Sup Chef Cooks Lunch for Gonzales Kids

by Sup Admin on January 23, 2013

Sup Treats Winning Gonzales Homeroom to a Special Lunch

It all started in early December, when Sup approached Gonzales Community School about collecting canned pet food and toys to benefit the homeless animals in the care of Espanola Valley Humane Soceity. Gonzales Assistant Vice Principal Carl Marano challenged the school’s homerooms to could collect the most goodies in this Secret Santa program.

On December 20th, the Sup van arrived at Gonzales to pick up the canned pet food and toys. “The outpouring of generosity from these kids was absolutely overwhelming,” said Sup Executive Chef Anthony Damiano. Espanola’s Community Outreach Coordinator, Nina Stively, was also present and she was equally amazed. “There was a non-stop line of kids poring out of the school’s front doors with boxes of goods in their hands,” said Stively, who brought along EVHS mascot Lil, and Merry, a Sharpei mix who was later adopted by Chef Damiano. “They were all smiles and grins, and it was clear that they were so excited to help,” said Stively. “It was an extra bonus that the chef fell in love with Merry and adopted her.”
Together, the homeroom classes collected more than 500 donation items for the animal shelter. Ms. Perea’s homeroom—a class of kindergarteners—collected the most goodies and won the challenge. Their reward: a specially made lunch served by Sup Executive Chef Damiano on Jan. 17th.
“It really was a labor of love to make lunch for these outstanding students,” said Damiano, who served two of Sup’s best-selling kids’ soups, in addition to sandwiches, cookies and a new Sup PBJ dessert made with banana bread. “I talked with them about the importance of healthy eating and cooking with fresh ingredients—especially fresh veggies.”
This is the first time Damiano has cooked in a public school in Santa Fe, and it’s the beginning of a partnership between Sup and Gonzales Community School. On Feb. 7 and 8, Damiano will teach another group of Gonzales students about the importance of eating and cooking healthy food.
“It was a great opportunity for the kids to help others in need,” said Marano. “Everyone was excited to contribute and help out. I want to thank Sup for wanting to be involved with the school and supporting the youth in our community in such a positive way.”


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Sup Pairs Secret Santas with Local Animal Shelter

by Sup Admin on December 31, 2012

In case you missed the 12.21 story in The Santa Fe New Mexican…

Sup instigated a little holiday magic with the students of Gonzales Community School. While brainstorming with Assistant Principal Carl Marano in early December about how Sup can help the school with fundraising parties and healthy-eating and cooking classes, Sup came up with a great holiday idea: a holiday pet food/toy drive to benefit the homeless animals in need at Espanola Valley Humane Society.

Sup provided the signs and the lunch party for the winning homeroom…and Mr. Marano rallied his troops and got the students excited about collection pet food and toys for the animals in need. Each homeroom was challenged to collect the most food and toys…and the winner would receive a special catered lunch from Sup in January, when everyone returned to school after the holiday break.

On 12.21, the Sup van arrived at the school to collect the goodies for the animals…and Chef Anthony Damiano and his Supster associate, publicist Brooke Lange, and Espanola Valley Humane Society’s outreach coordinator, Nina Stively, were BLOWN AWAY at how much these great kids collected! The food and toys kept coming and coming and coming. Kids with face-wide smiles poured out of the school’s front doors with crates of goodies in hand—some kids ran, some kids walked, some kids were so excited to share their goodies that they rushed out of their classrooms without their winter jackets! The scene was an outpouring of love and joy…it was, quite frankly, heartwarming and overwhelming!

A special thank-you to reporter Robert Nott and The Santa Fe New Mexican for taking note of this heart-warming holiday story…

A kindergarten class collected the most goodies for the animals…to read more about this heartwarming holiday event, check out:

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But wait, there’s Another Happy Ending to this story!!!!!
On the pick-up day, Mrs. Stively, the shelter’s outreach coordinator, brought EVHS mascot Lil and a super-cute chihuahua-sharpei mixed pup named Merry to the event. Chef Damiano was mesmerized by Merry’s cuteness…and unknowingly, she quickly wiggled her way into his heart.
Well, guess what!??!?!! He and his wife, Lisa, the head pastry chef at Buffalo Thunder, went to EVHS on 12.28 to adopt that wrinkled little ball of joy!

“Winny,” as they have renamed her, has been welcomed into the Damiano home by a trifecta of joyful shih-tzus and two kitties (Blossom, Sweet Pea, Lulu, Apple and Blueberry)!

