Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread by Dragonwagon, Crescent;

Short description:

Infused with hospitality, and brimming with good humour, generosity, and a deeply respectful sense of place, Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread invites readers to create a storied table, at home in their kitchens yet as big as the world.

Long description:

Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread has brought recipes of delightful sustenance to experienced cooks and novices alike since its original publication thirty years ago. Rejoicing in soups like wicked Gumbo Zeb, Cuban Black Bean Soup, Pumpkin-Tomato Bisque, and Greek Lentil Soup with Spinach and Lemon (the Washington Post’s 2020 recipe of the year), this beloved cookbook—born of a legendary country inn in Eureka Springs, Arkansas—joins delicious soups with wonderful, deeply comforting breads like Dairy Hollow House Skillet Sizzled Buttermilk Cornbread and Raisin-Pumpernickel Bread with a Secret.

Infused with hospitality, and brimming with good humor, generosity, and a deeply respectful sense of place, Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread invites readers to create a storied table, at home in their kitchens yet as big as the world.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Welcome to Dairy Hollow House
• Come on in, we’ve been expecting you.
• Stocks—The Foundation
• Before there’s great soup, there’s great stock. Some take little time, others are slow-cooking.
• Chicken Stocks • Fish Stocks • Vegetable Stock
• Fillips, Flourishes, and Fine Points
• Those little touches that can make an ordinary soup sensational.
• Before-the-Soup Fillips • After-the-Soup Fillips • Contemporary Colorations—Part Garnish, Part Zap • Delicious Dairy Dabs That Make a Difference • Delicious Low-Fat Dairy Dabs • A Few Notes on Cooking from This Book
• Chicken Soups to Crow Over
• A dozen favorites, from comforting to supreme-plus one fabulous duck soup for fall.
• EntrÉe-Style Hearty Chicken Soups • Lighter Chicken Soups
• Fine Fish Soups—From Creek and Lake
• Chowders, Cioppinos, and Stews—some pure Ozark, others classics with an Arkansawyer twist. All fresh and savory.
• Vegetable Soups for Market-Day
• Nothing inspires soup-making more than garden-fresh vegetables brought or picked at the peak of perfection.
• Artichokes • Avocados • Beets • Broccoli • Cabbage • Carrots • Celery • Fennel • Garlic • Greens • Green Beans • Mushrooms • Onions • Green Peas • Potatoes • Pumpkins • Radishes • Tomatoes • Zucchini
• The Soup—The Solution to dieting
• A delicious, low-fat soup with unlimited variations.
• The Soup • How to Make the Soup: Basic Themes and Variations • Ethnic Themes and Variations
• Hot, Hearty Bean Soups—Luscious, Lusty Legumes
• Fragrant and filling, warm-you-right-up bean soups make for particularly good dining on crisp, cool, days.
• Black Beans • Black-Eyed Peas • Chick-Peas (Garbanzos) • Cranberry Beans • Great Northern Beans • Kidney Beans • Lentils • Lima Beans • Navy Beans • Peas • Pinto Beans • Red Beans • Split Peas
• Gumbo Zeb—History in a Bowl and More
• A legendary Southern bowlful that packs a wallop.
• Gumbo Zep Base • Completing the Gumbo Zeb Base
• Delectable Dairy Soups from Dairy Hollow
• Cream, milk, or buttermilk; yogurt or cheese. These gentle, much-loved finishes add richness and elegance to many soups.
• Cream- and Milk-Based Soups • Yogurt- and Buttermilk-Based Soups • Cheese Soups
• Sweet Harvest Fruit Soups
• The sweetest seasonal bounty, from apples to watermelon, becomes mostly first-course soups that are sophisticated yet easy to prepare.
• Bananas • Blackberries • Blueberries • Cherries • Cranberries • Melon • Oranges • Peaches and Nectarines • Strawberries
• Nut Soups—From Soup to...
• Rich and creamy and perfect starters for special-occasion meals.
• Loaves, Muffins, and More
• At Dairy Hollow House our overflowing breadbasket is filled with a wild assortment, from local Skillet-Sizzled Cornbread, the Ozark classic, to imported Scotch Baps, which followed an unusual route from Inverness to us.
• Yeast Breads • Rolls • Quick Breads • Biscuits • Muffins
• Salad—The Green Palette
• The third in the magnificent triumvirate—original salads that add refreshing color and texture.
• Composed Salads • Grain-Based Salads
• Index