Sunday Soup: A Year's Worth of Mouth-Watering, Easy-to-Make Recipes | Betty Rosbottom

Sunday Soup: A Year's Worth of Mouth-Watering, Easy-to-Make Recipes | Betty Rosbottom | Delicous, easy, wonderful collection recipes

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	Sunday Soup: A Year's Worth of Mouth-Watering, Easy-to-Make Recipes Betty Rosbottom Chronicle Books, 2008 - 168 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Sunday is the perfect day to slow down and enjoy a heartwarming meal. From spicy chilies to steaming chowders, Sunday Soup features 60 recipes: one for each Sunday of the year, and then some. Gulf Coast Shrimp Gumbo is best for staving off the winter cold, while Dreamy Creamy Artichoke Soup welcomes the bounty of spring's vegetables. When it's too hot to turn on the stove, chill out with Icy Cucumber Soup with Smoked Salmon and Dill. A great selection of 'Soup-er Sides' will turn any bowl of soup into a hearty meal. No matter the season, Sunday Soup offers all the inspiration one needs to pull out a stockpot and start simmering a new family tradition. Soup's on!

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It's a keeper

Let me say right here at the beginning that I have made only one soup from this cookbook. The recipe is Apple Soup with Crumbled Roquefort and Bacon. It is perfectly balanced, with the pureed soup being light and mildly sweet, and the garnish taking you to new heights of flavor (crumbled Stilton, butter, and bacon). If I find no other recipe in this cookbook as good as this one, I will feel the cost of the book was worth it. It is exquisite. So many soup cookbooks seem to have similar recipes to each other with minor changes in directions. This one seems different. I'm going to try Cauliflower Soup with Crispy Prosciutto and Parmesan next, or what about Pumpkin Soup with Toasted Walnuts and Rosemary! If you want the same old same old, this is not the cookbook for you. If your family uses Progresso as the gold standard, this is not the cookbook for you. If you are willing to try some new flavor pairings and go off the beaten path, you will love this cookbook. As others have said, the soups do take more time to prepare than the author suggests, but I'm guessing that is due to our not being professional chefs. There is a lot of love in this book and I can't wait to try my next recipe.

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Delicous, easy, wonderful collection recipes

I received this book as a Christmas gift and after trying the first "winter" soup, have been going back to this book every weekend for a new wonderful recipe to try. These soups are absolutely delicious! It's certainly not a reference book--don't buy this if you're looking for a book to have on hand to be able to tell you how to make basic chili, or chicken noodle soup--but it is a great place for ideas, both for the experienced cook and the not-so-experienced one.

Pros:
* Attention to detail--the author has notes about where to find less common ingredients, exactly which parts of the vegetables to use, and ways to add or remove ingredients or spices
* Great organization. Not sure what to try? Just pick the current season and look at the soup calendar.
* Variety. Some meat and potato soups, some chowders, stews, creamy soups, chunky soups, vegetables, whole-meal, traditional, exotic, etc.
* Accurate serving size predictions and time-to-make estimates.
* Beautiful pictures.
* Recipes are not too difficult, but not too basic.
* Delicious. I was skeptical on a couple that didn't include very many spices or seasonings, but mmmm. I would never have thought I would like something called celery bisque, but it was gobbled up faster than I could ladle out bowls in my house.
* Includes ideas for bread to serve with it, and other serving additions.
* Includes tips about preparation, and how much of the recipe you can make ahead.
* Doesn't demand home-made stocks or broths, but does give recipes on how to use these if you have the time and energy.
* Relatively healthy. I was surprised how few recipes called for cream as a thickener. The author makes good use of pureed vegetables to thicken creamy soups, and other ways to make the soups delicious without packing on the fat and calories.

Cons:
* A lot of fennel. The author clearly loves it, and has several recipes that feature fennel not just as a flavor adder but as a main ingredient. Had to skip these. (This would not be a con if you were a fennel lover though!)
* Different recipes make vastly different quantities--some recipes I had to double just to feed 6 people, others I ended up with a giant pot of soup that, while delicious, was still hard to go through before it went bad. Just pay attention to the "servings" label and you should be fine.

Overall: highly recommended. My most-used cookbook now by far (and I have a LOT), and I have already bought several copies for friends. If you like to make soup, BUY THIS BOOK.

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excellent soup cookbook

This is a really great book with amazing soup recipes. I've made at least 5 of them so far and each one has tasted delicious. One of the other reviewers said that it would be useful to own an immersion blender. I'd definitely agree. Many of the soup recipes are pureed, so this would be useful to have.

great gift for soup lovers!

i bought this book as a christmas gift for a couple who love to make soup, and they seem to have really enjoyed it. the book is divided into sections by season, and there is also a section with accompaniments (salads, breads, sandwiches). there are some unique recipes that aren't found in other books. i would definitely recommend this for anyone who enjoys eating or making soup.

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I Used to be Leery of Home Made Soup

I have never liked home made soup, but a friend persuaded me that Fall is the perfect season to celebrate with soup.
So last Fall, 2009, I bought this book because of the pictures and the Scallop and Corn Chowder recipe I had seen when glancing through. So far I have made 8 of the soups. All were delicious except for the chicken chili where I misread the recipe and added 3 cans of chilies. (I don't normally cook with canned chilies) We still ate our entire bowls of soup. Tasty, but way too hot. The sour cream made the heat tolerable. The scallop, corn chowder was delicious. The tomato fennel was worthy of a party and cured a friend of her cold (I had never cooked with fennel before), the roasted tomato opened a game dinner (but I added tomato puree for more tomato flavor), the mushroom melange was perfect once I added a little sherry, the the paella was more than very good, the French lentil was stick to your ribs, the tomato dill was really helped by the white cheddar and I still have 14 of the fall and winter ones I want to try. For once in my life I may actually pray for cool rainy weather. But I could embrace the spring and summer soups once the weather heats up. So I can no longer say I don't like home made soup, this cookbook converted me.

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