In case you haven’t noticed, the folks at Sup are animal lovers. This summer, several Sup staffers volunteered at EVHS adoption events. One Supster fostered Snowy, a three-legged Turish Van kitty, for four-and-a-half months, and recently found Snowy a forever home on behalf of EVHS, thanks to the help of Caitlin Kelleher, super Sup customer and animal lover!Stay tuned for more of Sup’s animal-loving events in 2013!

By the way, anyone can donate pet food and supplies to EVHS throughout the year…you can drop off items @Sup’s Cordova Road location, or at EVHS’s Barkin Boutique, next door to Jinja!

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NEW! Sup Serves Breakfast @ Hospital Location!

by Sup Admin on December 19, 2012

In case you haven’t heard…Sup started serving breakfast at its Christus/St. Vincent satellite location TODAY (located in the Medical-Dental Building @ 465 St. Michaels Drive/adjacent to the hospital).

Sup’s super pastry chef, Santos Leon, is baking into the wee hours of the night to bring you freshly made muffins in all kinds of flavors—we kicked off Sup’s breakfast debut with blueberry muffins ($1.95)—as well as gooey cinnamon rolls ($1.95). Later this week, look for chocolate and cinnamon croissants!

To jump start your morning right, Sup is bringing you a pastry+coffee combo for just $3.95—a large coffee (regular or decaf) and a pastry of your choice, whether it’s a muffin, cinnamon roll, croissant, etc. If you know anything about really good baked goods in Santa Fe, you know you can’t get a flavorful, moist, giant-size muffin for less than $2…some competitors charge up to $4! Needless to say, Sup’s baked goods are a bargain to be had!

We’re also offering our Italian chef’s take on the traditional breakfast burrito—something we like to call the Suprrito (get it, Sup+burrito=Suprrito!). Of course, we load our meat burrito with eggs, onions, the meat of the day (today’s rendition featured Italian sausage), and a thoughtful touch of green chile. We also offer a veggie burrito everyday loaded with a trio of veggies. Our meat and veggie burritos are specially priced at $5.50…the best deal in town, given that we only use fresh ingredients and no preservatives—and they’re made fresh every morning (we never serve frozen product)!

But there’s more! Sup will also serve a neatly packaged steel-cut oatmeal bowl (can you say “breakfast soup?”) with the perfect selection of accoutrements that include raisins, walnuts and brown sugar—for a whopping $1.99! What could be better than that?!?! And for those who are counting their calories, Sup will offer a yogurt-granola parfait for just $2.95.

Need to rev yourself up with a little more than regular java? Try our specially blended French vanilla coffee, white chocolate-caramel coffee, or hot chocolate for a mere $2.50.

Since Sup is “testing” its breakfast menu at its Christus/St. Vincent satellite location, you won’t find the day’s menu posted on our website (eatsoup.net) just yet…but you’re always welcome to call the hospital directly to inquire about the day’s offerings (819.5775, ext.2).

Bon appetit and stay tuned for more breaking breakfast news!

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Sup & Gonzalez Community School Collect Canned Pet Food/Toys

by Sup Admin on December 12, 2012

The folks at Sup love animals…and several Supsters have volunteered at animal adoption events hosted by Espanola Valley Humane Society this year. One Supster has been fostering a tripod kitty (three-legged barn kitty who got stepped on by a horse) since August; she is helping EVHS help “Snowy,” a super-sweet Turkish Van kitty, find a forever home.

So this holiday season, Sup decided to do something good for all the furry, four-legged friends out there who are in need of food, comfort, love and toys! Through Dec. 21st, Sup is partnering with the cute kids who attend Gonzalez Community School—we’re challenging each homeroom class at Gonzalez to collect as many cans of canned doggie and kitty food, and pet toys, to warm the hearts and tummies of the hundreds of homeless animals being cared for by the super-excellent staffers at EVHS!

The homeroom class that collects the most canned pet food and toys will win a super-special lunch, catered and delivered by Sup! In case you don’t know, Sup designed some super-cool menu items for kids…called, what else, Kids’ Meals. These specially sized and priced meals give kids a chance to sample Sup’s daily offerings—from soup to salad, sandwiches, and fresh-made bread. Moms and Dads love Sup’s kids meals not only because of the price—they also love Sup’s Kids’ Meals because they’re healthy, and they’re made with fresh ingredients…nothing is fried and nothing comes from a can. And none of our Kids Meals’, or any other Sup offerings for that matter, are jammed with nasty preservatives since we only use fresh ingredients. Did we mention that most soups are loaded with vegetables, so soup is a great way to slip your kid some veggies!

