Soup: A Kosher Collection [Paperback]

Pamela Reiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2004

This wonderful soup book imparts a host of creative new ideas and tastes that will make you think twice about kosher soups. In this collection of over 100 soup recipes features great-tasting soups made with fish, cheese, fruit, and even chocolate. (Recipes are divided into Parve, Dairy, Meat or Fruit & Dessert categories.)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

From Chicken Broth with Matzo Balls to Strawberry Sambuca Soup, Reiss serves up over 100 kosher soups from around the world in this short, focused collection. The recipes are straightforward and simple; rarely do the instructions take more than half a page. One notable exception is the delicious Asian-inspired Shredded Duck Soup, just one of the book's many exotic preparations. Others include Chocolate Soup, billed as a perfect Passover dessert, Thai Chicken and Coconut Soup with lemongrass, and what could be a college hit: Beer Cheese Soup, garnished with popcorn. Throughout the volume, Reiss's instructions are helpful and laid-back: "I like the consistency to be a little looser than baby food, but it's all about how you like it!" she writes about Roasted Acorn Squash Soup. Enthusiasm abounds; every other recipe is finished with an exclamation point: Serve! Enjoy! She includes ingredients that help the cook take shortcuts: canned pumpkin in the Easy Pumpkin Soup and canned corn and beans in Mexican Rice and Black Bean Soup as well as the orthodox addition of non-dairy coffee creamer to Creamy Chicken Rice Soup. Most of her recipes, however, use fresh market vegetables, and the comprehensive vegetarian soup section reflects a genuine love of produce. Laid out with easy to read nutrition information, serving sizes and storage notes, each recipe is marked parve, dairy, meat and/or Passover, for quick menu planning. Without lofty goals or excess words, Reiss ladles out a simple book that will appeal to families keeping kosher, people with food allergies, or anyone who likes a good bowl of soup.
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Review

I love love love this cookbook and highly recommend it...There is so much information stuffed into this book that I can’t help but feel like I got a lot of bang for my buck. (Barefoot and Cooking blog )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: M.Evans & Company (September 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590770749
• ISBN-13: 978-1590770740
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #45 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Kosher

More About the Author

After growing up in the family catering business, Pam left Winnipeg for university and earned a degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. After completing her degree Pam returned to Winnipeg and the family business, Desserts Plus. It didn't take long for her to start testing and trying out new recipes and she quickly combined her interest in creating recipes with her love of writing to create Soup - A Kosher Collection - her first kosher cookbook. Her second book, Passover - A Kosher Collection was published in January 2010 and the second edition of Soup was published in September, 2011.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book!!, October 16, 2004

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sara (toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soup: A Kosher Collection (Paperback)

Soup--A Kosher Collection is an excellent book! I never realized kosher soups were so easy to prepare and so delicious. Ms Reiss has included a recipe for every occasion; there is a huge selection of soups for meat eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. Everything from old favorites such as chicken soup to new gems like curried red lentil soup or saffron garlic fish soup. The blueberry and rosemary soup was a fantastic surprise! I just bought the book and have made 12 of the over 150 recipes. Each recipe I made was a big hit with my family. The chocolate soup was a great treat. Ms Reiss' easy to follow recipes are accompanied by excellent definitions and cooking tips. I already bought a few copies for holiday gifts this year.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Recipes!!, January 7, 2005

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Lisa (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soup: A Kosher Collection (Paperback)

If you love soup this book is for you. I have already tried several of the recipes in the book and they were all fantastic - easy to follow instructions and great variety. I would recommend this book to anybody and have already bought copies for gifts!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the nicest kosher cookbooks I own, December 31, 2008

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N. W. De Kraker "yael" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soup: A Kosher Collection (Paperback)

I use this book frequently ; the recipes are excellent and often original. I do keep kosher , so it is a bonus to have both kosher and original soup recipes without slices of bacon etc strewn around the pages; besides , it gives excellent ratings on dairy/ parve/meat and kosher for Passover ( very important , that last one ) - and it even told me what to expect from a "medium" onion or potato, something I need to know, since clearly the sizes of products are different in Europe in relation to those in the USA. Usually no prefab ingredients, too; most of the prefab brands would not be available to me. So a big YES for this one !