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Soup of the Day: 365 Recipes for Every Day of the Year
This revised edition of the 2012 best-selling title features 100 new seasonally driven recipes and a selection of new full-color photography. This well curated collection of recipes offers a delicious soup for every day of the year.
Soup is often thought of as comfort dish for cold weather, Soup of the Day showcases how diverse soups can be. From light gazpachos to hearty chowders, cream of tomato to chicken noodle, vegetable-lentils to steak and potatoes, there’s something to please every palate throughout the year—and plenty of full-meal soups for easy dinner solutions.
New recipes include:
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Crispy Pancetta & Gremolata
Creamy Brussels Sprouts Soup with Maple Bacon
Indian-Spiced Parsnip Soup with Grilled Naan
Mac & Cheese Chili
Tofu-Kimchi Stew
Mushroom, Leek, Wheat Berries & Shrimp Soup
Snow Pea Consommé with Cheese Tortellini
Caramelized Leek Soup with Blue Cheese Crumble
Lamb & Chickpea Chili with Cumin Crema
Carrot-Gruyere Soup with Brown Butter Croutons
Asiago-Stout Soup with Caramelized Spicy Pears
Ramen with Roasted Pork & Soft Egg in Spicy, Soy Broth
Clam & Celery Root Chowder
Cream of Black Bean Soup with Roasted Poblanos & Cotija Cheese
Provencal Chard Soup with Lardoons
Ginger–Galangal Broth with Chili & Chicken
Meyer Lemon & Potato Soup
Tomato Tarragon Soup with Fennel Croutons
Grilled Asparagus & Green Onion Soup with Poached Egg
Corn & Spinach Chowder with Avocado
The recipes are categorized by month of the year and laid out in an easy-to-follow, calendar format. The monthly calendars highlight the season’s best ingredients to bring you fresh and delicious flavor combinations all year round.
Soup is often thought of as comfort dish for cold weather, Soup of the Day showcases how diverse soups can be. From light gazpachos to hearty chowders, cream of tomato to chicken noodle, vegetable-lentils to steak and potatoes, there’s something to please every palate throughout the year—and plenty of full-meal soups for easy dinner solutions.
New recipes include:
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Crispy Pancetta & Gremolata
Creamy Brussels Sprouts Soup with Maple Bacon
Indian-Spiced Parsnip Soup with Grilled Naan
Mac & Cheese Chili
Tofu-Kimchi Stew
Mushroom, Leek, Wheat Berries & Shrimp Soup
Snow Pea Consommé with Cheese Tortellini
Caramelized Leek Soup with Blue Cheese Crumble
Lamb & Chickpea Chili with Cumin Crema
Carrot-Gruyere Soup with Brown Butter Croutons
Asiago-Stout Soup with Caramelized Spicy Pears
Ramen with Roasted Pork & Soft Egg in Spicy, Soy Broth
Clam & Celery Root Chowder
Cream of Black Bean Soup with Roasted Poblanos & Cotija Cheese
Provencal Chard Soup with Lardoons
Ginger–Galangal Broth with Chili & Chicken
Meyer Lemon & Potato Soup
Tomato Tarragon Soup with Fennel Croutons
Grilled Asparagus & Green Onion Soup with Poached Egg
Corn & Spinach Chowder with Avocado
The recipes are categorized by month of the year and laid out in an easy-to-follow, calendar format. The monthly calendars highlight the season’s best ingredients to bring you fresh and delicious flavor combinations all year round.
903 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2011
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July 15, 2015
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I have to admit to a weakness for soups.
A major weakness.
A weakness so strong that I started eating pork again (after a 10+ year hiatus) so I could get a tomato based crab soup mixed with a cream based crab soup.
Yeah. It's like that.
This book drew me like a moth to a flame, lol!
There is only a HB version available for purchase...but I'm currently reading the ebook for review purposes. My God! These color photos makes me want to drool...and buy the hardback.
