7 1/3 cups Vegetable Stock
1 1/4 teaspoons Basil
1 1/2 tablespoons Tamari
2 cloves Fresh Garlic
1/3 teaspoon Onion Powder
1/2 teaspoon Parsley
2/3 teaspoon Thyme
1 bay leaf
2 2/3 cups Yellow Onion, julienned
1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
1/3 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Miso (+ 1/3 cup water)
Combine vegetable stock, basil, tamari, garlic, onion powder, parsley, thyme, and bay leaf in a soup pot and bring to a boil.
Turn heat down and simmer for one hour, make sure to skim foam off the top.
Add julienned onions, and simmer for 1/2 an hour.
Blend miso (and water) making a goopy slop. This is critical kitchen vocabulary that must be mastered if you cook at Pak Ivy.
Make some cute garlic rounds by taking crusty bread, toast it, rub fresh garlic on it and bake again with parmesan or swiss cheese melted over it. We do not do the melted cheese routine or the dishwashers would revolt at getting all the sticky cheese off the soup bowl.
The Dream of the 90's at Park Ivy?
But Park Ivy Garden Cafe was more than a scene, and more than a restaurant. Besides the hipster clientele, the garden murals, the maze-like dining areas, the animal figurines as table markers, and the eclectic bulletin boards, there were the rumors. I remember hearing about the place being run by a cult, company-forced meditation and yoga practice, employees banned from alcohol and drugs, and employees forced to use psychedelic mushrooms to enhance spirit quests. Maybe it was apathetic of me, but I didn't care one way or another what was up behind the counter, because the food was AWESOME.
And the New Age-y vibe didn't scare anyone else away, either, as far as I could tell; the place was always hopping. It was the one vegetarian restaurant we had no problem taking omnivores to, since the wheat-meat "chicken" dishes made their menu welcoming to non-veg guests - even my in-laws liked the place.
So when they announced their imminent closure in 2000, the only thing that mitigated the pain was that they were selling cookbooks. I wouldn't have to live in a dystopian nightmare future without Park Ivy Lemon Rice Soup, the one thing that made Salt Lake's winters bearable!
Then, in 2012, a horrible thing happened. One day, I couldn't find my Park Ivy cookbook. So I did what any normal 21st century citizen would do - and Google failed me! Nowhere on the wide wide world of web could I find this cookbook, or any Park Ivy recipes for that matter. Luckily for me - and for you - the cookbook turned up. But this close call inspired me to make a record of the treasures within for posterity, and for myself in anticipation of the next time this happens. Please to enjoy this blog of the Park Ivy Garden Cafe Cookbook!
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