As a kid, I dreaded science fair projects. I liked in-class science experiments just fine, because they always came with carefully articulated directions from start to finish. But coming up with my own idea for an experiment? That was a completely different beast. In seventh grade, I decided to test whether water temperature affected plant growth. ...
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Ginger Sesame Turkey Meatballs in Egg Flower Soup
I’ve never cared much for chicken noodle soup but can’t really explain why. I like chicken, I like noodles, I like chicken and rice soup just fine, but there’s something about chicken noodle soup that just doesn’t do it for me. This Chinese soup, however, I remember eating as a child and I’ve always loved it. It’s sometimes called egg flower soup, from the way the egg flowers throughout the soup ...
Sedona Corn Soup
Back in college, one of my favorite dishes in the dining hall was Sedona corn soup.* I think it was meant to be a side dish, but whenever they had it, I’d ladle up a big bowl of it and have that for dinner by itself. When my family was in Arizona several years ago, we took a day trip to Sedona, where I was slightly crestfallen that I didn’t find any corn soup on the menu at the restaurant we ...