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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC
Cold Soup aired on Aug. 23, 2003 on WCAI
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Accompanying recipes available at www.cooksnotebook.com
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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC Cold Soup aired on Aug. 23, 2003 on WCAI PROMOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Accompanying recipes available at www.cooksnotebook.com
Transcript
I'm cooking late after sunset, in the dark - chopping onions that cast tiny shadows on the cutting board. I'm making soups - cold soups that'll be ready for the next day.
It's only in the night kitchen that I can bear to fire up the burners and my thoughts aren't dull from the swamp-heat of summer. Outside the air hangs heavy like a sticky fever and smells faintly of citron, burnt metal, magnolia and skunk. The dishwasher hums full of the artifacts from the day's consumption, including the washable parts of a lemonade stand. I find myself sweating. It's a different kind of sweat in front of the stove's blue flames than from the glaring heat of the sun.
There's comfort in this bout of night cooking - getting the work done ahead of time and knowing that these cold soups, inspired from faraway places like North Africa and Turkey will help clear my head and scratchy throat the next da...
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Summer and Smoke and Soup
For those a bit weary of "take one quarter cup..." food segments, the Cook's Notebook puts the sensuality back into chopping, searing and savoring. This segment catches Ali cooking cold soups on a warm summer evening to escape the heat of the day, and she peppers, flecks, speckles and braces her essay with verbs that bring you right to the edge of the pot. We feel the heat from that lone gas burner, then feel her cool down as she spices up cool cucumbers and yoghurt by the light of the moon, menaced by rumble of thunder. This is summer in a segment, unearthing memories as well as the sensual rituals of seasonal cooking.