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Homemade Soups

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We have tried several recipes - both vegetarian and meat - from this book and have never failed to produce an absolutely phenomenal soup. The only reason I'm even looking to buy another one is that ours is getting so tattered that the pages are loose and spattered and I'm afraid we'll start losing some of our favorites! The only suggestion for improvement would have been to put nutritional info after each recipe but it was published long before that came into fashion in cookbooks. Besides which, it's not that difficult to figure out given that the ingredients are mostly fresh and easy to find. Winter has become our favorite season because we get to cook from this book. Buy it if you enjoy warm and healthy comfort food.

If you are going to have a soup cookbook, I would suggest this one. Each of the book's five sections ("Flavorful Homemade Stocks", "First Course Soups", "Light But Satisfying Soups", "Main-Dish Soups", and "Sweet and Refreshing Soups") contains fabulous recipes. Preparing stock ahead of time and keeping it in the freezer is a wonderful time saver for nights when you don't have a lot of time to cook. The flavor of a homemade stock is too rich to be compared with store-bought stuff. The recipe for "Fresh Tomato Soup with Basil" is the best homemade tomato soup I have ever tasted! "Yogurt Soup with Beef and Barley" is a recipe for a thick, delicious soup that will perfectly warm a cold winter night. There are also sections on microwave soups, breads to accompany soups, and suggested menus. Each recipe is preceeded by a description, so you know what to expect from your finished product.