Sweet Mama Squash Soup

The name of this soup is as beguiling as its taste. The brainchild of André Fecteau, one of China Moon’s more colorful sous-chefs (for a sideline, he manages a rock group), it is a fabulously smooth and velvety soup with a vibrant gold-orange hue. Very un-Chinese in its basic ingredient, this is nonetheless a soup that goes wonderfully well with many of our foods.

Sweet Mama is a variety of winter squash that tastes to my tongue like