Soup Recipes

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their award-winning, all-day-simmered, deep-red pots of beef chili. … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in late October, and I had an unreasonable craving for something that tasted like the inside of … Read more

The neighborhood soup swap was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s slow-simmered minestrone or that roasted tomato … Read more

The first time I made this creamy loaded baked potato soup, I was trying to save a bag of potatoes that had been sitting in … Read more

My sister-in-law Maria asked me why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

I was at the community garden last spring, elbow-deep in soil and trying to convince a stubborn carrot seed to cooperate. An older woman named … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just throw the whole squash in the slow cooker without peeling it first. I was mid-eye-roll, ready to launch … Read more

The potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-layered dishes you see on cooking shows — … Read more

My neighbor, Dave, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow his extension ladder on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon, and this smell hit … Read more

Lena wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a library book she’d lent me—one of those cozy mysteries she swore would … Read more