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Pitted Against Each Other: Me, Nathalie Dupree and Cold Avocado Soup

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My dear friend Nathalie Dupree—author of 14 cookbooks, host of more than 300 national and international cooking shows and recent inductee into the James Beard Foundation’s 2015 Who’s Who of Food & Beverage In America—inhales Diet Cokes. In the four decades I’ve known her, I’ve never seen water so much as touch her lips.

I tell her that stuff is going to kill her. She says, “No it’s not. I’m still here,” and at the next available opportunity, she finds a way to make fun of the fact that I don’t have a microwave.

It radiates the food, I tell her.

“No it doesn’t.”

“Yes it does.”

“No. It really doesn’t.”

And so goes the banter every time she comes up from Charleston to host the Southern Chefs Series.IMG_5967

The beauty of Nathalie is that she’s done this so many times it’s second nature. Her classes are relaxed, fun and full of accessible food that everyone can make at home.

For lunch she did a pimento cheese tart with tomato on Pillsbury dough and at dinner she made a red pepper pork loin with a cold avocado soup that required zero cooking and was done in seconds.

It was delicious. She teased that I added too much salt, but I don’t think I did. Those Diet Cokes must be messing with her taste buds.

Cold Avocado Soup

  •  2 ripe avocados, pitted and peeled
  • 1 cup chicken stock or broth
  • 1 cup heavy cream or sour cream
  • 1-2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro or basil
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • Ground hot red pepper

Cut the avocados up roughly and move to a blender or food processor. Slowly add the chicken stock and puree until smooth.

Transfer to a bowl and whisk in the cream and herbs.

Season to taste with the lemon juice, salt, pepper and hot red pepper. Chill in a tightly covered container or serve immediately.

 

The next two Southern Chefs Series—Ford Fry and Art Smith—are sold out. Join us December 6-7 for Chris Hastings. Call 770.463.2610 for pricing and additional information.

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