Winter Squash Soup with Gruyere Croutons

Winter Squash Soup with Gruyere Croutons

I'm really enjoying this autumn season, the leaves are changing colors, the air is chilled, so over the weekend one thing I didn't want to miss was the Japanese Garden here in Portland, I had read it's best viewed in the fall and it is a magnificent garden.

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Mushroom Soup

Mushroom Soup

A few weeks ago Jeff and I went to Fish & Farm for dinner (which was wonderful, I recommend!). While we were waiting for appetizers they brought out complementary shot glasses of mushroom soup, and it was good! Really good, so good that in fact I've been craving mushroom soup ever since. Sifting through some books and food blogs, I realized I didn't want cream in the soup and wanted the mushroom flavor to speak for itself. Heartily. And this did. The recipe is partially Jamie Oliver and partially from Fields of Greens cookbook from Greens Restaurant here in SF.

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