Also, I'd like to point out that it is currently Winter. I'm so not feeling the spring/summer soups right now.
I've completed several soups from this book. The instructions are clear, concise and easy to follow. The color photos are beautiful (and mouthwatering). The soups that I have made have been tasty and filling.
The problem that I had with this book is that - like Williams Sonoma, itself - it is not everyday accessible. A lot of the spices used are expensive and hard to locate. These are not soups that you can throw together using what's in your (well stocked) pantry. Most of these soups will require a bit of prior planning. A lot of the soups are exotic to the "regular" palate, as well. I can't see making a lot of these soups for children or a family weeknight dinner. A lot of these soups are more like "special occasion" soups - like using one of the (four) pumpkin soup recipes for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
While this book does have 365 different soup recipes...quite a few of them are the same soups/stews with just a few ingredients changed. Want to make a beef stew? There are at least 7 to choose from. Normally I like this type of variety (especially for ingredients) but in this case the title of the book makes the reader expect 365 completely different soups instead of several versions of the same soups.
I do have a one or two more stews I want to try...but as this is a NetGalley borrow...I'll stop for reviewing purposes.
Note: My husband is allergic to all shellfish so I won't be making any seafood soups. Sadly, I love Cioppino and there's a recipe for it here. *sigh*
Please note: This book was provided free via Netgalley for an honest review.Official Soup of the Day (Williams-Sonoma): 365 Recipes for Every Day of the Year Website
I have to admit to a weakness for soups.
A major weakness.
A weakness so strong that I started eating pork again (after a 10+ year hiatus) so I could get a tomato based crab soup mixed with a cream based crab soup.
Yeah. It's like that.
This book drew me like a moth to a flame, lol!
There is only a HB version available for purchase...but I'm currently reading the ebook for review purposes. My God! These color photos makes me want to drool...and buy the hardback.
Also, I'd like to point out that it is currently Winter. I'm so not feeling the spring/summer soups right now.
I've completed several soups from this book. The instructions are clear, concise and easy to follow. The color photos are beautiful (and mouthwatering). The soups that I have made have been tasty and filling.
The problem that I had with this book is that - like Williams Sonoma, itself - it is not everyday accessible. A lot of the spices used are expensive and hard to locate. These are not soups that you can throw together using what's in your (well stocked) pantry. Most of these soups will require a bit of prior planning. A lot of the soups are exotic to the "regular" palate, as well. I can't see making a lot of these soups for children or a family weeknight dinner. A lot of these soups are more like "special occasion" soups - like using one of the (four) pumpkin soup recipes for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
While this book does have 365 different soup recipes...quite a few of them are the same soups/stews with just a few ingredients changed. Want to make a beef stew? There are at least 7 to choose from. Normally I like this type of variety (especially for ingredients) but in this case the title of the book makes the reader expect 365 completely different soups instead of several versions of the same soups.
I do have a one or two more stews I want to try...but as this is a NetGalley borrow...I'll stop for reviewing purposes.
Note: My husband is allergic to all shellfish so I won't be making any seafood soups. Sadly, I love Cioppino and there's a recipe for it here. *sigh*
Please note: This book was provided free via Netgalley for an honest review.Official Soup of the Day (Williams-Sonoma): 365 Recipes for Every Day of the Year Website
May 13, 2012
What an incredibly interesting cookbook. I loved the layout of the book and the fact that the author included pictures of completed dishes for most, not all, of the soups. Although some soups were pretty common dishes, for the most part these were unusual, global recipes, with some being downright exotic. I must admit though that I am a bit perplexed as the author does have a couple stew recipes, although, when I reseached it, there is a debate on whether a stew is a soup or in a different class.
As a very large chunk of these soups really can be considered exotic, I would encourage a purchaser to get a closer look at the book prior to buying it or, at least make sure that there is a generous return policy if you need to.
For me, there were at least two handfuls of recipes I would make regularly and another that I would use for entertaining, so this is a book I would be purchasing.
