A reader tests a Heartbreak Soup recipe and confirms that at least the soup is good.
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Have you considered publishing your recipes in that same conversational style?
Old-timey soup gag: A waiter brings a bowl of soup to a customer with a fly in it. What’s this fly doing in my soup? asks the customer. Looks like the breaststroke, says the waiter. No, says the customer. The fly appears to have drowned. Look, it’s dead. Well, the waiter says, You did ask for something with a little body in it.
After a trip to the Union Square farmer’s market I found myself thinking “what can I do with this (hastily bought) ground pork?” Heartbreak soup here I come! It was delicious.
That soup *is* goddamn delicious.
this is barely related to your post but: for about three months in high school my favorite song was “Soup is Good Food” by the dead kennedys. i once tried to explain this preference to my friend alex’s mother, but she was never able to get past the name of the band. “Dead Kennedys” was a “horribly morbid name,” she said. she wasn’t wrong.
Good for you on the book deal.
Twit: Gawker reports a $1M Emily Gould book deal. Look for flaming from jealous wannabes in her future as she flips them the finger at the bank.
*is now annoyed that he has no soup*
Emily! I can’t believe it. We worked together @ Hyperion. You were extremely nice to me. I am so happy for you!! Re: book deal.
As for the other stuff? You are fab, don’t let the ugliness get you down.
Best,
Sarah
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