Soup Recipes & Cookbooks

Soup Cookbooks and Recipes

• Borscht - This is a stew made from beets. Sometimes meat, cabbage and potatoes are also added. There are many variants of the basic recipe found in the cuisines of Eastern Europe.
  
  
• Cock-a-leekie soup - This is one of British cuisine's best known recipes. The soup, which originates in Scotland, is made from leeks and potato with chicken stock.
  
  
• Clam chowder - This is an American recipe for a milk-based broth. It contains clams, flour, onions, potato, and bacon or salt pork. Tomatoes are an optional ingredient, used in the New York recipe ("Manhattan clam chowder"), but not in the New England recipe (often known as "New England clam chowder" or "Boston clam chowder").
  
  
  
• French onion soup - This is a famous French recipe made from onions and beef broth, and topped with cheese and croutons. According to legend the soup was invented by King Louis XV.
  
  
  
• Gazpacho - This is a famous Spanish recipe for cold vegetable soup. Traditionally gazpacho was made stale bread, garlic, olive oil, salt and vinegar, but today, bell pepper and tomato are also often added. The soup is especially popular in hotter areas of Spain such as Andalusia.
  
  
• Guly´sleves - This is the original Hungarian recipe for goulash. It is a meat soup, traditionally made in a cauldron, based on beef and onions, and flavored with paprika. Various other ingredients such as carrots, pasta squares, fresh peppers or tomatoes are sometimes also added to the soup. Hot chilies are also sometimes used, and garlic, herbs, or white wine are often used to enhance the flavor.
  
  
• Gumbo - A soup made from meat or shellfish stock, bell peppers, celery, onion and a thickener. The soup often contains poultry or shellfish such as crab, crawfish or shrimp. Tasso (smoked pork shoulder) or andouille (a sausage made from smoked pork, chitterlings, onions, and wine) are sometimes also included in the soup, resulting in a smokey flavor. The soup originates in Cajun and Creole cuisine, but today is widely served in the United States, especially in Soul Food restaurants.
  
  
  
• Okroshka - This is a traditional Russian recipe. It is a cold soup made from kvass (bread drink), and can also contain meat, fish or vegetables. A combination of neutral tasting vegetables (such as potatoes, turnips, rutabagas (yellow turnips), carrots or cucumbers) and spicy vegetables (mainly green onion, plus celery,chervil, dill, parsley or tarragon) are used in making the soup. Spices such as black pepper, mustard or pickled cucumber may also be added.
  
  
• Soljanka - This is a Russian recipe. It is a thick spicy and sour soup. There are three main varieties of this soup: fish, meat or mushroom. All the varieties also contain pickled cucumbers, and usually cabbage, cream, dill and salty mushrooms.
  
  
  
• Wonton soup - Wontons are dumplings. There are many different varieties found in different Chinese cuisines. In the North American Chinese cuisine, wontons are often served in a clear broth.
  
  
  
• Yushka - This Ukrainian dish is a soup made from freshwater fish such as carp.

• Soup Recipes

Cooking Light Cook's Essential Recipe Collection: Soup: 57 essential recipes to eat smart, be fit, live well (the Cooking Light.cook's ESSENTIAL RECIPE COLLECTION) By Editors of Cooking Light Magazine Oxmoor House Hardcover (144 pages) List Price: $17.95* Lowest New Price: $8.49* Lowest Used Price: $4.55* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780848730642 Notes: Product Description: Ah, the comforting allure of soup, as brought to you by the creative experts at the Cooking Light Test Kitchens. With 56 easy-to-follow soup recipes, this new cookbook is as beautiful as it is practical; a handy reference for delicious recipes that are nutritious as well as satisfying. Sure to be well-thumbed, its smaller size and hardcover design lend themselves to frequent perusing and planning. This attractive volume will be a "must have" for beginning and seasoned cooks alike.

