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The Soup Bible

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The Soup Bible is a wonderful collection of soup recipes divided into six sections: light & refreshing, rich & creamy, warming winter, hearty lunch, one-pot-meals, and special occasion. The variety is excellent, and there are soups from around the world. The front section on making stocks is very helpful as it includes not only the standard vegetable, chicken and meat stocks, but also fish stock and stocks for Chinese and Japanese cooking.

Each recipe comes with beautiful end-result pictures as well as pictures of some of the steps involved. The directions are clear and simple. Many of the recipes come with suggestions for variations and all of the vegetarian selections are marked. Most of the soups use easy-to-find ingredients, but the exceptions often have tips on where to find the unfamiliar items.

I've tried several of the recipes with no problems and delicious results. One of my personal favorites is the Tomato and Blue Cheese Soup. I'm looking forward to cooking and eating my way through these soups.

When the days become long, the body becomes lethargic and even the tar is beginning to melt, the last place one wants to be is in a hot kitchen. Summer is the season for quick, light meals that don't take a lot of time, but restore your energy. But if you do have to get into the kitchen, rather than throwing together the customary salad, how about a bowl of soup after that dip in the pool?

Consulting editor Debra Mayhew has combed the four corners of the globe to bring together a collection of wonderful recipes in The Soup Bible.

Stirring in tips for making stock, garnishes, and notes on how to pick the best ingredients, these soups are designed not just for summer, but those occasions that call for something special, as well as those chilly winter nights when all you want to do is curl up with a good book and a warm hearty bowl:

Light and Refreshing: Gazpacho (the ultimate in summer soups), Vichyssoise, Summer Tomato Soup, Watercress and Orange Soup (what an interesting combination)

One-Pot Meal Soups: Seafood and Sausage Gumbo, Spinach and Lemon Soup with Meatballs (traditionally known in Greece as Avgolomono without the meatballs), and Creole Shrimp

Hearty Lunch and Supper Soups: Lentil Soup with Rosemary, Italian Arugula and Potato Soup, Pistou (a scrumptious French vegetable soup), and New England Clam Chowder

Special Occasion: Butternut Squash Bisque, Tomato and Fresh Basil Soup, Spinach and Rice Soup (a nice and sneaky way for parents to add a vegetable in a meal for those picky-eater kids) and Saffron-Mussel Soup.

The book is full of exquisite, mouth-watering photographs and even the soup bowls both rustic and elegant are beautifully displayed.

With over 200 recipes to prepare for friends and family, it's a world tour of soups.

Fresh bread required.

The Soup Bible is an excellent collection of soup recipes. It offers recipes for a wide range of soups including both standard Euro/American fare as well as some interesting ones from more exotic places.

Mayhew's recipes are very clearly written so you don't feel like you're studying for finals before you attempt them. Also, these recipes don't require you to hunt down ridiculously expensive or hard-to-find ingredients.

I've made quite a few of the soups in this book and all have been real successes.

This is a very good collection of a few classic and quite a few not so classic soup recipes which are easy to follow and are accompanied by glossy color photos. You will also find a few garnishing ideas to give some extra dimension and flair if you want to impress your guests. Well worth the price

This book has over 200 recipes. I have used many of the recipes and enjoyed most of them. I have given copies of the book to friends and other friends have chosen to buy this book after seeing it at my home. It is an essential book in my cooking book library.

"The Soup Bible" has delicious and simple recipes for all tastes. There are lots of full-colour photos to appeal to the eyes. When it says "all the soups you will ever need" it's not kidding; everything is here! This book is an asset to every chef.

If you only buy one recipe book for soups, make it this one. It's a fantastic book with easy to follow instructions and lots of great photos. It has a great recipe collection from all over the world and it includes many old classics, too! Try it out!

Knowing how much I enjoy soup, my mother bought this book for me for Christmas a few years ago. I've turned to it time and again for both inspiration when creating my own recipes and for complete recipes. We've made several of the soups in this book. Some of our favorites are the cream of mushroom (my kids can NOT get enough of it!), the shrimp creole, and garlicky lentil soup. Though my husband isn't a big fan of lentils, he's enjoyed many of the soups made with lentils (so long as they aren't the main feature!), since the recipes blend flavors nicely.

If you are new to cooking, this book is an excellent resource. There are pictures of the finished product for every recipe, clear step-by-step instructions, and often small pictures of some of the steps in the process.

Highly recommend - in fact, I'm getting a copy for a friend of mine, who has thoroughly enjoyed some of the soups I've made at her house!

Fantastic recipes! I love this book in the winter, and have recommended it to many friends. If you love, or even just like, soup, you NEED this book.

It is one of the best cook's books ever. I have tried nearly all the recepies and all the soups were wery tasty. What I specially like about it is that the author goes with her recepies all over the world. All the recepies are very authentic to their home country and with preparing the food according to them you can make small journeys from Thailand over the Russia to France ... .