This wonderful vegetable and lima bean soup lives up to its name. You must allow 1 1/2 hours of simmer time, and the lima beans must be soaked for two hours prior to cooking, but the results are well worth the time.
This Onion Soup with Loads of Thyme and Giant Gruy????re Crostini recipe contains swiss, unsalted butter, yellow onions, dry white wine, pepper and more.
The slightly sweet, soy-based hoisin sauce is to Chinese food what ketchup is to American food. Look for hoisin and rice noodles with other Asian foods in most supermarkets.