Posted April 2008
Warm Up a Chilly Night
On a chilly night, warm up with this soup recipe from Chefs at Couples Resorts.
Smoked Tomato Soup (Serves 4)
Ingredients:
5 vine ripened beefsteak tomatoes (peeled and chopped)
2 oz tomato paste
1 chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
2 oz scallion
1 sprig thyme
1 Jerk sausage, or sausage of your choice
1 oz white wine
2 oz olive oil
5 oz chicken broth or vegetable broth
Basil and black beans for garnish
Method:
Combine olive oil and all ingredients except the tomato and liquid in a pot and cook for approximately 6 minutes over moderate heat. Add white wine and chopped tomatoes. Slowly add broth and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
Blend mixture in food processor until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve soup hot and garnished with a couple of black beans and leaves of fresh basil.
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About The
Chief Romance Officer
Randy Russell
AKA Randymon
There is a line in a John Mayer song that resonates with me and guides me in my efforts to embrace love and romance both personally and professionally. “I believe that my life’s going to see the love I give returned to me”.
I am not perfect nor am I an expert in love and romance however, since joining Couples Resorts in 2001, my passion for creating emotional connections between our guests, staff and our company cannot be denied. One of the most vivid testaments to this passion involves reading guests’ love letters over the phone and in person. Hundreds of Couples Resorts’ guests (past, present and future) regularly to submit letters along with dates and times to call their significant others. Typically, my call catches the person on the other end of the line completely off guard. Sometimes they are suspicious and ask something like “OK Joe, is that you?”, but mostly they are shocked and silenced as they listen to the love I am relaying from their significant other. The calls usually and end in tears of joy - often on both ends of the phone. I have called a Board Room to read a love letter over a speakerphone and a Nurses Station at a hospital, Rehearsal Dinners, and the Groom just before walking down the aisle. Newlyweds en route to the airport for their flight to Jamaica and to our resort rooms, including one to a wake up the Groom-to-be. I get such joy from these calls. My life is already seeing the love I give returned to me.
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