| Soup making can quickly become a passion. Producing | | | | consommés are amazing to create in just a |
| quick, hearty, low cost, one-pot meals that instantly | | | | few moments and have simmering on the back burner |
| satisfy will have you wondering why you haven't been | | | | for everyone to enjoy. Visiting local farmers markets |
| making homemade soups sooner. Ranging from light | | | | for the latest in season vegetables, and fish markets |
| and sparse broths and bisques, to heavy and complex | | | | for the latest local catches can take your dishes to a |
| stews and chowders, few dishes can match soup for | | | | whole new level. |
| delivering taste and comfort. Classics like minestrone, | | | | The essence of great cooking is getting basic |
| beef and barley, and Manhattan clam chowder are | | | | techniques mastered and then building on the |
| always delicious, while other more innovative dishes like | | | | foundations of flavors and textures to create the |
| curried crab and coconut; purée of split pea, | | | | classics and new and delicious dishes. Homemade |
| cantaloupe soup with lime granite; Spanish gazpacho; | | | | stocks, broths, and purees are the best starting points |
| cream of tomato with basil, and seafood gumbo, can | | | | for most recipes, and creating them can be as much |
| also be made in the comfort of your own kitchen with | | | | fun as making the soups and eating them. Soup stocks |
| the help of some fresh ingredients, and proper | | | | are made by adding meats and vegetables to a |
| technique. | | | | stockpot and simmering in water for hours on the |
| Soup making is a wonderful activity year round, thanks | | | | stove top. The ingredients that go into stock making |
| in part to changing climates, culinary desires, and fresh | | | | can be anything from leftovers to inexpensive |
| seasonal ingredients. Hearty winter chowders and | | | | vegetables, cuts of meats and fish. |
| stews or light summer bisques and | | | | |