Cauliflower Soup

Here is a delicious winter warmer. Cauliflower is a particularly hardy vegetable that truly benefits from proper and sufficient cooking to reveal its inner soul. The way to coax out the best from cauliflower is slow and low. There are many varieties available these days: the familiar white, green, and even orange. My main tip is to use everything—the outer leaves, stalk, woody core, and flowers!

The finishing touch to this soup is the pesto. Made with garlic, parsley, pine nuts, and