Recipes

101 Cookbooks When you own over 100 cookbooks, it is time to stop buying, and start cooking. This site chronicles a cookbook collection, one recipe at a time.

• A Good Blended Vegetable Soup

  by Heidi Swanson on April 11, 2025 at 11:21 pm

  This blended vegetable soup is a delicious delivery vehicle for a range of hearty vegetables. If you have onions, potatoes, carrots, and broccoli to use up, this is a great option. A soup that is a unfussy as it gets, easily adaptable as well. Continue reading A Good Blended Vegetable Soup on 101 Cookbooks

• Palak Daal

  by Heidi Swanson on April 8, 2025 at 6:31 pm

  A palak daal recipe from Kasa’s Anamika Khanna – a hearty pot of spinach, lentils, and spices. Kasa is a favorite Indian restaurant in San Francisco. Continue reading Palak Daal on 101 Cookbooks

• Grilled Fava Beans

  by Heidi Swanson on April 1, 2025 at 5:34 pm

  If you haven’t tried grilled fava beans, you must! You can make them on a grill or in a grill pan. Toss them out onto a newspaper where people can dive in and make a bit of a mess with the pods and skins. Continue reading Grilled Fava Beans on 101 Cookbooks

• Kimchi Soup

  by Heidi Swanson on March 27, 2025 at 6:41 pm

  A wonderful kimchi soup inspired by a bowl of fiesty, fiery, brothy cabbage soup I had years ago at Namu Gaji in San Francisco. Continue reading Kimchi Soup on 101 Cookbooks

• Broccolini with Scallions

  by Heidi Swanson on March 25, 2025 at 7:15 pm

  This is a fantastic way to enjoy broccolini resulting in a big bowl of green! The broccolini is tossed with big croutons, lots of sliced scallions, mozzarella, toasted almonds, and a hit of serrano pepper. Continue reading Broccolini with Scallions on 101 Cookbooks