As a very large chunk of these soups really can be considered exotic, I would encourage a purchaser to get a closer look at the book prior to buying it or, at least make sure that there is a generous return policy if you need to.
For me, there were at least two handfuls of recipes I would make regularly and another that I would use for entertaining, so this is a book I would be purchasing.
December 29, 2025
I feel like they tried a little too hard to have a soup for every single day. But, we made the tom yum soup and it’s very good. This is a Thai soup that can seem very intimidating and going off of some of the website recipes seems precarious. So I was glad to find a straightforward recipe here from this brand that is well known. We’ve made the soup a handful of times now and put it into regular dinner rotation. As a soup lover, if I want something specific - I will come back to this cookbook again.
May 11, 2012
A nice bowl of soup need not be restricted for those cold evenings when you just want something quick and possibly filling to warm you up. A soup is neither just a means of using up old vegetables and ingredients into a form of warm gloop. It is a lot more, much more.
Here this book could be viewed as a work of religious art for soup lovers. A mass of 365 different recipes and not a variation on a theme (tomato soup, cream of tomato soup, tomato and vegetable soup, etc...). It might not be hype to describe it as a masterpiece or a critical reference work within its genre.
The book's own introduction sets the scene perfectly. "Hot, cold, smooth, chunky, creamy, broth - soups come in myriad forms... This book will encourage you to make soups on any day of the year... draw on seasonal ingredients—asparagus and peas in spring; corn, peppers, and tomatoes in summer; cruciferous vegetables and hearty greens during the fall; and root vegetables in winter."
Split into months and then presented as effectively a daily calendar, you get a great at-a-glance of soups that could be recommendable within the month. Of course, there is no law saying that you should only eat winter soups in winter and vice versa, but it is a nice navigation and presentation method that works well in this instance.
Each recipe is cleanly and simply laid out, a sidebar with a general overview before one gets a separate ingredients list at the top. The cooking instructions are methodical and not arduous to follow.
It would have been nice to have seen some typical preparation and cooking times broken out into a separate section so that it could be determined whether the recipe would "fit" a meal plan based on available time. Sadly this is an often overlooked feature in recipe books for some bizarre reason. Furthermore it is regrettable that there are not small pictures of every recipe as the quality of photography is excellent and, of those pictured recipes, you gain a lot of inspiration and heightened interest to try them. They do look a lot more attractive and more palatable than a bowl of instant soup with a few limp bits of garnish. A liquid artwork no less.
At the end of the book there is, however, a great feature that other "comprehensive" recipe books should copy. Here the soups are listed by ingredient, meaning that you could determine you have a surplus of or a particular hankering for, for example, black beans and then see four different recipes that utilise this ingredient and thus go straight to them for further consideration.
The soups are also listed by type in a separate index, so you can browse further according to taste or meal plan.
For such a humble course that is often overlooked and under-appreciated, this is a really good example of a comprehensive recipe book that not only impresses by its bulk, but through the thoughtfulness and consideration that has been given to the subject at hand. Even if you are not a particularly great soup fan, you should take a look at this book to possibly reconsider your opinion. You may have not had the right "upbringing" and experiences to date. Maybe this will change.
Soup of the Day, written by Kate McMillan and published by Williams-Sonoma/Weldon Owen. ISBN 9781616281670, 304 pages. Typical price: GBP20. YYYYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
Here this book could be viewed as a work of religious art for soup lovers. A mass of 365 different recipes and not a variation on a theme (tomato soup, cream of tomato soup, tomato and vegetable soup, etc...). It might not be hype to describe it as a masterpiece or a critical reference work within its genre.
The book's own introduction sets the scene perfectly. "Hot, cold, smooth, chunky, creamy, broth - soups come in myriad forms... This book will encourage you to make soups on any day of the year... draw on seasonal ingredients—asparagus and peas in spring; corn, peppers, and tomatoes in summer; cruciferous vegetables and hearty greens during the fall; and root vegetables in winter."
