Christine wrote:

> I just made one of my favorite cold weather soups, which is from one
> of the later Moosewood books. It is my own adaptation of the
> Vietnamese Hot and Sour soup... Nice and spicy. I just put it up on
> my blog.

I always think of spicy foods as hot-weather foods. The idea is that the
spices make you sweat without actually raising your temperature, and when
the sweat evaporates you end up cooler than before.


>> I never thought of chicken & rice as winter food; I like it any time of
>> the year.
>
> Have you ever tried the Hainanese Chicken Rice? It is soooooooooo
> good!!
>
> http://www.saveur.com/article/food/H...e-Chicken-Rice
>
> Might fix that later this week, but using barley or brown rice for the
> regular rice. I am TRYING to eat healthier these days....

I follow the Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe in _Terrific Pacific_. That
recipe plunges the chicken into cold water after cooking to "tighten the
skin". It looks like the Saveur recipe discards the skin.

Bob