- Soup Makes the Meal
- 150 Soul-Satisfying Recipes for Soups, Salads, and Breads
- By Ken Haedrich
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Soup is a primal meal that strikes a deep chord of comfort. We eat on the run so often these days that it’s become even more important to focus on preparing balanced, nourishing food. Soup Makes the Meal provides that balance: complete three-course meals that don’t take hours of labor.
The book is divided into 50 menus, each including a soup, a salad, and a bread recipe. The meals are developed so that the flavors within each harmonize, although the separate elements can also be mixed and matched. Best of all, the soups don’t require homemade stock, many (but not all) of the breads are quick breads, and the salads range from light to hearty.
There’s nothing like a steaming bowl of soup on a cold day. White Bean and Kale Minestrone served with Savory Pull-Apart Bread and Roasted Pepper, Potato, and Greens Salad will fortify body and soul. But soup isn’t just a cold-weather meal. For the springtime, there’s Asparagus Vichyssoise accompanied by Cornmeal Muffins with Bacon and Pecans, and a Cherry Tomato, Cantaloupe, and Red Onion Salad. For the dog days of summer, there’s Smoky Fresh Corn Chowder with Raspberry Muffins and Pesto Potato Salad.
No matter what time of year it is, what kind of mood you’re in, or how crowded your day, there are meals here that will help you feed yourself and your family the way we all want to eat.
Book Details
- Paperback, $18.95
ISBN 978-1-55832-187-8
- Total Pages: 272 pg.
- Trim Size: 7 1/8 x 9 1/4
- Interior Design:
2 Color
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Praise
“Ken Haedrich is known in the food world for his personalized interpretations of American country cooking. He has done it again. Soup. Salad. Bread. The satisfying triumvirate, in its umpteen variations, is my favorite meal in all its comforting, generous glory.”
—Beth Hensperger, author of Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook, The Best Quick Breads, and The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook
“Reading through this wonderful book is like sitting at a table in Ken’s virtual café. You take time to savor his seasonal soups, breads, and salads that delight all your five senses. And when you’ve finished your meal, you feel nurtured, body and soul.”
—Judith Fertig, author of Prairie Home Cooking and Prairie Home Breads
“Living here on the coast of Maine where winters are long and legendary for blustery weather and summertime is perfect for entertaining outdoors, nothing can equal the versatility of soup for creating a wonderful meal. The recipes and menus included in this exceptional book gave me many fresh ideas for planning meals that were innovative and easy to pull together. The anecdotes are charming and add a wonderful dimension to this inspired cookbook.”
—Jonathan King, President and owner of Stonewall Kitchen
“I am delighted that Ken Haedrich felt inspired to share with us something of his rich culinary experience. These unique recipes suggest delicious eating and warm one’s heart. The accompanying anecdotes give each recipe an intriguing and appetizing note.”
—Brother Victor-Antoine D’Avila-Latourrette, author of Twelve Months of Monastery Salads and Twelve Months of Monastery Soups