Split into months and then presented as effectively a daily calendar, you get a great at-a-glance of soups that could be recommendable within the month. Of course, there is no law saying that you should only eat winter soups in winter and vice versa, but it is a nice navigation and presentation method that works well in this instance.
Each recipe is cleanly and simply laid out, a sidebar with a general overview before one gets a separate ingredients list at the top. The cooking instructions are methodical and not arduous to follow.
It would have been nice to have seen some typical preparation and cooking times broken out into a separate section so that it could be determined whether the recipe would "fit" a meal plan based on available time. Sadly this is an often overlooked feature in recipe books for some bizarre reason. Furthermore it is regrettable that there are not small pictures of every recipe as the quality of photography is excellent and, of those pictured recipes, you gain a lot of inspiration and heightened interest to try them. They do look a lot more attractive and more palatable than a bowl of instant soup with a few limp bits of garnish. A liquid artwork no less.
At the end of the book there is, however, a great feature that other "comprehensive" recipe books should copy. Here the soups are listed by ingredient, meaning that you could determine you have a surplus of or a particular hankering for, for example, black beans and then see four different recipes that utilise this ingredient and thus go straight to them for further consideration.
The soups are also listed by type in a separate index, so you can browse further according to taste or meal plan.
For such a humble course that is often overlooked and under-appreciated, this is a really good example of a comprehensive recipe book that not only impresses by its bulk, but through the thoughtfulness and consideration that has been given to the subject at hand. Even if you are not a particularly great soup fan, you should take a look at this book to possibly reconsider your opinion. You may have not had the right "upbringing" and experiences to date. Maybe this will change.
Soup of the Day, written by Kate McMillan and published by Williams-Sonoma/Weldon Owen. ISBN 9781616281670, 304 pages. Typical price: GBP20. YYYYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
July 12, 2012
The very best cookbooks make you want to immediately run to the kitchen and whip something up. This cookbook made me want to do that more times than I could keep track of.
My friends know that soup is my absolute favorite thing to make because that's usually what they get for dinner when they eat at my place! So when I saw this cookbook I had to pick it up. It did not disappoint. I cannot wait to try so many of these recipes. It gave me dreams of hosting dinner parties just for the excuse to serve a soup course, because of course not all of the soups are meant as full dinners. And the chilled fruit soups sound divine! Seriously this cookbook got me so excited about soup I can't stop thinking about it . . .
This is the kind of cookbook that you want to have as part of your permanent cookbook library. I tend to check books out from the library and browse, but this is definitely one I would love to have as part of my collection. There is a chapter for every month, and literally one recipe for each day of the year. The recipes all use the best of the seasons ingredients, which of course makes for the best food. The pictures are beautiful and just having it as inspiration would be worth it. I can't say enough to recommend this one!
My friends know that soup is my absolute favorite thing to make because that's usually what they get for dinner when they eat at my place! So when I saw this cookbook I had to pick it up. It did not disappoint. I cannot wait to try so many of these recipes. It gave me dreams of hosting dinner parties just for the excuse to serve a soup course, because of course not all of the soups are meant as full dinners. And the chilled fruit soups sound divine! Seriously this cookbook got me so excited about soup I can't stop thinking about it . . .
This is the kind of cookbook that you want to have as part of your permanent cookbook library. I tend to check books out from the library and browse, but this is definitely one I would love to have as part of my collection. There is a chapter for every month, and literally one recipe for each day of the year. The recipes all use the best of the seasons ingredients, which of course makes for the best food. The pictures are beautiful and just having it as inspiration would be worth it. I can't say enough to recommend this one!
February 18, 2012
I was not a fan of this cook book. I think the idea is great because it offers such a large variety of soup recipes, but in reality I found it to be overwhelming. There were just too many recipes! To make matters worse, there were hardly any pictures. I am a visual person when it comes to recipes, so I had a hard time with this cookbook. I am very unlikely to make something if I don't see a picture first. I think this cookbook would have been a lot more enjoyable and useful if more pictures had been included. For now, I doubt I will be trying any of the recipes. I just don't have the patience to go through all of the recipes and analyze all of the ingredients to see if it sounds good or not.
