Vegetarian Today: To turn "stone soup" into stew, keep throwing stuff into the pot.(The South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Byline: Steve Petusevsky

Remember the children's fable "Stone Soup"? A hungry drifter wanders into a small town and befriends an elderly woman. She offers him some hot water because he is cold. He tells her that if she puts a stone in the water, it would add flavor. Then the drifter asks her to add a carrot, an onion, a potato, etc. By end of the story, he has tricked her into making a beef and vegetable stew.

This is kind of what happened to me recently.

I was shopping at a local flea market where they have a great selection of fruits and vegetables. I couldn't resist the seasonal produce, and I kept throwing stuff into my basket: green beans, leeks, cabbage, Yukon …