Comments on: Cabbage Soup with Persimmon Herb "Pesto"

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:52:32 +0000

Oh, in that case, it’s easy: tell the adults they’ll eat what you make, and like it, or you’ll hold out a gigantic welcome mat and cordially invite them into the kitchen to fend for themselves!

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:36:39 +0000

Eric-

Thank you for the suggestions. I haven’t tried the cauliflower trick or the beet trick. Its funny you said you “haven’t met a kid who doesn’t devour them”….The kid is my little sous chef, she’ll eat anything I put infront of her, its the adults who turn their noses up! THanks again, happy healing!

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:24:10 +0000

Anne — what a nightmare! I have no idea how you juggle all those. Maybe the trick for the veggie hater is to make veggies that don’t remind him/her of her perception of “veggies,” i.e. get supercreative with them. For example, maybe grating sweet potatoes, adding some binder, and shaping them into little hockey pucks and frying them? A lot of it is about shape, I’m convinced. I like to cook beets (just boil them), but then proceed to finely minced them, and add yogurt and orange juice, and to cram into quarter-cup measuring cups. They then just plop out on to the plate. Or to finely mince cauliflower to that it resembles rice, and stir fry that with other veggies. Or definitely try the butternut squash pizzettas from the book, still haven’t met a kid who doesn’t devour them! Good luck.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:20:31 +0000

Hey Eric!

I just finished exploring your page today! I’ve been faithfully at it for about 3 days now. I’m a young home chef and am so inspired by everything I saw here. Only problem is the crowd I cook for. One hates veggies, one has some serious textural issues with almost any cooked produce, and the other is like Emil from Ratatoullie. I feel like a caged animal most of the time. Any suggestions?!?!?!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:15:37 +0000

Thanks everyone — part II of the root canal is tomorrow, aiii!

By: lmc

lmc — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:44:35 +0000

sorry about the dental work but this soup looks great, and easy.

By: Victor Ortiz

Victor Ortiz — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:15:07 +0000

That is a great looking bowl of soup and I never had the idea of doing that with kakki. This is a must try.

I hope all works out with your mouth. What a place for things to go wrong, especially when your life centers around good eating.

It has heated up the 90s again here in LA, and winds are blowing dust about a bit. That soup will cut through the stuff packing my head right now.

Good luck with the procedures and healing.

By: [eatingclub] vancouver || js

[eatingclub] vancouver || js — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:51 +0000

What an inspired concoction! Never in my wildest dreams would I have envisioned a persimmon pesto. So creative and glad to hear it’s comforting and soothing too.