Soup Recipes

This was supposed to be a light fish stew—something brothy and bright, the kind of thing you eat when you’re pretending winter isn’t coming. I … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a freezing Tuesday evening, and the smell hit me … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a quiet retired nurse named Margaret, asked me one rainy Thursday why I couldn’t just drop the biscuit dough right … Read more

Marcus wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by his apartment on a rainy Tuesday to return a borrowed mixer and the scent of simmering … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a sink clog, swearing at a plunger, when the guy fixing my pipes started talking about soup. It wasn’t a planned … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table spot tucked away in the North Carolina mountains called The Rustic Ladle that made a butternut squash soup … Read more

The neighborhood harvest festival was in four hours and I had absolutely nothing to bring. My car was parked in the driveway with the trunk … Read more

I was standing in the community garden last October, shivering and holding a pumpkin that was way too big for my kitchen counter. My neighbor, … Read more

There used to be this tiny café tucked between a vintage bookstore and a dusty antiques shop in the town where I grew up. They … Read more

My neighbor Janet wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon, and this warm, slightly sweet … Read more