Cooking! makes me happy when it comes out awesome

I just made a slamming mushroom soup. Mom was concerned that it would be like cream of mushroom soup (a la the can type), but it was all the way mushroom soup. It's kind of amazing how a huge pile of mushrooms will reduce to this wee stack once sauteed.


Mom toasted the bread I baked a couple days ago w/ olive oil and a little Parmesan cheese. That was also fabulous. My friend told me the secret to baking crusty bread, and apparently it requires me to get a dutch oven. Which is cool, cause I've wanted one for years.


Oh yeah! And yesterday I made green curry with conch and other various seafood items. The conch is surprisingly soft and had a nice flavor. Looks like mushrooms, actually.