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chicken soup

  • One Hour Chicken Soup

    One Hour Chicken Soup

    Imagine this. You get a terrible cold, you’re sick as a dog, your boyfriend gets you juice, soup (Pho from down the street), the works. Then you get better, fly to Florida for your parents’ 40th wedding anniversary, and while there, your boyfriend breaks the news: he has your cold. You’re not there to help,…

  • Cold-Killing Chicken Soup with Ginger, Chili Paste and Soy Sauce

    Cold-Killing Chicken Soup with Ginger, Chili Paste and Soy Sauce

    The first time that I made a really good chicken soup (documented here), it felt like I’d translated an ancient Jewish text–the Dead Soup Scrolls–and that the resulting soup was irrefutable, everlasting, not-to-be-tampered with. Then, over time, I began to realize that the recipe, which is really just a formula for a very concentrated chicken…

  • Chicken Soup to the Rescue (The 2nd Ave. Deli Delivers)

    Chicken Soup to the Rescue (The 2nd Ave. Deli Delivers)

    The scene: our living room. Craig is sneezing, coughing, blowing his nose. He’s not happy. He’s feeling unwell. Me? I’m ok, I’ve avoided the cold so far. But I am sympathetic, I am suggesting he buy cold medicine, and then I suggest what my mother and grandmother would undoubtedly suggest if they were in the…