Joy of Cooking: All About Soups and Stews By Irma S. Rombauer & Marion Rombauer Becker Scribner Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $15.95* Lowest New Price: $6.00* Lowest Used Price: $0.60* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The book that taught America how to cook, now illustrated with glorious color photography ALL ABOUT SOUPS & STEWS A fresh and original way to put the classic advice of Joy of Cooking to work -- illustrated and designed in a beautiful and easy-to-use new book. Chapters covering vegetable soups and stews, legume soups and stews, chowders, meat and poultry soups and stews, fruit soups, and more More than 130 of Joy's most popular recipes -- from Fresh Tomato Soup to Mulligatawny Soup to Brunswick Stew -- plus recipes for 14 different stocks Easy-to-follow tips and techniques for effective storage, serving, and ingredient substitutions Sixty years after Irma Rombauer advised new cooks to "Stand facing the stove," America's love affair with Joy of Cooking continues unabated. And why not? Joy in hand, tens of millions of people -- from novices to professionals -- have learned to do everything from make a meat loaf to clean a squid to frost a wedding cake. For decades, Joy of Cooking has taught America how to cook, serving as the standard against which all other cookbooks are judged. All About Soups & Stews upholds that standard. While keeping the conversational and instructional manner of the flagship book, All About Soups & Stews is organized into ten chapters that cover stocks and broths, chowders, fish and seafood soups and stews, fruit soups, and more. This book incorporates more than 130 of Joy's best-loved recipes -- Chicken Stock to Irish Stew to Melon Soup. You'll also find recipes for a dozen or more condiments and quick breads, as well as techniques for straining and storing stock. Add to that more than 150 original photographs, specially commissioned for this volume, presented in the most easy-to-use design imaginable. Whether you belong to one of the millions of American households that already own a copy (or two) of Joy, or you have never cracked the spine of a cookbook before, Joy of Cooking: All About Soups & Stews is for you. It is a spectacular achievement, worthy of its name. Joy has never been more beautiful. The Indispensable Kitchen Resource... All-New, All-Purpose, and now All-in-Color

Campbell's Creative Cooking With Soup: Over 19,000 Delicious Mix and Match Recipes By Campbell Soup Company Publications Intl Hardcover List Price: $10.98* Lowest New Price: $9.99* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here

Cooking with Soup (A Campbell Cookbook) By Home Economists of Campbell Kitchens Campbell Soup Company 1976 Ring-bound (199 pages) Lowest Used Price: $0.01* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here

Book of Soups: More than 100 Recipes for Perfect Soups (Culinary Institute of America) By The Culinary Institute of America Lebhar-Friedman Books Paperback (224 pages) List Price: $17.95* Lowest Used Price: $3.33* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: From the Culinary Institute of America comes the definitive soup cookbook, now available in paperback. Whether a beginner or an accomplished cook, Book of Soups can help you create any type of soup.

What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, Soups, Pickles, Preserves, Etc. .. By Abby Fisher Blakiston Press Paperback (76 pages) List Price: $26.95* Lowest New Price: $22.21* Lowest Used Price: $22.21* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Taste of Home: Casseroles, Slow Cooker, and Soups: Casseroles, Slow Cooker, and Soups: 536 Family Pleasing Recipes By Taste of Home Readers Digest Plastic Comb (384 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $12.58* Lowest Used Price: $11.59* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 10:06 Pacific 12 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780898216141 Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description: One-pot cooking has become the latest trend according to readers' submissions to Taste of Home. When your family craves home-style meals, this collection featuring three classic methods-meal-in-one casseroles, bubbling slow- cooked specialties, and thick, hearty soups-it is all a cook needs. With 384 pages containing 536 recipes, three different methods of one-pot slow cooking, plus 397 full-color photographs-all for $19.95-this is one cookbook that belongs in every kitchen's library. Here is the ultimate cookbook for comfort cooking with just the perfect selection of recipes for your church suppers, large family gatherings, and potluck dinners any night of the week. You can have entire meals in one pot-and most recipes are a meal-in- one (protein, carb, and veggie)-so once it is made there is nothing else to prepare to provide a nutritional and delicious meal. Tasty recipes include: Winter warmers: Barley Chicken Chili, Beef Noodle Casserole, Seafood Chowder, or Slow-Baked Cabbage Rolls Summer favorites: Barbecued Beef Brisket, Fresh Fruit Soup, Hamburger Supper, or Tomato Green Bean Soup International ideas: Moroccan Braised Beef, Hungarian Noodles, Enchilada Casserole, Italian Wedding Soup, or Canadian Cheese Soup Vegetarian delights: Asparagus Mushroom Casserole, Basil Tomato Soup, Greek Pasta Bake, Mushroom Salsa Chili, or Six-Veggie Bake With recipes ranging from appetizers to entrees and even desserts, this is one cookbook you'll reach for time and again.