February 8, 2025
C’est quand même varié, le défi est là quand on souhaite produire 365 soupes différentes… mais j’ai vu au moins 2 ou 3 crème d’asperges là-dedans. Je souhaite garder ça dans mes archives pour le réemprunter plus tard au besoin, parce que c’est quand même cool par manque d’inspiration.
January 2, 2015
I received this as a Christmas gift and have already tried 3 recipes. All have been DELICIOUS and easy. Especially fun wearing my new apron (also a Christmas gift). Highly recommend this cookbook.
August 16, 2021
This is a workmanlike cookbook with, for the most part, clearly written recipes. As the title indicates, the recipes are arranged by month and day. This makes it easy to choose seasonal recipes and ingredients. It would have been nice if they had chosen special, related recipes for the holidays. The book also has a nice, linked index. I also really appreciated that they included several lamb-centric dishes. I’ll definitely be making a few of those.
I read the electronic version, which has the recipes for smoked trout chowder and tomato rice soup intermingled. The trout chowder recipe has the instructions for the tomato soup recipe and vice versa. My other issue with the book is that they didn’t clean up the formatting. It has odd page endings and arrows that look like they could be printers’ marks in the middle of some paragraphs.
I read the electronic version, which has the recipes for smoked trout chowder and tomato rice soup intermingled. The trout chowder recipe has the instructions for the tomato soup recipe and vice versa. My other issue with the book is that they didn’t clean up the formatting. It has odd page endings and arrows that look like they could be printers’ marks in the middle of some paragraphs.
February 3, 2024
I have made about 10 recipes (repeated some of those a few times too) so far in this book. My favorite is the pumpkin tortilla. Which I use squash instead of pumpkin and I roast it in honey, za'atar and sumac. I add cinnamon and cardamom along with red pepper to the broth to add depth and kick. Then I ... oh wait, I am "reviewing" in the wrong place. HAHA. Anyway, this cookbook is great. I wish it had more pictures. Some of the recipes are pretty exotic (for Minnesota anyway) and I have no idea if what I made looked right. I read the reviews on Amazon about this book and lot of people mentioned the Kindle version was messed up. So I bought the hard covered cook book and I am glad that I did, it's a lovely book.
January 25, 2021
Juts as the title states,this book does contain 365 delicious looking soup recipes !!!! I love this book over ATK's All time best soups because of the amazing variety got in each one. And the ingredient lists seems not so long ! I might not cook each day soup but clearly this book got me to respect more soups than ever :) ! I might soon make a lunch special as soups: SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM !!!
September 5, 2017
The book has enough soup ideas to please everyone's tastes - from hearty, to plain and simple, to exotic. The recipes are clearly written and are seasonally sensitive. The photographs are just beautiful and make each soup that is pictured absolutely mouth watering. Definitely a winner!
October 2, 2017
Would have appreciated a photo next to every entry but did appreciate how simple (but not over simplified) these recipes were. My son (the one who eats veggies) especially liked the heirloom tomato soup.
February 2, 2019
I checked this out from the library. I cooked several recipes from the book. The results were all OK, but very bland. The main seasoning/flavor in every recipe is salt. Remove the salt, remove the flavor. I'm going to return the book to the library and move on to other cookbooks.
August 3, 2021
this cookbook feels like it was made for me, so no surprise that I gave it 5 stars. great recipes and variations, love the focus on seasonality, love the tips and swaps, and dear lord there are so many recipes I love it.
February 21, 2023
Basically a book for soup horoscopes and so far for each person's birthday I checked, it had a soup recipe they would love.
Otherwise I like the layout, its clear and concise and has gorgeous pics. I have the ebook and pine for a physical copy of it.