Of course, Sup’s pastry chef will concoct a special dessert for the winning homeroom class, too!

The community can help Gonzalez’s kids collect pet food and toys, too! If a Gonzalez student lives in your neighborhood, or is the child of a co-worker or friend, you can donate canned pet food or toy donations to their homeroom to help them win this special “feed EVHS homeless pets” challenge! Or drop off your donation at the Cordova Road location of Sup and we’ll deliver it to the school.

Stay tuned to see which homeroom class wins this special holiday challenge!

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Organic Soup Debuts at Sup!

by Sup Admin on December 6, 2012

If you’re a regular at Sup, you may notice the new menu items that pop up on our daily menu from time to time…

As a prototype, we’re always trying new things…new soups, new sandwiches, new desserts. If a soup, for example, doesn’t sell, we stop selling it. Or we talk to customers to inquire what they didn’t like about a particular item…so we can tweak the recipe.

We are constantly chatting with customers to gleam feedback…and many of our menu changes (such as smaller soup servings and larger sandwiches) come directly from our loyal customers. More recently, we’ve had some suggestions that revolve around organic ingredients.

As a company, Sup has resisted getting into the “organic” market because of price. While we agree that organic ingredients are the way to go for a variety of reasons, Sup’s price point cannot support an organic business model. If Sup were plopped down right in the middle of California, where a majority of the nation’s organic produce is grown, well, going organic could be more feasible from a financial standpoint. We don’t know of any fast-food entities that are providing organic food…so we weren’t sure our business model could support such an endeavor.

On the other hand, we understand that many folks in Santa Fe do eat organic, and there aren’t dozens of organic dining-out options in town. So we listened. We thought about it. And now we’re testing it.

In case you haven’t noticed, one or two organic soups have popped up on Sup’s daily menu in the last two weeks. Today, at the Cordova Road location, we’re serving Organic Pumpkin Posole and Organic Hungarian Mushroom. Both taste just as great as the original recipes, but, as you know, both are free of pesticides. As of today, we haven’t raised the price of these organic offerings…even though organic ingredients easily can cost upward of 10% 40% more.

That doesn’t mean that we won’t raise prices on our organic soups…we may have to. But so far, while we’re in the research stage, we’re trying to figure out if our business model can support organic ingredients without raising prices…and if this market will support such an endeavor. Who knows—Sup’s organic soups may not sell well enough to keep them on the menu.

When Sup finishes its market research on organic soups, we’ll share our findings with you. After all, we don’t like to leave customers in the dark.

Thank you, in advance, for your patience during this segment of Sup’s test marketing. If you have comments, concerns or suggestions, we want to hear from you; please contact us at info@eatsoup.net.

 

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Cater with Sup This Holiday & We’ll Donate 10% to Your Charity of Choice!

by Sup Admin on December 4, 2012

Sup is all about giving back to the community...our executive chef and founders have supported various causes throughout their lifelong careers in the form of community partnerships, volunteering, board memberships, and cash and in-kind donations. And we understand that doing business in any sized town—big or small—is based on community support. So we know that Sup couldn’t be in business without the support of Santa Fe.

As a small token of our appreciation this holiday season, Sup will donate 10% of the proceeds from any catered event to your charity of choice! And in case you don’t know, Sup provides full catering services, and our menus extend waaaaaay beyond soup!

Our award-winning executive chef, Anthony Damiano, has cooked  for the best—from Donald Trump to Woody Allen, President Bush and Gorbachev, Michele Pfieffer, Regis and Joy Philbin, Michael Jackson, Tom Selleck, the regulars at The Russian Tea Room to name a few. His culinary experience is vast, as is his training (he has cooked all over the world; he interned at Maxim’s in Paris; and he’s the only Certified Master Chef in New Mexico). To preview some sample catering menus, or view Chef Damiano’s bio, please check out the following links: http://eatsoup.net/catering/and http://eatsoup.net/about-us/our-mission-and-our-chefs/.

Because Sup understands that its business couldn’t thrive without community supports, Sup gives back in a variety of ways. Every month, we donate gift certificates to various fundraisers, nonprofits, school carnivals, and special celebrations. In October, Sup baked and sold “pink cupcakes” to raise breast cancer awareness and to raise funds for the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico (which provides a host of worthy services to cancer patients in New Mexico). In November, when Hutton Broadcasting set up camp on the campus of the Children’s Museum to host a fundraising drive to save the Children’s Museum from demise, HB called Sup to solicit a last-minute donation. Without thinking twice, Sup donated three gift certificates to the cause.

