Cream of tomato soup should be gentle and soothing. This is a perfect tomato soup recipe. Adding baking soda to the tomatoes keeps the milk from curdling.
This countrified soup is often served in late March for Nowruz, the Persian new year. With beans, vegetables, noodles, and yogurt, it is a meal in itself.
Sofrito, a sautéed vegetable mixture that typically contains garlic, onion, and bell pepper, is used as a seasoning in much of Latin America and the Caribbean. Here, it flavors yellow rice. The color...