Otherwise I like the layout, its clear and concise and has gorgeous pics. I have the ebook and pine for a physical copy of it.
October 27, 2017
very meaty soups. Not what I was looking for, I guess
January 4, 2019
A lot of these soups are very basic, but I did get two excellent new go-to's from the book and a lot of good ideas for making better soup at home
February 10, 2019
This book works better as reference material. It suffers from the typical Williams-Sonoma attitude that their customers have access to elite ingredients.
October 9, 2020
a great range of recipes for that year when I want to make soup everyday
from stews, to broths, sweet, savory, simple and complex.
from stews, to broths, sweet, savory, simple and complex.
October 21, 2021
Didn’t get a chance to cook any of these yummy recipes but they look really good.
March 24, 2024
Recommended on Reddit. Looks amazing. I wish there was a symbol noting which recipes freeze well, but otherwise no complaints.
October 14, 2024
Jan 30 Smoked Trout Chowder 10/10
I will never need another soup cookbook.
I will never need another soup cookbook.
November 21, 2024
Aunt S got me on a soup kick since her Split Pea Soup - yum, so I picked this up to continue my soup spree and it did not disappoint! Just wish every recipe had a pic.
August 20, 2025
Soup is good. I like soup. This book has good soup.
January 18, 2013
I've rarely been disappointed by a Williams-Sonoma Cookbook. We are a soup-loving family so I couldn't resist checking this one out. It is both lovely and well designed with a calendar-style with loads of recipes soups and stews for every season and every day of the week -- 365 recipes.
There are lots of great recipes that should please vegetarians and meat lovers alike. All the bases are covered in this book. At least 3/4 of the recipes are ones that I would consider preparing, although a few seemed like ones that I might like to add more spices to based on my family's taste.
The color photographs are gorgeous, but there were not enough of them, in my opinion. There were a few minor things that I did not like about the book:
Some recipes like the ones for pureed soups require a food processor
As a visual person, I would have preferred more photographs, and the photos should have corresponding text to tell you what recipe is being displayed.
The print is also very very tiny (at least for my eyes), so for readers who may be visually impaired, and are still interested in this book, that might be an issue. If available, I would recommend an eBook version so you can enlarge the print to a size that is comfortable for your eyes.
Some of the recipes that I plan to try include:
Savory Barley Soup with Wild Mushroom and Thyme
Cauliflower Soup with Cheddar and Blue Cheese
Shrimp Bisque
Broccoli Soup with Parmesan Lemon Frico
Orzo, Delicate Squash and Chicken Soup with Sage
Chickpea and Roasted Tomato Soup with Fried Rosemary
Other than the few things I've mentioned, this is a beautiful book to add to any collection.
Rating 4/5 stars
July 10, 2012
Do you like soup? If you do than this book is for you, in this book you have access to a different soup recipe for every day for a whole year. Now we like soup here, but I do have to say that the soups here tend to be a bit more complex than what my kids would appreciate. But with 365 recipes there still are plenty that we will try. For the colder months the recipes tend to be more robust. January is filled with stews, February has a variety of chilis. In March you start to see more recipes that are using veggies, as they become more in season. April starts to incorporate what you will find at the Farmers Market. In May you start to find some recipes for cold soups. In June you see chowder recipes that utilize corn, and other chilled soups. July brings you more chilled soups with fresh fruits and veggies. August more chilled soups, gazpachos and more sweet fruit soups. September brings back more of the stews and chowders as the weather gets colder. October brings us soups with carrots, parsnips, butternut squash and pumpkins. November blows in with more stews and slow cooked soups using meats and hearty veggies. The year ends with more luxurious soups using oysters and lobsters, to accentuate Decembers festivities.
This is a fun book, and I find the concept of going a whole year making the recipe associated with each day something that could be fun to do. Now if only the kids were up to it.
This is a fun book, and I find the concept of going a whole year making the recipe associated with each day something that could be fun to do. Now if only the kids were up to it.
