This Is Julia Child s Favorite Soup (and How to Make It Yourself) Susan Bronson
absolute favorite was vichyssoise. Leek and potato soup, known as
potage parmentier in French, is a classic base soup recipe.
What sets vichyssoise apart is the addition of cream and the fact that it is traditionally served chilled.
Who Invented Vichyssoise?
While some say that the soup was created in 1859 in France by Chef Jules Gouffe, others give credit (as does Julia) to Louis Diat, a French chef who worked at the Ritz-Carlton in New York City. Diat claimed to have created the soup in the summer of 1917 as an homage to a leek and potato soup his grandmother used to make. As children, Diat and his brother would cool the soup down by stirring in cold milk. He called his creation
Susan Bronson for Taste of Home
Head to the North Pole during the holidays, and Mrs. Claus will be making frozen alcoholic Christmas drinks to celebrate the season!
I assume Mrs. Claus always looks forward to a tropical vacation after Christmas. Need to get away from it all
before the holidays? Just make one of her frozen alcoholic Christmas drinks. This sweet-and-tart cocktail, which combines cranberry juice with rum, simple syrup and a squeeze of lemon and lime, is a riff on a classic daiquiri recipe.
Mrs. Claus’ Frozen Cranberry Cocktail
This festive recipe makes four 5-ounce drinks.
Ingredients
1 cup cranberry juice