500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need (500 Cooking (Sellers)) [Hardcover]

Susannah Blake (Author)

Book Description

Series: 500 Cooking (Sellers) | Publication Date: October 15, 2007

This compendium is crammed with 500 mouthwatering soups and packed with inspirational ideas for every kind of soup, broth, bisque, chowder, potage, and consomme. Every page is filled with ideas and tips to ensure success. 500 Soups contains an irresistible collection of soups, broths, bisques, and chowders from sophisticated, chilled soups for summer and healthy soups for the body-conscious to hearty, warming feasts, smooth and creamy indulgences, and hot and fiery soups for the brave. With fabulous soups for every occasion, take your pick from cool and chilled, smooth and creamy, healthy and wholesome, meals in a bowl or soups that you can whip up in 20 minutes or less. With more than 500 recipes split into ten easy-to-use chapters, you are sure to find the perfect recipe whether it is for a laid-back lunch with friends and family, a soothing restorative, the ultimate in comfort food, a sophisticated starter, or just a simple supper.

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About the Author

Susannah Blake is a food writer and editor based in London. After years working in illustrated book publishing, she turned her hand to developing recipes and writing. She now works as a freelance food writer and editor and consults, commissions, project-manages, art-directs, and writes for various book publishers and magazines.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sellers Publishing (October 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569069786
• ISBN-13: 978-1569069783
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals > Appetizers
  • #26 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals > Soups & Stews

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Savory easy recipes, great for everyday, May 1, 2010

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Carla J. Schroder - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need (500 Cooking (Sellers)) (Hardcover)

Many cookbooks, especially those written by celebrity chefs, suffer from too much complexity. I call it the "making their mark disease" because it seems to be about showing off more than writing great recipes real people can prepare and enjoy. I favor cookbooks that present fairly simple, adaptable recipes, like '500 Soups'. Just like my other current favorite cookbook, 'Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes by Alison Miksch', 500 Soups has a number of delicious recipes accompanied by color photos, and then variations on each recipe. Of course because it has more recipes it has many more variations.

It includes recipes for making beef, vegetable, fish, and chicken stocks from scratch. All the recipes use scratch ingredients, and you can elect to use boullion, base, or prepared stocks. All ingredients should be available in any grocery store. Most recipes use measurements that are easy to multiply or divide, and are easy to adjust according to your own tastes. For example, I don't care for flaming hot spices, just a touch of heat, so I always reduce those.

Some are good for preparing in batches and freezing, some are better prepared and eaten fresh. There are broth soups, creamy soups, and red sauce soups, some with meat and fish, some vegetarian. Something for all occasions. (Plain yogurt is a nice substitute for heavy cream and coconut milk. Not quite the same because it adds a bit of tang. Add it at the very last or it will separate and look yucky.)

Here is a sampling:
Red-hot spicy chickpea and pasta soup
potato and garlic soup
beef and barley soup
ginger and salmon soup
spicy sausage and bean soup

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and delicious, September 13, 2008

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A. Wolfel "bookie" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need (500 Cooking (Sellers)) (Hardcover)

I have tried about 10 soups so far from this book, and all of them have been fantastic!! The instructions are easy to follow and the pictures make you salivate in anticipation. A must have for any soup lover!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book in the 500 series, March 13, 2010

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Lehigh History Student (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need (500 Cooking (Sellers)) (Hardcover)

The 500 soups provides 125 recipes for a variety of soups from everyday to exotic variations. Each of the 125 recipes has four minor variations that tweak the item into a different version by adding a new flavor profile. This is hands down the best cookbook in the series and provides excellent recipes for easy use. There are tons of great flavored soups that are easy to make from this book and may ones that are hearty enough to serve as a meal. This truly is an essential book for those who like to make soups.