What to serve to that friend who won’t stop complaining about the cold… french onion soup with gruyere croutons. 

Yes, we know most of the country is an arctic tundra at the moment. Even here in the south we recently had a wind chill of -4 (excuse me?). Basically the only thing to do is hunker down and pray for spring. Or you could make this to warm you up, and no, I’m not talking about just the sherry that’s involved.