Table of Contents
A Letter from the Chef viii
What You Will Need x
Rules of the Soup Kitchen xi
Setting the Table xi
Winter Soups
Ch-Ch-Chili Chili 2
Brrroccoli Soup au Gratin Broccoli and Cheese Soup 3
Fish Soup Clam Chowder with Goldfish Crackers 5
Hot Diggity Dog Soup Minestrone with Hot Dogs 6
Twist & Shout Vegetable-Basil Soup 8
Sob Soup Baked French Onion Soup 9
Peace Soup Pea Soup with Mint or Curry 11
Zero-Zero Soup Hot and Sour Soup 12
Polka Dot Soup Cuban Black Bean Soup 13
Spring Soups
Spring Chicken Soup Chicken Noodle Soup 16
Bouncy, Bouncy Ball Soup Matzo Ball Soup 17
(No) Duck Soup Lentil and Tomato Soup 19
Abracadabra Soup Greek Lemon-and-Egg Soup 20
Soup of the Evening Greek Cream of Spinach Soup 21
Mary Had a Little Lamb Stew Lamb or Vegetable Stew 23
Full Moon Soup Portuguese Kale Soup 24
Sweet Dreams Soup Cream of Carrot Soup with Ginger 25
Summer Soups
Summer Solstice Soup Farmhouse Vegetable Soup 28
Best Buddy Soup Tomato and Orange Soup 29
How Does Your Garden Grow? Gazpacho 31
You Can't Elope Cantaloupe Soup 32
Believe It or Not! Ice Cream Soup 33
Joie de Vichyssoise Vichyssoise 35
Ratatatatouille Ratatouille 36
Bisque in the Sun Tomato Bisque with Shrimp 37
Fall Soups
Lickity Split Pea Soup Split Pea Soup 40
One Potato, Two Potato Philadelphia Pepper Pot 41
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Corn and Pumpkin Chowder 43
Wild Thyme Soup Mushroom Barley Soup 44
Squish-Squash Soup Cream of Butternut Squash Soup 45
Hey, Hey Soup Curried Chocolate and Sweet Potato Soup 47
Funny Face Soup Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup 48
Blue Bayou Cheddar Cheese Soup with Blue Tortilla Chips 49
Extra, Extra, Eat all About It!
Annabanana Bread Banana Bread 52
Muffin but the Best Corn Muffins 53
Talking Heads of Lettuce Salad with Russian Dressing 54
Holy Guacamole Guacamole 55
Quesadillas Tortilla-and-Cheese Snacks 55
Macho Nachos Nachos 56
Cool-as-a-Cucumber Spread Cucumber-Dill Spread 56
Crusty Croutons Croutons 57
Slim Pickens Suggestions for Serving Leftover Soup 57
Index 58