May 18, 2025
365 days, 365 ways to dunk your spoon: soup goals unlocked. 🍲📅
This Williams-Sonoma brick is the Netflix of broths—scroll any date, press play, and you’re ladling everything from velvety spring pea purée to winter-defying jambalaya. McMillan’s vibe is “friendly chef next door”: clear instructions, pantry-level ingredients, and an open invite to freestyle the spices. Even rookie stock-dodgers will feel smugly competent by page ten.
Downside? Not every bowl gets its glamour shot. If you’re a cook who eats with the eyes first, the photo-free pages may feel like radio drama: tasty but invisible. Still, the pics that do appear are pure food-porn—steam curls, jewel-tone veggies, the whole Ladle & Vogue treatment.
Use it as a daily soup horoscope or a trusty reference when you need something soothing yet show-off-worthy. Either way, this book earns permanent countertop residency.
Verdict: 4 / 5. A calendar-length comfort blanket—just add stock and your favorite soup spoon. 🥄
This Williams-Sonoma brick is the Netflix of broths—scroll any date, press play, and you’re ladling everything from velvety spring pea purée to winter-defying jambalaya. McMillan’s vibe is “friendly chef next door”: clear instructions, pantry-level ingredients, and an open invite to freestyle the spices. Even rookie stock-dodgers will feel smugly competent by page ten.
Downside? Not every bowl gets its glamour shot. If you’re a cook who eats with the eyes first, the photo-free pages may feel like radio drama: tasty but invisible. Still, the pics that do appear are pure food-porn—steam curls, jewel-tone veggies, the whole Ladle & Vogue treatment.
Use it as a daily soup horoscope or a trusty reference when you need something soothing yet show-off-worthy. Either way, this book earns permanent countertop residency.
Verdict: 4 / 5. A calendar-length comfort blanket—just add stock and your favorite soup spoon. 🥄
February 27, 2013
For people like me that love to cook as a hobbie and than share my meals with my two kids that also love eating, this is the perfect book for my kitchen library.
What goes better with the passing seasons during a year's time? Soup, of course.
This recipes are easy to make, in which you can use the same ingredients in different recipes and the photography is amazing.
Next to each recipe is a curiosity to share another idea that pleases me.
The book is separated by months, a thing that I also enjoy and as a hardcover this would be an addition to anybody who appreciates the true pleasure of chilling out in the kitchen and afterwards tasting heaven on a plate.
In the end you have an index by name of the soup and afterwards by the type of soups that are mentioned in the book, a perfect ending.
I don't know if I will like all the soups for a years time but I'll certainly try them.
REVIEWED FOR NETGALLEY.
What goes better with the passing seasons during a year's time? Soup, of course.
This recipes are easy to make, in which you can use the same ingredients in different recipes and the photography is amazing.
Next to each recipe is a curiosity to share another idea that pleases me.
The book is separated by months, a thing that I also enjoy and as a hardcover this would be an addition to anybody who appreciates the true pleasure of chilling out in the kitchen and afterwards tasting heaven on a plate.
In the end you have an index by name of the soup and afterwards by the type of soups that are mentioned in the book, a perfect ending.
I don't know if I will like all the soups for a years time but I'll certainly try them.
REVIEWED FOR NETGALLEY.
June 10, 2012
gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'soup of the day'...loved the way they broke it down into a calendar format...a wide ranging and eclectic collection of recipes here, ranging from the standard classics to some things i have never even heard of...a lil high end, with it's semi-gourmet 'flavor,' most of the recipes included here are not difficult to achieve or to find the necessary ingredients for...
if you like soup (and i do!) this would make an excellent addition to your cookbook collection...
4 out of 5 stars, only because i would have liked to see more tips and background info on unfamiliar ingredients included
if you like soup (and i do!) this would make an excellent addition to your cookbook collection...
4 out of 5 stars, only because i would have liked to see more tips and background info on unfamiliar ingredients included
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