Sup has also donated food and catering services to a variety of causes in Santa Fe, from a Saturday lunch for Habitat for Humanity volunteers to an elaborate, seven-course, under-the-stars summer dinner with wine pairings to benefit Kitchen Angels. Sup gives not because it has to; Sup gives because it wants to.

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Sup Holiday Gift Card Special—Get $60 for $50!

by Sup Admin on December 3, 2012

In case you haven’t noticed, the mission of Sup is serving GREAT food at GREAT prices! So naturally, Sup has concocted a super-tasty and super-priced gift-giving alternative for the holidays: The Super Sup Gift Card Deal—buy $60 in gift cards for just $50! It’s the best foodie gift in Santa Fe!

That means you receive a $10 gift card for FREE…which you can save for yourself for future use or you can spend right there at the time of purchase, on the spot, to treat yourself to a super-yummy lunch or dinner. After all, during the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, you simply must buy yourself a holiday gift (and nourish yourself for the holiday onslaught of activities!).

Sup’s gift cards are designed to be super friendly and super easy to use…they don’t expire, they can be used to purchase any menu item at any time (lunch or dinner), and they are transferable so you can”gift” them to a friend, family member or co-worker. You can purchase them in nearly any increment…or load up an single gift card with $60!

In case you didn’t know, this is the first time Sup has offered this gift card-giving promotion…so be sure to take advantage of this holiday special! The Sup gift card is the perfect way for friends, family and co-workers to graze at Sup at their leisure, be it for lunch with a friend, or a take-home meal for the entire family.

As an extra gift to you, Sup’s holiday gift card promotion will not end on Dec. 24th—it’s available all the way through Dec. 31st! So if you’ve forgotten someone on your list, or you got caught off-guard and received an on-the-spot gift, you can still reciprocate with a Sup-er foodie gift!

By the way, Sup’s gift cards are not embedded with hidden activation fees or charges of any other sort—so you won’t get nailed with any nasty, hidden surprises!

Give the best foodie gift in town today: Sup’s gift cards are available at Sup’s Cordova Road location! Healthy, affordably priced, freshly prepared soup and sandwiches (with gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options), salads, breads and desserts (many of which are gluten free) make for the best gift of all! That’s the Sup promise!

 

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Sup Elves @ Work—Holiday Cookies Are Ready!

by Sup Admin on December 3, 2012

It’s no secret—part of the fun of the holiday season is dusting off the cookie cutters, firing up the stove and whipping up some festive sweets to share with families, co-workers and friends.

BUT THE MESS!!!! Colored sugar and sprinkles are all over the floor and walls, you’re covered from head to toe in flour and butter, and there’s a racing stripe of frosting running right down the dog’s back! The detritus of your annual holiday cookie blow-out is everywhere, and it practically takes a forensic clean-up team to evacuate all the evidence!

That’s why you should steer clear of the kitchen this season and let Sup do the holiday baking for you! Our Sup-er sweet and talented pastry chef, Santos Leon, has been working furiously in the kitchen, into the wee hours of the morning like an elf, to bake lots of fun, festive holiday treats for you!

He’s designed some super-sized traditional sugar cookies—thick with a perfect layer of sweetness, all frosted with a simple confection sugar frosting—and lovingly decorated with piping, colored sugars and red-hot dots. The end product—an adorable snowman (a la Frosty) with a black top hat and green scarf, or a beautifully decorated tree—is super sweet and scrumptious, and is guaranteed to put a super-size smile on the face of any kid—from 1 to 101!

A personal favorite is the Mexican Wedding Cookie—the size of a mini snowball—that’s been dusted with a finely ground powder of, what else, candy cane?!?!?! This powdery puff of sweetness is the perfect combination of flavors—and it tastes just like Christmas!

As always, Sup’s cookies can be purchased by the dozen ($16.50) or half dozen ($8.95)…and Sup’s holiday cookies are available at the same super-affordable price. If you’re in the know about the cost of baked goods in Santa Fe, you know that Sup’s baked goods—whether its a big cookie or a pastry chef-prepared dessert—are the best deal in town. After all, a grocery store muffin can easily cost you $2.95-$3.95 in Santa Fe…and it’s probably made from a premade mix! Sup’s cookies are $1.50, and pastry chef-prepared desserts are ONLY $1.95!

