An Exaltation of Soups

English

ISBN: 2370002871

EAN: 2370002871464

Category: Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / International/Cooking / Courses & Dishes / Soups & Stews/

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group

Release Date: 08/11/2010

Synopsis: Throughout history and around the world, soup has been used to bring comfort, warmth, and good health. A bowl of soup can symbolize so much-celebrations, major life passages, and the everyday. Inspired by Patricia Solley's website, SoupSong.com, and organized according to function-soups to heal the sick, recover from childbirth, soothe a hangover, entice the object of your affection, and mark special occasions and holidays-An Exaltation of Soups showcases more than a hundred of the best soup recipes of all time, including:

• Festive Wedding Soup with Meatballs from Italy

• Egyptian Fava Bean Soup, made to give strength to convalescents

• Creamy Fennel Soup with Shallots and Orange Spice from Catalonia-perfect for wooing a lover

• Hungarian "Night Owl" Soup, designed to chase a hangover

• Spicy Pumpkin and Split Pea Soup from Morocco, served to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

• Tanzanian Creamy Coconut-Banana Soup for Kwanzaa

Spiced with soup riddles, soup proverbs, soup poetry, and informative sidebars about the lore and legends of soup through the ages, An Exaltation of Soups is a steaming bowl of goodness that is sure to satisfy.


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An Exaltation of Soups

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Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 384