A pantry-forward tomato soup for slushy snow days

+ pics from last weekend's Soupapalooza event with Graza

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Last weekend, hundreds(!!) of you came out to a very cute event in Brooklyn that I co-hosted with Graza olive oil to celebrate the publication of THE SOUPLET, a mini cookbook-style zine I created in collaboration with the brand to celebrate my all-time favorite food: soup! The event was so sweet and special. We served quarts and quarts of Snow-Day Roasted Tomato Soup, a recipe from the souplet (shared below) and LOTS of grilled cheese. We gave out 100 adorable limited-edition tomato tote bags featuring some of the incredible artwork featured in the zine. And, of course, we handed out hundreds of copies of the Souplet. Thank you to everyone who came out, stood in the cold, and warmed up with us—I don’t do a ton of live events, so I find each one to be such a special to connect with people.