Category: Soup recipes

My Mother’s Healing Chicken Soup (Russian Bouillion)

Many of us don’t realise how important our family heritage is. Growing up, we take most things for granted and as teenagers and young adults we usually stray far from our parent’s intentions for us and from “how things should be done”. I can tell you from my own experience, that the apple never falls far from the tree. No matter how hard we to try to get away from the way things were done at home, you will still unconsciously move towards them as you grow older. As age and wisdom set in, what was once annoying and unappealing, becomes familiar and comforting. Without realising it you will eat the same kind of food you ate growing up, and if you are a parent, you will usually raise your own children the way in which you were raised…

Spreading the Word About Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day Through a Spicy Tomato Soup Challenge

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. I was rather excited when two weeks ago I received an email from Jamie Oliver’s Australian P.R. company asking if I’d like to be part of Jamie’s official Food Blogger Soup Challenge to coincide with his international Food Revolution Day campaign. The brief was to create a soup … Continue reading Spreading the Word About Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day Through a Spicy Tomato Soup Challenge

Borscht (Ukrainian Beetroot Soup)

Recipe by Julia Zouev. Photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. This story was originally put together for Lucy Leonardi who is a hugely talented Sydney photographer and who has a fabulous blog called Who Does The Dishes. Lucy came to my home recently to photograph my mother and I cooking borscht for her story, and me … Continue reading Borscht (Ukrainian Beetroot Soup)

Creamy Zucchini & Mushroom Soup with Fresh Thyme

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. Mushrooms bring back memories of childhood mushroom foraging expeditions which took place in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges and Daylesford. The Russians (my parents and their friends) would organize mushroom foraging day trips which were quite the epic event. They would pack days in advance and the cooking for the … Continue reading Creamy Zucchini & Mushroom Soup with Fresh Thyme