Keepers
An Index to the Foods of Gideon Lawton Lane

Keepers began life as a cookbook in a small three-ring binder with spatter-proof pages. Over time, copies found their way to kitchens in the United States and Spain, creating version problems and update difficulties. Posting to the web seemed a decent solution.

This index gathers all of those Keepers recipes, sorts them by genre, and provides links to the full text. There are 47 recipes in the Keepers archive. To narrow your search, select:

Canning | Baking | Hors d’oeuvres | Soups | Main Dishes | Side Dishes || All Recipes

Soups

Blueberry-Yogurt Soup
This is a refreshing summertime soup, although it has some historical connection to fireside apres-ski socializing. The recipe can triple or more for larger crowds. Having eight blueberry bushes in the garden helps with that.

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
An autumnal, earthy, harvest-time soup well-suited to a hand-thrown pottery bowl. Fresh sage is essential. Recipe doubles and triples nicely.

Anne’s Gazpacho
Anne McMillan and Ed Holland came to Portsmouth for a week-long visit in early August 2022. They arrived at the peak of tomato season. Anne made two huge batches of her gazpacho, using tomatoes, onions and even a small beet from the garden.

Cream of Tomato Soup
This may be a commonplace among soups, thanks to Andy Warhol, but with care it can become something special. Canned tomatoes can work almost as well as fresh, but choose a brand that uses only tomatoes and maybe a bit of salt.

Vichyssoise
It’s much more than a soup. Leftover Vichyssoise works in scrambled eggs and makes to-die-for mashed or whipped potatoes.

Watermelon Gazpacho
Our friends Deb and Miguel brought this recipe to us years ago. We had grilled chicken and sweet corn out on the deck, and Watermelon Gazpacho turned out to be the perfect way to start a summer dinner. Put the empty serving bowl into the freezer an hour or so ahead of time.