Pork Rib Applesauce Soup. Need I say more?

Pork ribs are delectable.  Delightful.  Deviously delicious.  I like to put them in the slow cooker for hours with a rub and eat them with copious amounts of barbecue sauce.  Grill them.  Bake them.  But soup them?  hmmmm... THAT'S IT!  Reminiscent of ye olde "Pork Chops with Apple-Wine Reduction", this soup packs a hearty meaty sweetness.  The flavor is
like somewhere between "bad for you," "good for you," and buttery cabbage.  I dare you not to like it.

Chicken Soup with Parsnips and Fennel

I hope you are all staying warm.  Here on the East Coast, there is some wacky weather happening.  Last week I got into my car and it literally said it was FIVE degrees out, Fahrenheit!  And it was in the sixties Sunday?  Hard to believe.  Seeing as it is January, I thought a warm, comforting soup would be in order.  One that brings memories of someone else's childhood.  Memories you cut with an exacto knife and mod-podge pasted to a more modern, sophisticated bunch.  It's like rewriting the future of history, but with chicken soup.  You can handle that, right?  At least, handle it much better than this topsy-turvy temperature trip.

1-pot wonder: Local Chicken and Asparagus

I went to the Farmer's Market this weekend and to my delight, what did I find?  Chicken is BACK!  We took a looooooong hiatus from chicken due to its seasonality, so I snapped those babies right up and took them home for a delectable dinner.  This recipe is simple because well-raised chicken speaks for itself.