Review: `The quintessential comfort food'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
Royce Anderson has put together a collection of homemade soups that is one of the strongest books of its kind. He arranges them into Spur of the Moment Soups (ready to eat in 30 minutes or less), Everyday Soups (take less than 60 minutes to prepare), and Sunday Afternoon Soups (take between 1 to 4 hours to make). Knowing that stocks are the core of all soups the book opens with how to prepare both chicken and beef stock.The recipes are well designed to read easily, keep the cook organized, and allow tips on preparation that makes the soups close to foolproof! In the Spur of the Moment Soups we find Curried Carrot Soup, Avgolemono Soup, Maryland Crab Soup, Tomato Soup Spicy Chicken Soup and Chicken Stock Leftovers Soup. Every Day Soups include Asparagus Soup, Brat and Spud Soup, Chicken and Cauliflower Soup, Chicken Enchilada Soup, Dad's Potato Soup, Loaded Leek and Potato Soap, Meatball Soup, Pasta Fagioli Soup, Roasted Eggplant Soup, Sausage and Spinach Soup, Shrimp Soup, Italian Sausage Soup, Tangy Fish Soup, Vegetable Beef Soup, and Wild Rice and Chicken Soup.  The Sunday Afternoon Soups are Albondigas Soup, Chicken Tortilla Soup,  Kielbasa and Kraut Soup, Lasagna Soup, Mulligatawny Soup, Seafood Soup, and Split Pea and Ham Soup.No photographs here, just solid information about how to make some of the best soups around. Grady Harp, August 13