Warming and Welcoming Big Soups

This is a scrumptious selection of delicious recipes to suit all tastes and occasions, with a wide variety of first courses, light lunches, scrumptious suppers and main meals. It features dishes from all over the world, including Caribbean vegetable soup, meatball and pasta soup, clam chowder and mulligatawny soup. It includes superb step-by-step instructional photographs that clearly illustrate how to prepare every recipe. A comprehensive introduction includes professional tips and recipes for creating home-made stocks and garnishes. This collection of recipes shows how wonderful soups can provide a warm and welcoming meal in just one bowl, whether you are looking for a light supper or lunch, or a hearty, comforting main course. The introduction covers essential equipment, ingredients and techniques, plus indispensable recipes for home-made stocks. Then the heart of the book consists of over 70 traditional and innovative recipes divided into four sections, which focus on the different kinds of soups, including creamy and spicy, chunky and one-pot-meal soups. This practical guide to the art of soup-making is a great addition to every soup lover’s kitchen library.

Author Biography

Debra Mayhew is a highly experienced food writer and consultant. Her books include 100 Hearty Soups and The Cook’s Encyclopedia of Soup.