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