A Good and Fine Soup Book You'll Come Back to Again and Again

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	• The Book of Soups (Book of...) Lorna Rhodes HP Trade, 1989 - 120 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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A Good and Fine Soup Book You'll Come Back to Again and Again

Seven years ago my husband Dub and I sailed into Whangarai Harbour in New Zealand. On our way in I spied some friends or ours, Gayle and John, who we'd met in Tahiti. They were Kiwis and they were ending their five year circumnavigation, home at last. We anchored close to their boat and later dinghied over for sundowners (usually Coke and Rum). That evening, as usual, we told tall tales of our adventures at sea and we congratulated ourselves on being in this wonderful place at this wonderful time. Later, as we were saying our goodbyes, Gayle gave me her set of the Salamandar Book of Series Cookbooks. They are sold by HP Books in the States as paperbacks. Gayle carried these books around the planet and now she was giving them to me, complete with her notes (written in the books) on the recipes, how well she and John liked certain dishes, which were their favorites, how hard they were to prepare. She knew I was a cook and she thought I'd appreciate them. She was right.

Like all the books in the series "The Book of Soups" is about five inches wide and about a foot tall, making them kind of unique among cookbooks. But one should not be put off because of the odd shape, these are real books and you can find mighty darned good recipes in them. The Cucumber & Yogurt Soup on Page 22 is one of Dub's favorites (even though it's apparently not manly to like anything with yogurt in it). Gayle has noted that she and John particularly liked the Hungarian Cabbage Soup on Page 72 and we liked it to, but for me the real winner is the Scotch Broth on Page 86. However, I have to admit it's a bit hard getting around the idea of neck of lamp cut into pieces, but it sure does taste good. And this is good and fine soup book that you'll come back to again and again.

Review Submitted by Captain Katie Osborne

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Great introduction.

In its roughly 50 parts, all written by experienced cooks and cook book writers, HP Books' "The Book of ... Cooking" series takes you to the cuisines of various regions of the U.S. and around the world; all in easy to follow, well-explained recipes.

This installment, the Book of Soups, starts with a brief introduction into the different kinds of soups, and then presents recipe suggestions ranging from cold soups to soups for special occasions. Special chapters are dedicated to fish soups, cheese and egg soups, bean and grain soups, vegetable soups and meat soups. Classics such as borscht, bouillabaisse, consomme, French onion soup, various cream soups and chowders, gazpacho, goulash, hot and sour soup, minestrone, mulligatawny and stracciatella appear next to unique dishes such as carrot and cilantro soup, chilled plum soup and scallop and artichoke soup.

From avgolemono and beef and pasta soup to zucchini and tomato soup, this collection of recipes, while not all-encompassing, is a great introduction to the endless possibilities of dishing up a well-tasting soup - and at a relative bargain price, to boot.

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Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day
Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery)
Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World
On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals (4th Edition) Textbook only
Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006

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Good soup book

This is a good soup book. I have cooked more than 4 soups now from this book. It has pictures and easy instructions.

pretty fishy

I got this book because it seemed to be hard to find a thorough soup book with good pictures (I'm a firm believer in recipe books being beautiful pieces of photographic art). And this one does - great pictures!

The introductory information regarding soups is extremely helpful.

But there are an awful lot of fish soups and some other soups that while look pretty seem inedible. This book would be for the gourmet not the everday. Apparently I just want the pics to be works of art, but the soup itself to not be. :)

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Fantastic soup book - one question though...

I absolutely love this soup book, its a must-have for every kitchen especially as we head into another cold winter! The recipes are well illustrated and easy to follow - except for one thing...
Could someone out there PLEASE explain to me what "half and half" is? Maybe I have a disadvantage being British but I have not heard of this term before and it is preventing me from making some of my favourite dishes.

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