Cookg Class | Roxane Gay

Contents:

• COOKG CLASS | ROXANE GAY
• A SOUP THAT ROXANE GAY ACTUALLY ENJOYS
• COOKG CLASS | ROXANE GAY’S TOMATO SOUP & GRILLED CHEE
• HOW IS A MARE BASE LIKE A GOTHIC NOVEL? ASK A ROXANE GAY-ANOTED BUT THOR

COOKG CLASS | ROXANE GAY

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RossRoxane Gay was not always a fan of soup. It was years later that Gay, now 47, regnized the dish as a n ppot the moment she first tried a soup she enjoyed straightaway: was an “scribably betiful” butternut squash creatn, she says, every spoonful more rich and layered than the last, at the rtrant Mélisse Santa Moni, Calif. “I didn’t want to try , but was one of those tastg menu rtrants, ” explas Gay, who liv Los Angel.

A SOUP THAT ROXANE GAY ACTUALLY ENJOYS

’”Gay still don’t nsir herself a huge admirer of most bisqu and bouillons, but she ocsnally crav the matzo ball soup — emphasis on the fluffy matzo balls — that her wife, the signer Debbie Millman, learned to make om her grandmother.

Gay disvered her preferred recipe for on The New York Tim Cookg app a uple of years ago when she was ld and lookg to warm up wh a “zy soup, ” she says.

Gay lik to e onns of different varieti to keep thgs tertg and, a parture om Steher’s rendn, she sometim adds h basil, oregano and garlic for some extra zhuzh. Any chee will do — though Gay favors a batn of Gyère and Cheddar Jack, which melt well and taste good together — and jt before the sandwich out of the pan, she’ll sometim add slic of tomato or pickle, the tangs of which cuts through the fat of the chee.

COOKG CLASS | ROXANE GAY’S TOMATO SOUP & GRILLED CHEE

I hate mayonnaise, ” Gay says. ) But when Gay’s parents e to vis om Florida, the eight servgs’ worth feels more manageable, and the dish has bee a kd of staple; ’s somethg they don’t tradnally eat, Gay says, but seem to enjoy. RossRoxane Gay’s Take on Jennifer Steher’s Tomato Soup — and Her Own Grilled Chee Sandwich(The soup recipe below, apart om Gay’s addns, which are alicized, is a reproductn of the origal, which n also be found at New York Tim Cookg.

)Tomato Soup (yields 8 servgs):½ pound butter1 pound onns, about 3 medium, cut to ¼-ch dice (Gay a mix of red and yellow onns)½ cup all-purpose flour4 28-ounce ns diced tomato¾ cup chicken broth¼ cup sugar1 tablpoon kosher saltPepper, to taste1 teaspoon celery salt¾ cup half-and-half2 tablpoons honeyOptnal: h basil, oregano, sage or garlic1.

HOW IS A MARE BASE LIKE A GOTHIC NOVEL? ASK A ROXANE GAY-ANOTED BUT THOR

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