To pre-order your holiday cookies, please call 819.5775, ext. 1. Walk-ins are welcome, but be forewarned: Sup’s holiday cookies are selling out every day, so the pickin’s may be slim if you just walk in!

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Give the Gift of Soup with The Tour de Sup!

by Sup Admin on December 2, 2012

A customer recently asked us about giving the gift of soup this holiday season…

So Sup stepped up to the challenge and created a specially packaged present that’s the best comfort-food gift in town—The Tour de Sup!

The Tour de Sup is designed to be just that—a tasty trip through Sup and its many chef-designed and -prepared offerings. The specially packaged gift includes your choice of 12 large bowls of soup, perfectly packaged in Sup’s recyclable, microwave safe 12-oz. soup bowls (with lids for ease of travel). What does “your choice” mean? You can select your soups from the 10 offerings shown on the daily menu, and you can select from the offerings for the next day’s menu (all of which have been lovingly prepared in advance and are stored in Sup’s massive, vault-size walk-in refrigerator). The Tour de Sup package also includes a loaf of freshly made bread from the day’s menu.

You may call in advance to have your Tour de Sup ready and waiting for you…or you can walk in and order on the spot. We suggest that walk-ins place their orders after the lunch rush.

Did we mention that all Tour de Sup gifts will receive FREE DELIVERY within a 5-mile radius of the Cordova Road location of Sup? That means you can surprise a loved one, friend or colleague with the super-tasty gift that can be delivered to their doorstep or place of work! How fun and easy is that?!?!?!?!

And if you sweet-talk the chef, and order far enough in advance, he might just prepare some of your favorite Sup soups for a Sup-er personalized Tour de Sup…including your favorite loaf of freshly baked bread. One of our best-selling loaves is the garlic-Parmesan loaf—super moist and super fragrant with the perfect hint of garlic, and tastefully topped with Parmesan.

The Tour de Sup is $100 (includes FREE DELIVERY); for out-of-state shipments, please inquire within. Last delivery is 12 p.m. on Dec. 24. To place your order by phone, please call 819.5775, ext. 1.

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Boycott the Kitchen—Order Sup’s Holiday To-Go Meal!

by Sup Admin on December 1, 2012

Sup Covers You in the Kitchen with Chef-Prepared Holiday Meals!

Sup is always concocting fun and exciting reasons for you to stay out of the kitchen—from its super-affordably priced family meals that are chockful of fresh, healthy ingredients (including lots of veggies) to its super-duper priced kids meals, individually priced boxed meals AND great-priced options for large orders for business meetings, club gatherings and such.

This holiday season, Sup has created a special holiday to-go menu that’s as easy as 1-2-3! The menu selections include:

Choice of house-roasted turkey OR Virginia-baked ham (12 oz. per person);

Fresh, house-made sage-chestnut OR green-chile cornbread;

Ginger-cranberry relish;

Fresh green beans and carrots;

AND your choice of apple, pecan or pumpkin pie!*

The cost for this Sup-er yummy holiday meal is $21 per person/4-person minimum…and that’s the best deal in town (other restaurants and caterers charge A LOT more, and one actually charges $50 for delivery!). The really good news is this: Sup’s holiday meals are prepared by REAL chefs who have graduated from real culinary programs (they’re not just cooks hacking away in the kitchen).

Even more, each recipe used in Sup’s holiday to-go meals is a tried-and-true recipe that’s been tested, honed and perfected during the last 40 years, so each course is guaranteed to taste amazing.

In case you don’t know, Sup’s Executive Chef, Anthony Damiano, is the ONLY Certified Master Chef in New Mexico, and one of 60 or so in the United States. Chef Damiano’s accreditation constitues the highest degree of professional culinary knowledge, skill and mastery of cooking techniques; certification as a CEC or CEPC is a prerequisite, in addition to countless hours of training and mastering of eight different cuisines. The grand finale is an eight-day testing process judged by peers, some of which last 12-14 hours per day. For more information, please go to (acfchefs.org).

So ordering your chef-designed and -prepared holiday to-go meal is just like having a Certified Master Chef in your own kitchen—without the mess!

Another great thing about Sup’s holiday to-go meals: You can place your order any time prior to Dec. 23, and you can enjoy your holiday to-go meal on any day in December (prior to Dec. 24). That means you can order a holiday to-go meal for an office party, neighborhood or club gathering, or an early family celebration. Please place holiday to-go meal orders 72 hours in advance.

For more information or to place your order, please call 505.819.5775, ext. 1.

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