Winter Soup Queries Highlight Black Bean Soup Origins
A reader asks for a Black Bean Soup recipe from a Mexican restaurant in New York. The answer explains variations by region with milder Mexican versions versus island Caribbean adaptations and offers a method to recreate the spicy puree with sour cream garnish.
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New York
Linda Wentzel
Lebanon
Mexico
Cuba
Caribbean Island
Black Bean Soup with Mexican Flavor and Tips
A detailed bean soup recipe with cumin oregano bay leaf and stock, simmered until tender then blended with onion garlic and tomato. Optional hot sauce and sour cream garnish. Includes freezing tips and a reader Q&A about frozen beets and kitchen chemistry with recommended books.
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Mexico
Mary Greenberg
North Hill
Helen McCully
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Howard Hillman
Houghton Mifflin Co
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Camille Stagg
Stephen Greene Press
Computer woes delay review for next week's food page
Computer problems delay today's restaurant review in the Aiken Standard. The piece will not be published until next week, and the paper regrets any reader inconvenience.
Aquarians Shape Your Forward Thinking Food Guide
The piece blends astrology with recipes favored by Aquarians, highlighting inventive traits and listing dishes. It details Banana Split Cake and Blueberry Scones plus a Peach Almond Savarin, with step by step baking and mixing instructions and servings. It emphasizes a futuristic, original vibe tied to Aquarius traits.
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Darwin
Edison
Galileo
Francis Bacon
Abraham Lincoln
Susan B. Anthony
Franklin Roosevelt
Wolfgang Amadeus Wozart
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Debevic's brings '50s diner flair to Chicago with gum chewing waitresses
Ed Debevic's Short Orders Deluxe opens in Chicago offering retro d cor, silver counters, jukeboxes, and waitresses adopting '50s aliases who chew gum and perform the Debevic walk. Patrons include diverse customers from executives to punk fans while prices remain modern with a hamburger at 3.35 and a malt at 2.39.
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Chicago
Ike
Elvis
Bubbles
Suzy Q
Ed Debevic
Debevic
John Madsen
Debevic’s
Steve Ottmann
Sashay
Blondie
Barb Supple
Miss Supple
Beaver Cleaver
Richard Melman
Lettuce
Entertain You Enterprises
America
Kaye’s
Mosphere
Memory Lane
Supple
Carlos Hernandez
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