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.

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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: $8.50* Lowest Used Price: $5.00* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780848730642 Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. 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.

Cooking with Soup (A Campbell Cookbook) By Home Economists of Campbell Kitchens Campbell Soup Company 1976 Ring-bound (199 pages) Lowest New Price: $14.95* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here

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: $1.91* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 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

Soups of Italy: Cooking over 130 Soups the Italian Way By Norma Wasserman-miller William Morrow Cookbooks Released: 1997-12-17 Hardcover (224 pages) List Price: $25.00* Lowest New Price: $19.98* Lowest Used Price: $7.99* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: From preparing the lightest broth soups to hearty main coursesoups of vegetables, legumes, or fish, Norma Wasserman-Millertakes you into the kitchens of some of Italys best cooks to showyou how to transform simple basic ingredients into a wealth ofdelicious Italian soups. Enjoy the wide range of soups prepared throughout Italy, fromthe great classics to superb original recipes created by some of Italys finest chefs. Sample a fragrant pasta and bean soup made with fennel; an aromatic pumpkin and herb minestrone; a savory fish soup made with porcini mushrooms; an elegant farro and radicchio soup; or one of the peasant soups that turn stale bread into a flavorful soup. Each chapter gives clear directions and techniques for cooking the rich variety of Italian soups that include minestrone, pasta and bean, vegetable, fish, meat, bread, and grain soups. The uncommon authenticity and richness of this soup collection is wholesome, satisfying, and thoroughly delicious.

Cooking Soups for Dummies By Jenna Holst For Dummies Paperback (264 pages) List Price: $16.99* Lowest New Price: $2.28* Lowest Used Price: $2.28* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780764563331 Notes: Product Description: Chicken soup is good for the soul, but let's not forget the dinner table! Nothing's better than soup on a cold day or when you want satisfying food. This book shows how simple and delicious home-made soups can be -- not to mention cheaper than those from trendy soup stores.

Splendid Soups: Recipes and Master Techniques for Making the World's Best Soups By James Peterson Wiley Hardcover (640 pages) List Price: $45.00* Lowest New Price: $27.76* Lowest Used Price: $13.03* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780471391364 Notes: Product Description: Praise for the fully revised and updated Splendid Soups "Jim Peterson's Splendid Soups is a comprehensive and mouthwatering atlas of the world of soup. It not only covers soups of all nationalities and every garnish, but provides a handy list of sources for every hard-to-find ingredient and kitchen tool, too. More importantly though, through his gargantuan world tour Jim empowers home cooks to strike out on their own and invent new soups. It just makes me want to get into the kitchen and start cooking!" -SARA MOULTON Host, The Food Network's Cooking Live; Executive Chef, Gourmet magazine; Food Editor, Good Morning America "We love James Peterson. Splendid Soups is a bountiful source of enticing ideas!"-the moosewood collective Authors of the Moosewood Restaurant Cookbooks

The Big Book of Soups & Stews: 262 Recipes for Serious Comfort Food By Maryana Vollstedt Chronicle Books Paperback (334 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $7.87* Lowest Used Price: $10.94* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Where the best-selling Big Book of Casseroles brought bubbling cheese and golden bread crumbs, The Big Book of Soups and Stews brings succulent meats, tender vegetables, and creamy, savory goodness with 262 comforting recipes for soups, chowders, and stews. From a hot and hearty stew for a cold night to a cool, refreshing Vichyssoise for a sizzling afternoon, there's a recipe here for every occasion. Also included are nostalgic classics (like everyone's favorite Chicken Noodle Soup) as well as innovative new creations inspired by the cuisines of the world--from Thai Ginger Chicken to Mexican Seafood. With a wonderful selection of quick bread recipes and a crockpot full of tips and hints to help soup-makers hone their skills, The Big Book of Soups and Stews is the ultimate one-stop comfort food cookbook.

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: $22.71* Lowest Used Price: $22.66* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 03:19 Pacific 9 Feb 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.