Today I have the honor to share with you a copy of the brand new cookbook Tasting Colorado featuring a compelling collection of outstanding dishes from the Centennial State.
Tasting Colorado is written and photographed by my friend Michele Morris. a local chef, sommelier, caterer, and food blogger (Cooking with Michele) . In her very first cookbook, Michele presents us with recipes from the finest eateries all over Colorado like the Fruition in Denver, the Little Nell in Aspen, Frasca in Boulder, and the Alpenglow Stube in Keystone. Our local chefs shared with her 120 amazing recipes that are accessible for cooks of all abilities. I have already bookmarked several myself like raspberry-chipotle pork tenderloin, bison chili, The Fort’s famous black beans, and the cowboy pancakes featured on the front cover.
Chipotle steeped mussels; grilled Palisade peaches, Serrano ham, and rocket salad; green gazpacho; spaghetti squash fritters; pictures ©Michele Morris
Michele test cooked every single dish in the book to assure it actually works for the everyday home-cook, and I had the privilege to help Michele in her kitchen for one day. I can tell you first hand how much love, knowledge, hard work and dedication Michele put into Tasting Colorado. She also took all the food photographs herself, the scenic pictures are taken by Michele’s sister Janine. One of the dishes we prepared in her kitchen that day was a tomato curry soup, a recipe provided by the Denver Restaurant ChoLon, which features Asian-fusion cuisine.
This tomato curry soup is nothing like your usual tomato soup. It surprises your taste buds with hints of ginger, lemongrass, and curry. I was very lucky to have been sent home with the test batch that day and have also cooked it several times again since then. For me, this tomato curry soup showcases a successful twist in the flavor profile on a very traditional soup.
| Tomato-Curry Soup | | Print |
- ¼ cup (60 ml) grape seed oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 large cloves garlic, sliced
- 5 medium shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 Tablespoon galangal (or fresh ginger), minced
- 1 Tablespoon yellow curry powder
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 (28 ounce, 794 g) cans peeled tomatoes
- 8 cups (1890 ml) water
- ⅓ cup (70 g) palm sugar (or brown sugar)
- 2 to 3 stalks fresh lemon grass, cut in pieces and bruised
- ½ cup cilantro stems
- 5 large kaffir lime leaves, bruised
- Heat the oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, shallots, and galangal; reduce heat and sweat the vegetables until very aromatic, but not browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add the curry powder, white pepper, and salt and cook until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, water, and sugar and bring to a simmer.
- Wrap the lemongrass, cilantro, and kaffir lime leaves in cheesecloth and tie closed to make a bouquet garni; add to the pot. Simmer the soup for 20 minutes, and then remove the bouquet garni and discard.
- Puree the soup using a stick blender. If desired, pass the soup through a fine-mesh strainer before serving for a velvety smooth texture.
Living in Colorado is an absolute privilege to me. Besides the breathtaking country side, our gorgeous mountains, and the unbeatable weather also having a high number of outstanding restaurants in the US right at hand is very hard to beat Today you have the chance to win a copy of the cookbook Taste of Colorado (value of $ 29.95) featuring some of the best recipes my home state has to offer. Michele and her publisher have made an extra copy available for me to give to one of my US readers.
Tasting Colorado Cookbook Giveaway:
1. Leave a comment beneath this post and let me now that you would like to win.
2. For extra entries (to be left in a separate comment) follow my page on Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest.
The giveaway will be open until Friday 2/22/2013 12.00 pm MST. The winner will be picked through random.org and announced on Saturday 2/23/2013.
Good luck!
Tasting Colorado is also available at Farcountry Press, Amazon or here in Denver directly at Michele’s signed and for a discounted price of $ 25.
The winner of the cookbook giveaway Tasting Colorado is Susan from My Mother’s Apron Strings. Determined by random.org she was the lucky Nr.33. Congratulations Susan! I will forward your information to Farcountry Press and Michele.
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I’d love to add this cookbook to my collection!
I too live in Colorado and would love to win the book .. Thanks for the wonderful site and thanks for sharing it with us out in Cyberland.
Sounds like a great cookbook. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’d love to win this.
We are visiting Colorado this summer for 3 weeks in our travel trailer and I would LOVE to get a jump on knowing the food…and learning how to cook it 🙂
I would love to win this cookbook. I have never been to Colorado, but I could experience it through this book.
Looks like a great book to do some culinary sightseeing from home. 😉 Would really like to win…
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Have a good day!
Christian
I’m not usually a curry fan, but this soon looks inviting! I’ll have to have a friend pick me up a cookbook, XOXO
I would love to win a copy! I love local cookbooks. I may live in Wyoming, but it’s close enough, right?
Local cookbook!!?? Yes, please.
I would love to win this cookbook. I love cookbooks and Colorado. This would be a perfect marriage of food and a place I love to call home.
I’d love to win. That cookbook looks wonderful!
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Love local cookbooks. I would love to win this one. And, I’m always on the lookout for new tomato soup recipes.
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I’ve been hearing about this incredible cookbook and would be so happy if I could win a copy. I live just outside Denver and love trying new recipes from Colorado restaurants and bloggers. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
Would love to win this cookbook!! Looks delish!!
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This cookbook looks beautiful! I would love to win!
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Ohhh this looks like an amazing cookbook! I’d love to win it 🙂
I would LOVE to win this cookbook…..I LOVE anything Colorado!
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I want to win this! I have family in Colorado and would love to move there someday. Making these recipes would be therapeutic!
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I would LOVE to have this cookbook! The few sneak peeks look fantastic and combined with outdoor pictures, it just has to be a cookbook that you could just browse through again and again!
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I have one issue of Taste of Colorado from years ago and it is well worn! Would love another issue.
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I would love to win this cookbook!
Of course I want to win this! I love Colorado and since I’ve only just learned to cook since moving here it’d be a great help! (And my husband loves curry 🙂
I would love to win this cookbook! This soup recipe alone is amazing! The photography is beautiful! But the recipes, the flavors! OMG!
This looks like a beautiful book. The tomato soup with curry sounds delicious.
Hallo Kirsten,
So ein schönes Kochbuch würde ich auch gen gewinnen.
Ciao bis bald,
Rita
Oh my!!! What a fabulous book and gorgeous soup too 🙂
To cook from Michele’s book would be a wonderful adventure. I would love to have it open on my counter.
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I would love to win this cookbook—those mussels look delicious! And the photography is gorgeous!
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