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Splendid Soups
Splendid Soups: Recipes and Master Techniques for Making the World's Best Soups | James Peterson
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Praise for the fully revised and updated Splendid Soups "Jim Peterson's Splendid Soups is a comprehensive and mouthwatering atlas of the world of soup. It not only covers soups of all nationalities and every garnish, but provides a handy list of sources for every hard-to-find ingredient and kitchen tool, too. More importantly though, through his gargantuan world tour Jim empowers home cooks to strike out on their own and invent new soups. It just makes me want to get into the kitchen and start cooking!" SARA MOULTON, Host, The Food Network's Cooking Live; Executive Chef, Gourmet magazine; Food Editor, Good Morning America "We love James Peterson. Splendid Soups is a bountiful source of enticing ideas!" the moosewood collective Authors of the Moosewood Restaurant Cookbooks
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craftysilicate
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I've taken this self-isolation as an opportunity to remind myself how much I like to cook, starting with a big pot of this potato and cheese soup, one of my favorite soups to make.

ErinSBecker @craftysilicate I LOVE potato soup! Gosh, the more of your posts I read the more I suspect we're supposed to be friends. 😂 5y
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Tamra
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So I‘m drinking tea, reading, pondering dinner. Feeling like a soup night. I looked at my previous posts for this book and French Onion Soup is definitely an annual winter affair. 😂😋

I‘ve discovered just how easy cast iron baked no-knead bread loaves are and will be perfect for the toast atop the soup. Try the bread if you haven‘t already! https://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/2-hour-fastest-no-knead-bread/

Cinfhen That looks SOOOOO GOOD 😋 5y
Tamra @Cinfhen I know carbs are supposed to the devil‘s work, but I like to live dangerously. 😈 Super easy, give it a go! 5y
TracyReadsBooks Have to agree with @Cinfhen, that looks amazing! 5y
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Tamra I prefer the faster rise method in the link because I can‘t think far enough ahead to throw the ingredients in a bowl earlier. But it might have an even better texture with a longer rise. 5y
quietlycuriouskate That bread is making me feel hungry. I can almost smell it! 5y
Tamra @Palimpsest yes, I posted a photo of the recipe last year. 😁 (edited) 5y
Cathythoughts Gorgeous bread ❤️ 5y
Palimpsest Thanks! @Tamra 😊 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts it‘s not mine, but it does come out just like this! 😊 5y
Catsandbooks Saving this recipe! 😋 5y
DGRachel That bread looks delicious 🤤 5y
CarolynM That looks great. I'm going to try it! 5y
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Tamra
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@catebutler I don‘t know if you can read this very well......

Taking the time (40-50 min) to slowly brown the onions is worth it. I use a food processor to slice the onions. I also just use a loose bay leaf and thyme. You can certainly halve the recipe.

The very last step is to ladle the soup into oven proof bowls, top with slices of crusty bread (push down) & top with cheese. Broil until melted until slightly crusty brown. 😋

catebutler Tamra, you are so kind, thank you!! I can‘t wait to give this a go. 💓 6y
Tamra @catebutler No problem, I hope you like it! 6y
Wife Screenshot! 📸 Thanks, my husband loves French Onion soup 🌹 6y
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Tamra
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Given the deep freeze we‘re in, I‘m making my annual binge pot of French Onion soup. 👌🏾 Am simultaneously watching Guernsey Literary Potato Peal society, which I‘ve never read but has all the raves. Multi-tasking at its best - cooking and watching or listening to book is relaxing. The tagged cookbook is a staple.

wildwoodreads That looks so yummy! 6y
Tamra @megzlynn it takes time to get all those onions a deep brown but it‘s so with it! 😋 6y
catebutler Looks delicious! Love your evening plans. 6y
Tamra @catebutler it‘s cozy! 6y
catebutler @Tamra Would you mind sharing your recipe? I love French Onion soup, but I‘ve never made it from scratch. (edited) 6y
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Yet another fantastic soup from @DebinHawaii !! I am highly food suggestible and this just looked far to good to pass up: Potato and Leek soup topped with fried capers that aren‘t nearly as burnt as they look (but could have come off the heat a few seconds before they actually did). It was all fantastic, almost chowder-y and Mr. GaD declares it was exactly what his manflu needed...🤦🏻‍♀️ 😊😊😊

DebinHawaii Hah! Glad you enjoyed it! Aren't fried capers just the best?! 😋My second batch got a little dark too. 😆 7y
SandyW This is on my collected recipes list too. 7y
GlassAsDiamonds @DebinHawaii complete revelation!!! 😊 where have they been all my life? 😊😊😊 @SandyW - I highly recommend it 😊 7y
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Two old friends together - pot & book. I am impatiently waiting for onions to brown. 😋 This cookbook has been a staple and I highly recommend! Second soup this week. 🥣

britt_brooke We have that same color le creuset. 😁 7y
Tamra @britt_brooke 👏🏾👏🏾 Aren‘t they awesome? Workhorses that just keep on giving! 7y
Dolly What a great time for soups. I'm just now finishing a pea soup made with the Xmas ham bone. 7y
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SandyW Nothing beats homemade soup! (We're having vegetable dumpling soup tonight. Yum!) 7y
Kangaj1 We had a pork and veggie stew tonight! 7y
britt_brooke @Tamra They‘re the best!! 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Oh onions! Love them ❤️ now I need French onion soup 7y
RidgewayGirl I made bean soup last night and carrot orange soup the night before. It‘s definitely soup weather! 7y
Tamra @britt_brooke @Dolly @SandyW @Kangaj1 @ForeverNerdy @RidgewayGirl I wish all of you were in the neighborhood so we could have a soup & book gathering! Though I‘m not one for parties, I feel like Litsy people would be comfortable. 😁 7y
Mdargusch I make soup every week so I guess I need this book! 7y
Tamra @Mdargusch there is a newer edition that I haven‘t looked at, but I have used this one consistently over the years. I‘m guessing the newer one has more ethnic soups, which I‘d love! 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 A soup potluck! I‘m not one for parties either but if you were there I would go! Plus we could all bring books! Have a great weekend ❤️ 7y
SandyW The soup potluck idea sounds fun. I'll be eating soup and reading for dinner again tonight, while hubby watches playoff football. @ForeverNerdy 7y
Tamra @SandyW I‘m envisioning soup & book buffet! 7y
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Tamra
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This has been a favorite for (I can't believe it) twenty years now: curried carrot soup. When I did my cookbook purge earlier this year, this book was not one to go. It's a standard soup reference. 😋

Tamra I have the 1993 edition. 7y
DivineDiana Yum! 7y
emilyhaldi Yum!! I ❤️ soup 7y
merelybookish Looks delish! 7y
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UnabridgedTomes
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This smoky tomato soup came paired with a crostini topped with piped Mt. Tam Brie. So, swoon in a bowl, is what I'm saying. Copying this as soon as it's cool enough to make soup again.

lynneamch Me too! That looks a-ma-zing! 8y
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