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This creamy butternut squash and coconut noodle soup from Christian Reynoso boasts an incredible color and a perfectly calibrated sour-spicy tang.
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Wishing you all a good Monday. Today is both Inauguration Day and the federal holiday for Martin Luther King’s Birthday. M.L.K. Day is also a national day of service, the only federal holiday that encourages people to volunteer to help improve their communities. For me, this usually includes baking cookies to drop off at a local food pantry (you can’t go wrong with chocolate chip). If you have the day off, cooking something delicious and sharing it with others might be just the way to spend a couple of hours.
To brighten your January table, Christian Reynoso comes through with a vibrantly multihued new recipe. Stained orange by turmeric and spiced with curry paste, his creamy butternut squash and coconut noodle soup is based on khao soi, a comforting northern Thai classic. Imbued with mashed butternut squash, the ruddy soup can be as brothy or thick as you like, depending on how much stock you add. A squeeze of lime and a handful of herbs tossed in at the end cut the coconut richness, lending a perfectly calibrated tang.
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