cold soups

Because of the distinct lack of classical music radio in St. Louis, these days I'm listening more and more to hip hop (don't judge) and public radio. In this recent radio recalibration process, I've come across the most wonderful broadcast: The Splendid Table (splendidtable.org). This week, hostess Lynne Rossetto spoke with New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark about "blendid" soups. The idea is simple, yet brilliant. If you can make a smoothie, you can make a delicious, cold summer soup.

Find Melissa's July 9 article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/dining/14appe.html?_r=1&ref=melissa_clark

Find Melissa's recipe for cold borscht with dill cream here: http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/recipes/light_borscht.shtml

Find a recipe for chilled avocado soup topped with crab meat from Food and Wine magazine online here: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chilled-avocado-soup-topped-with-crab

Find a recipe for cold cucumber soup here: http://busycooks.about.com/od/coldsouprecipes/r/cucumbersoup.htm

Find the Barefoot Contessa's recipe for summer gazpacho here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/gazpacho-recipe/index.html