French onion soup

Happy fall! Here, we’re thankful for mid-80s and lower humidity.

In honor of the season, I’m starting a feature called Soupy Sunday. It won’t necessarily post on Sunday, but that’s when I’ll make the soup. There’s so much to love about soup: it’s comforting, it’s generally cheap to make, and it makes great leftovers.

The first installment: French onion

I followed Tyler Florence’s recipe. Went great with a glass of the leftover red wine. (Note: the recipe calls for 1 cup, or about ‘half a bottle’ of red wine. Where I come from, a regular bottle is about 4-6 servings. And I had about 3/4 bottle of Cabernet sauvignon left over after making the soup.)

Dunno if anyone’s watched Showtime’s “The Big C,” but I was feeling Laura Linney’s character’s love of onions.

In the pilot episode, she tells her husband the reason she’s kicked him out is his hatred of onions. She wants to eat them again after 15 years of marriage. I wouldn’t want to live without onions, either — sauteed, grilled, roasted, as the base of a soup — a big bowlful is just wonderful.