Super Seniority

A cooking podcast & open forum · Food for thought

What are you feeding yourself?

Every episode starts at the stove and ends somewhere deeper. While something simmers, we talk about what shapes us: the voice in your head, the habits you keep, the story you tell yourself about who you are. No account needed. Come in, read, cook, and talk.

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The Cookbook · Chapter One

Open the book. Cook the recipe. Sit with the conversation.

Every episode is a chapter: the recipe on one page, the episode on the other. Cook along while you listen.

Episode 01 · The Recipe

Slow-Roasted Tomato & Red Pepper Soup

Serves 4About 1 hourPairs with: Self-Talk

You'll need

  • 2 lb ripe Roma tomatoes, halved
  • 2 red bell peppers, seeded and quartered
  • 1 yellow onion, cut into wedges
  • 6 garlic cloves, left in their skins
  • 3 tbsp olive oil, plus more to finish
  • 2 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • Salt, black pepper and fresh basil

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 425°F. Toss the tomatoes, peppers, onion and garlic with oil and salt, then roast 35 to 40 minutes, until the edges char.Heat changes what's already there. So do words.
  2. Squeeze the garlic from its skins. Blend everything with the stock and paprika until smooth.What was the first thing you said to yourself today?
  3. Simmer 10 minutes. Taste, then adjust the salt and pepper.Taste before you judge. Adjust it; don't throw it out.
  4. Ladle into bowls and finish with torn basil and a thread of olive oil.Serve it with one kind, true sentence, out loud.

Episode 01 · Watch & Listen

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Self-Talk: What are you saying to yourself?

While the tomatoes roast, we sit with the voice in our heads: the one that narrates every attempt, every stumble, every small win. If success starts anywhere, it starts with the sentence you repeat when nobody else is listening.

Chew on this

  1. What's the first sentence you said to yourself today?
  2. Would you say it to someone you love?
  3. What line would you rather let simmer instead?