had just been crowned the world’s best restaurant and given 3 Michelin Stars. I have heard that it is a year’s wait to dine there since each service sits only 45 thereabout. I had the privilege to dine at their parents’ […]

Inspiration behind Basquaise Spicy Seafood Stew: When we were in Zaragoza, capital of Aragon, we were asked by the front desk where we had been. We accounted our visit to Basque Country of Donostia and Bilboa, and he chuckled and said “It will never be the same again.” I truly understand why he said so. Inspired by […]