Soup of the Day: 150 Sustaining Recipes for Soup and Accompaniments to Make a Meal [Hardcover]

Lydie Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 24, 2002

Soup is delicious, nourishing, and endlessly versatile. Around the world and throughout the seasons, soup is a favorite pleasure. Who doesn't love a fragrant, steaming bowl of soup when cold winds howl outside? And a chilled bowl of soup can be a light and soothing meal in the hottest months of summer.

Now Lydie Marshall, a beloved cooking teacher in France and America, serves up something for everyone: 140 mouthwatering recipes for soups and accompanying salads, breads, and desserts to make a meal. Lydie offers a wide range of her favorite soup recipes, from classics like New England Clam Chowder and Onion Soup to new favorites like Red Lentil Soup with Curry or Fava Bean Soup with Mint and Feta Cheese. Make a meal of Lydie's Tuscan Ribollita (the twice-cooked Tuscan bean soup), Chicory Salad with Bacon, Croutons, Poached Eggs, and a loaf of Poilane bread, finished with Vanilla Cream with Prunes Soaked in Brandy. All the recipes are here in Soup of the Day -- clear, accessible, delicious.

Soup of the Day is a fine collection of inviting, simple, delicious recipes, written in the reassuring style of a longtime cooking teacher who knows what home cooks want. With a foreword by Calvin Trillin, soup lover and Lydie Marshall fan, Soup of the Day is a welcome kitchen companion.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Author (A Passion for My Provence) and cooking school owner (Chez Lydie en Provence) Marshall explains the secrets to soups in this winning volume. Her love of her subject matter is evident in her helpful technique advice and her fond recollections of rewarding soup experiences, such as the rare pleasure of her mother's bechamel-enhanced soups, made with butter and milk friends that smuggled into WWII Paris. This book offers friendly reading, with anecdotes of acquaintances who have contributed their favorite soups, and it boasts 150 recipes in chapters on broth, vegetable soups (this chapter is seasonally subdivided), seafood soups, and meat and poultry soups. From hearty Ribollita to Lobster Bisque and two versions of gazpacho, there are soups-many with international flavor-for every occasion. In the final three chapters, Marshall provides recipes for salads, breads and desserts. This dilutes the book's focus a bit, but ideas for interesting accompaniments, including Goat Cheese Fritters, Tuscan bread and Cherry Clafoutis, enable readers to create complete meals.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

For many years, Marshall (A Passion for Potatoes) ran a much-loved cooking school in New York City, but she now spends most of her time in her native France, which she wrote about in Chez Nous: Home Cooking from the South of France (retitled A Passion for My Provence for the paperback edition). Here she presents her favorite soup recipes, which include not only French classics such as La Mouclade (creamy curried mussel soup) but also many inspired by other cuisines, from Guatemalan Avocado Soup to Mexican Chicken Soup. Some are homey, others are elegant, and most are easy. There are also chapters on salads, breads, and desserts to round out the meal. Marshall's recipes are always delicious; recommended for most collections.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks; 1 edition (December 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006018809X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060188092
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #677,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A LA SOUPE!, December 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Soup of the Day: 150 Sustaining Recipes for Soup and Accompaniments to Make a Meal (Hardcover)

Get out your pots and pans! Lydie Marshall has written another superb cookbook. Even if you think you don't like soup, you'll enjoy reading Madame Marshall's charming, often amusing, stories about her childhood in France, her family, neighbors and friends that accompany each recipe. (There's even a soup from her French cats' veterinarian's wife!) The recipes are easy to follow, the steps simple and clear and the results uncommonly delicious. The soups are divided into five sections: broths; vegetable soups; bean, pea and lentil soups; seafood; and meat and poultry soups. The recipes range from standard classics like Mediterranean fish soup with garlic mayonnaise; borscht, gazpacho and pistou to a sublime porcini consomme, Mexican chicken soup with tortilla chips and youska, a Russian potato and lox soup. There are 53 vegetable soups, categorized by season. She has even included an excellent as well as surprisingly efficacious "day after" soup for when you've overindulged the day before or feel a cold coming on. Also included are selections of salad, bread, and dessert recipes that go well with soup. I especially liked the chicory salad with bacon, croutons and poached eggs and the salad greens with fried potato and onions. Calvin Trillin has written a delightful laudatory ode of an introduction. The book's covers are laminated and it has a knock-out gorgeous dustjacket that looks so delicious and happy and warm, you almost want to eat it! This is one case where the cover truly does reflect the book. A must for anyone interested in healthy gourmet cooking and good eating!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soups for Every Cook and Every Season, April 1, 2003

By 

Christina Lee (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soup of the Day: 150 Sustaining Recipes for Soup and Accompaniments to Make a Meal (Hardcover)

Soup of the Day is a fabulous cookbook. Its delicious, numerous recipes offer an appealing variety. Its clear directions are easy to follow and most soups may be prepared with minimum preparation.

I've already used it as a gift to eight friends, both men and women with varying degrees of culinary skill -- all are delighted. Most enjoy selecting recipes for "recreational" cooking on the weekend.

People who enjoy background stories will appreciate Lydie Marshall's delightful commentary.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars All kinds of soup. Salads, breads and desserts, September 16, 2006

By 

Wendy Schroeder (Englewood, Co United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Soup of the Day: 150 Sustaining Recipes for Soup and Accompaniments to Make a Meal (Hardcover)

I was looking forward to browsing this book but was disappointed. None of the recipes appealed to me enough to want to try one immediately. I'm sure some of them are tasty enough but the format of the book was dull. Perhaps a real soup lover will like this cookbook but I can't recommend it.