Official Business

While Alexis was rockin' the lentil soup in ithaca, there was an official Soup Gang meeting in Austin. With founder, Leif Valin in town...we went all out.


Billie and I shopped and cooked all day, pretty much. She made some Egyptian Lentil

and I made some Chickpea Tahini soup with baby portobellas from a recipe in that awesome cookbook (see older posting). We also heated up some Minestrone that Billie had made before. Accompanying the soups was a green salad (with the most amazing vegan caesar dressing ever), a kick-ass pasta salad by Billie and some amazing breads we bought at whole foods. And for desert, vegan peanut butter cookies with chocolate or jam.

A special shout-out to Taj for bringing a 12 pack of Coca-cola, most of which he consumed throughout the duration of the meeting (i exaggerate for effect).


Full on Soup Gangster action took place with the following people in attendance: Billie and myself, Leif, Corrigan, Joe, Sandy, Jen, Taj, Stew, Hallman and at least a couple dogs.



The business side of the gang is in the works. Don't you worry about that! Possibly more pictures to come when Leif sends me his!



-Meghan

The Plain Street Chapter of the Soup Gang had an impromptu gathering of gangsters, making the first official soup of 2007, for these parts. Actually, Alexis made some kick ass lentil soup, and I just stopped by out of sheer luck, to enjoy the fruits of her labors. The soup was already to go by the time I showed up, as was a delighful cup of PG tips. Not Bad, if I had to compare the awesomeness of it, it might compare to the old bike in the pic, which I think is pretty dang kick ass.